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365 days of North Carolina High School sports coverage for @HighSchoolOT @999thefan @wralsportsfan | ✉️ jbryant@wral.com | Go Birds 🦅 | ✝️
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NCHSAA announces 2025-26 state award recipients

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By Joel Bryant
| HighSchoolOT.com
The N.C. High School Athletic Association has announced its yearly award winners for the 2025-26 school year. The association honored the winners in its annual ceremony at Piedmont Hall in Greensboro this morning. The awards honor excellence in coaching, athletic administration, school leadership, media coverage, and student-athlete achievement.
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Key takeaways from year one of NCHSAA's eight classifications

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By Joel Bryant
| HighSchoolOT.com
Let’s take a deeper dive into the first school year with the N.C. High School Athletic Association’s expanded eight classifications. 2025-26 was the first school year with eight classifications. The NCHSAA conducted championships with four classes for a half-century prior to that. As documented earlier this week, the share of N.C. High School Athletic Association state championships won by non-traditional public schools slightly increased with the expansion to eight classifications.
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Non-traditional schools hit record share of NCHSAA titles

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By Joel Bryant
| HighSchoolOT.com
The share of N.C. High School Athletic Association state championships won by non-traditional public schools slightly increased with the expansion to eight classifications. Combining all state championships, 29.4% were won by non-traditional schools, including charters, parochials, and UNC system schools. The percentage broke last year’s record of 27.6%. 2025-26 was the first school year with eight classifications.
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