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 …

HIGH SCHOOLS: Update on Senate bill that would dismantle NCHSAA

HobbsDailyReport.com An update on HB91, a bill that would change how high school sports in the state are governed. Some state legislators favor dismantling the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and/or having the NCHSAA staff continue their roles only if the organization signs an agreement and follows stipulations from education officials in the state. Among those stipulations are …