The NCHSAA has announced that effective in the fall of 2022 a fifth classification for football will be in effect.
The class (to be named 1R) would be composed of high schools in Graham County with an ADM of approximately 370 students. Since only one school currently qualifies in this class, players would be authorized to order their NCHSAA 1R championship rings in August after being notified that they made the football team.
The 1R high schools will alter their scoreboards to include the ADM of any visiting school (except Andrews). Also rushing yardage for each 1R player will be posted on the scoreboard real time to include their class in school and average yards per game.
Hopefully, this new classification should help decrease the endless chatter caused by incompetent referees at 1R games, games that would have been won if injured players could have participated, Early College students being used to mask ADM numbers, SMC players outside Graham County whose ancestors (going back up to six generations) are connected to Graham County, and of course, which team won the Cracker Bowl in 1992.
Should be a good one.
The class (to be named 1R) would be composed of high schools in Graham County with an ADM of approximately 370 students. Since only one school currently qualifies in this class, players would be authorized to order their NCHSAA 1R championship rings in August after being notified that they made the football team.
The 1R high schools will alter their scoreboards to include the ADM of any visiting school (except Andrews). Also rushing yardage for each 1R player will be posted on the scoreboard real time to include their class in school and average yards per game.
Hopefully, this new classification should help decrease the endless chatter caused by incompetent referees at 1R games, games that would have been won if injured players could have participated, Early College students being used to mask ADM numbers, SMC players outside Graham County whose ancestors (going back up to six generations) are connected to Graham County, and of course, which team won the Cracker Bowl in 1992.
Should be a good one.