NCHSAA: Locally, E. Burke, Hickory, Freedom get largest shares of $5.7 million

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has posted a breakdown of how it distributed $5.7 million and how much money each school in the state received. Here are breakdowns of those financial figures for schools and school systems that play in the Catawba Valley 2A Athletic, Western Foothills 3A and Northwestern 3A-4A: BY COUNTY …

NCHSAA: Posts on website the distribution of $5.7 million to schools

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has posted a complete breakdown of how much each member school in the state received from a distribution of $5.7 million in funds held by the NCHSAA. There was an payout of more than $4 million, called caps payments, and then a end-of-the-year distribution of …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Hickory naming football field, baseball complex after Elder, Craft

The football field at Frank Barger Stadium, home of Hickory High’s Red Tornadoes, will be named David Elder Field. The ceremony for that is scheduled on Oct. 8./HICKORY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PHOTO Ceremony for football is Oct. 8, when school will celebrate the 25th anniversary of 1996’s unbeaten state title team   By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY –The football field and …

HIGH SCHOOLS: East Lincoln begins raising funds for expanded press box

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com DENVER, N.C. — East Lincoln High has announced the beginning of fundraising to increase capacity and make its football press box into more of a working press box. Because of limited spacing and a larger than normal support crew, the current press box often does not have enough seating to accommodate the number of media attending …

HIGH SCHOOLS: NCHSAA sending $1.7 million to its member schools

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com CHAPEL HILL — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) has opened its pocketbook, sending more than $1.7 million to its member schools. The money comes from interest earned on the NCHSAA’s Endowment Funds during 2020-2021. Reports have said the NCHSAA has assets of $41 million and about $26 million of that is in the …