Homar Ramirez, executive director of the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association, said state private schools can begin play in low-risk sports the week of Sept. 8 and moderate-risk sports the week after.
Low-risk sports are cross-country, golf and tennis. Moderate risk sports are volleyball, field hockey and soccer.
The potential start of football, a risk sport, is still being discussed, Ramirez said.
On Thursday night in Utah, the first high school football game was played in the country. Davis High School beat Herriman 24-20. In North Carolina, the N.C. High School Athletic Association, the governing body for public schools, has pushed football to February.
The NCISAA, however, is still trying to play this fall.
It has said no football games can be played before Sept. 11, but hasn’t named a date for the start of practice.
“We are still considering all of options for football,” Ramirez said. “We will continue to evaluate the landscape and have several matrixes for decision-making and obviously what is going on in college and in other states is impactful, as well as how our schools start (classes) because we’re in in-person or hybrid models. And we’ll evaluate how our low- and moderate-risk sports go, to see if we’re seeing success with those sports.”
Ramirez said with 19 schools playing 11-man football and 15 playing eight-man, the NCISAA can be flexible and move quickly with schedule changes.
“We’ve talked about pushing back potential playoffs,” he said. “We’ve talked about extending the fall season. We want to take advantage of our window if it’s open. We’re not going to be confined to the current calendar.”
Low-risk sports are cross-country, golf and tennis. Moderate risk sports are volleyball, field hockey and soccer.
The potential start of football, a risk sport, is still being discussed, Ramirez said.
On Thursday night in Utah, the first high school football game was played in the country. Davis High School beat Herriman 24-20. In North Carolina, the N.C. High School Athletic Association, the governing body for public schools, has pushed football to February.
The NCISAA, however, is still trying to play this fall.
It has said no football games can be played before Sept. 11, but hasn’t named a date for the start of practice.
“We are still considering all of options for football,” Ramirez said. “We will continue to evaluate the landscape and have several matrixes for decision-making and obviously what is going on in college and in other states is impactful, as well as how our schools start (classes) because we’re in in-person or hybrid models. And we’ll evaluate how our low- and moderate-risk sports go, to see if we’re seeing success with those sports.”
Ramirez said with 19 schools playing 11-man football and 15 playing eight-man, the NCISAA can be flexible and move quickly with schedule changes.
“We’ve talked about pushing back potential playoffs,” he said. “We’ve talked about extending the fall season. We want to take advantage of our window if it’s open. We’re not going to be confined to the current calendar.”
