159 NCHSAA schools are ejection free for 2008-09
October 3, 2009 North Carolina
CHAPEL HILL -- The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced today that 159 member schools in the NCHSAA were ejection free during the 2008-09 school year.
The schools were recognized at the Association¹s recently completed regional meetings held across the state. There were a total of 381 member schools in the NCHSAA last year.
Mark Dreibelbis, assistant executive director of the NCHSAA and director of the Association¹s Student Services Division, noted that the number of schools that were ejection free was up by 34 from a year ago. A total of 125 schools were ejection free in 2007-08, which represented a decline from a whopping 202 schools, the all-time record, which were ejection free in the 2006-07 academic year.
A total of 165 schools went ejection free during the 2005-06 year with 169 in 2004-05. The totals include 157 in 2003-04 and 149 schools in 2002-03. The trend generally has been steadily upward since the inception of the program. There were 114 ejection-free schools during the 2001-2002 year and 92 schools were ejection free in both 2000-01 and 1999-2000. A total of 82 schools were ejection-free in 1998-99, and 75 schools went without an ejection during the 1997-98 year. The guidelines record ejections for unsportsmanlike acts such as fighting, taunting, profanity, obscene gestures or disrespectfully addressing or contacting officials.
³We are certainly pleased to recognize these schools for their positive programming,² said Dreibelbis. ³It is part of our continuing commitment to provide opportunities and recognize schools which are promoting the kind of behavior we want to see as part of a wholesome athletic environment..²
All schools with no ejections for the year received a certificate of recognition at the recently completed NCHSAA regional meetings across the state. North Carolina Farm Bureau sponsors this as part of its initiative with the NCHSAA.
Those schools include: 2008-2009 Ejection-Free Award Recipients
Region 1 (12 schools)
Ayden-Grifton Bear Grass Bertie Camden County Cape Hatteras Columbia Creswell Hertford County Jamesville Ocracoke Southside Washington
Region 2 (20 schools)
Clinton East Duplin Heide Trask Hobbton Jacksonville Jones Lakewood Lejeune Midway North Brunswick North Duplin Pamlico Rosewood South Brunswick South Lenoir Spring Creek Wallace-Rose Hill West Brunswick West Craven White Oak
Region 3 (32 schools)
Cardinal Gibbons Clayton Durham School of the Arts East Chapel Hill East Wake Eastern NC School for the Deaf Enloe, W.G. Fuquay-Varina Hillside Holly Springs KIPP Pride Louisburg NC School of Science and Math North Edgecombe Northampton-East Northampton-West Northern Durham Northern Vance Northwest Halifax Orange Princeton Roanoke Rapids Rocky Mount Rocky Mount Preparatory Roxboro Community Southeast Halifax Southern Durham Southern Nash Tarboro Warren County Webb, J.F. West Johnston Region 4 (9 schools)
East Columbus East Montgomery Overhills Red Springs Smith, E.E. South Columbus South Robeson Swett, Purnell Westover
Region 5 (26 schools)
Asheboro Atkins Bartlett Yancey Carver Chatham Central Cummings Dudley East Forsyth Glenn, Robert B. High Point Central Jordan-Matthews Ledford Lexington North Stokes Northern Guildford Providence Grove Reidsville Reynolds, R.J. River Mill Academy Southern Alamance Southwestern Randolph West Davidson West Stokes Western Alamance Williams, Walter A. Winston-Salem Preparatory
Region 6 (28 schools)
Albemarle Anson Senior Ardrey Kell Ashbrook Berry Academy, Phillip O. Bessemer City Brown, A.L. Charlotte Catholic Cherryville East Gaston Forestview Garinger Gray Stone Day Highland School of Technology Hopewell Huss, Hunter Kings Mountain Lincoln Charter Monroe North Gaston Parkwood Providence Shelby South Mecklenburg South Point Vance, Zebulon West Lincoln West Rowan
Region 7 (16 schools)
Alexander Central Avery County Davie Draughn, Jimmy C. Foard, Fred T. Freedom Hibriten Lake Norman NC School for the Deaf North Wilkes Patton Pine Lake Preparatory Statesville Watauga West Wilkes Wilkes Central
Region 8 (16 schools)
Blue Ridge Brevard Chase East Henderson Enka Hendersonville Hiwassee Dam Thomas Jefferson Classical Murphy Nantahala North Buncombe Owen, Charles D. Robbinsville Rutherfordton-Spindale Central Smoky Mountain West Henderson |