The start of fall high school sports has been delayed until at least September 1st, being pushed back a month from the original start date of August 1st, due to the COVID pandemic.

Also, for the first five days of the 2020-2021 school year, all sports activities will be paused to allow students and school staff to focus on getting the school year started and back to as much normalcy as possible.

NCHSAA commisioner Que Tucker released a statement regarding the ever-changing status of the situation:

“We acknowledge that playing certain sports are more problematic at any time without a vaccine; however, we remain in consultation with our Sports Medicine Advisory Committee (SMAC) members, and they believe we can and should offer a sports program, with all necessary modifications, delays, etc. In the coming weeks, we will continue working with the SMAC as we plan our next steps for the fall, as well as determining when equipment could be shared-i.e. balls- and/or if we can move into Phase 2 of the summer workouts/conditioning,”