NCHSAA Modifies Fall Season Schedule
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
On Wednesday, October 9th, the NCHSAA announced a modified schedule for the fall 2024 sports calendar in the light of the damage caused by Hurricane Helene in the western counties of North Carolina.
For tennis, the major change is to push the back the beginning of the dual-team playoffs by one week. Bracketing will now take place on Friday, October 18th, with the first round taking place on Monday, October 21st.
This means that regular season matches can be played the week of October 14th-17th, and that all results must be posted in Maxpreps by midnight on Thursday, October 17th. This provision applies to all schools across the state, not just those in the counties affected by the hurricane.
For the individual tournament, the only change is that the reporting deadline on Monday, October 14th, has been moved from 3:00pm to midnight, allowing for competition in conference tournaments or regional qualifiers on that day. But the dates for the regional and state tournaments remain unchanged ... regionals on October 18-19, and the state tournament on October 25-26.
Click here for the text of the NCHSAA announcement, including changes to the calendar for other sports.
Regional Berth Distribution Published
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
The distribution of regional berths has been published by the NCHSAA.
This year's distribution was done using a formula slightly different from years past. Instead of defining a "berth" as one singles and one doubles, such that a conference receiving four "berths" would get four entries in singles AND four entries in doubles, this year's formula defines a "berth" as an entry in singles OR doubles, such that four "berths" means two singles entries and two doubles entries.
This allows us to more closely align the number of berths with the proportion of teams a given conference has within its region. For instance, if two conferences with the same number of teams are "competing" for a single remaining berth, one team will be given the singles berth and the other team will get the doubles berth.
The minimum "floor" for a conference remains one singles and one doubles entry. This is primarily the case when there's only one team of a given classification in its conference.
Click this link to access the regional berth distribution as shown on the NCHSAA website. (You can also access this document directly from the NCHSAA website, on the Women's Tennis page, using the "Individual" tab.)
Regional tournaments are scheduled for Friday-Saturday, October 18-19, at various locations across the state. That information is also found on the region berth distribution document.
Entries to the regional tournaments are to be submitted by conference presidents or their designees to Caitlin McMannen at the NCHSAA offices by 3:00pm on Monday, October 14th.
Questions about the distribution should be directed via email to
North Carolina Women's Tennis Most Coaching Wins (Active Coaches)
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- Written by: Donald Clark
Current Rank | Name | School(s) | Wins | Losses | ||
#1 | John Frye | Union Pines | ||||
Revised Dual Team Lineup Sheet
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
For the past several years, the NCHSAA has required the use of a "dual-team lineup sheet", which coaches exchange prior to the beginning of the match.
Over the summer, NCHSTCA leadership, working with Caitlin McMannen at NCHSAA, revised the lineup sheet to address several shortcomings of the previous version, and to reduce confusion about what coaches can and cannot do with their dual-team lineups.
In addtion, we've written a "user's guide" to the revised lineup sheet, to explain what's changed and how the lineup sheet is to be used.
Click here for a .pdf copy of the lineup sheet, and for a copy of the user's guide.
An interactive Excel version of the lineup sheet, which you can download and complete on your own computer, is being emailed to all coaches for whom we have an accurate email address. If you have not received your copy, please send an email to our
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