‘It felt like a gut punch.’ NCHSAA delays start of NC high school sports. What’s next?

Wednesday afternoon, Myers Park High football coach Scott Chadwick said, felt like “a gut punch.”One day after North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said the state’s public schools could reopen under a modified plan to allow in-person and remote learning, the N.C. High School Athletic Association announced it would delay the start of high school practice until at least Sept. 1.NCHSAA rules state that football players must have at least eight practice days before playing, including three in full pads. Teams usually practice at least two weeks before playing, but the earliest date a team could play, af…

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