High Country Sports

01/03/2022

Ashe County won a pair of matches over rival Watauga and former Mountain Valley Athletic Conference foe North Wilkes. Ashe also suffered a defeat to Avery County during the quad match.  Ashe 59, North Wilkes 21 106: Bridger Fairchild (Ashe) pinned Elzina...

01/03/2022

The NCHSAA Board of Directors has been hard at work conducting the business of the Association, completing the Winter Meeting earlier in early December. Board members engaged in lengthy discussions about the Association’s ongoing talks with the State Board of Education, the...

12/16/2021

Cardinal Gibbons captured their first football state championship in school history.

Cardinal Gibbons struck first on a 34-yard pass when Connor Clark hit Maverick Shotwell on a beautiful back shoulder throw with 4:57 to go in the opening quarter. The touchdown broke the ice of a defensive slugfest and within minutes of the...

12/16/2021

This was the 12th NCHSAA State Championship for Shelby.

After a back-and-forth first half, the Shelby passing attack on the arm of Daylin Lee who tossed five touchdown passes in the game, lifting the Golden Lions to a 55-34 victory over Wallace-Rose Hill in the 2A State Championship Game. Lee finished...

12/14/2021

The Vikings have won State Championships in four of the last five seasons.

Tarboro collected their second straight State Championship and eighth in program history rushing by Mitchell 28-7 to win the 1A State Championship. The Vikings got a pair of touchdowns and 132 yards rushing from Tobias Joyner who was named the 1A State...

12/14/2021

Dudley scored the most points of any single team in a neutral site State Championship Game (most since 1989).

In the highest scoring neutral site State Championship Game in history, the Dudley Panthers blasted J.H. Rose 69-40 to win the school’s seventh Football State Championship and fifth title in NCHSAA play. The Panthers were led by quarterback Jahmier Slade who rushed...

12/09/2021

ACHS wrestlers off to a strong start!

The Ashe County High School wrestling team is off to a fast start in the 2021-22 season with six victories in the team’s first seven dual matches.  Ashe picked up two wins in a tri-match at home against Alleghany and Mitchell counties...

12/09/2021

Western Kentucky brings the top-ranked passing offense in the nation into this contest with App State.

App State will head to the Sunshine State for its seventh straight bowl appearance. The Mountaineers are going bowling in Boca. The winner of double-digit games and a Sun Belt Conference East Division title under second-year head coach Shawn Clark, App State...

10/16/2021

NCHSAA membership distributions in 2020-2021 total $5,717,803.65. These types of distributions have been ongoing since 2010-2011 and with the total from 2020-2021 now equal $18,535,005.12 over that span.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) distributed $1,717,803.65 to the Association’s member schools from interest earned on the Association’s Endowed Funds during 2020-2021. This total is in addition to the $4 million distribution approved by the Board of Directors in...

10/16/2021

The 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame Classes were both inducted during an in-person event at the end of September.

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (MSHFA) added an impressive list of new inductees to its renowned all-star racing roster on September 29.  The newly minted inductees are flat-track impresario Chris Carr (Motorcycles), early motorcycle racer, promoter and publisher Floyd Clymer...

10/16/2021

Throughout the 2021-2022 academic year, the NCHSAA and Blue Cross NC will honor significant moments, accomplishments, teams and individuals that have made an impact on the growth of high school women’s athletics in North Carolina.

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is proud to announce a new strategic partnership with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC). As part of the partnership, Blue Cross NC will be recognized as the official health...