159 NCHSAA schools are ejection free for 2008-09

October 3, 2009

North Carolina

CHAPEL HILL -- The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced today that 159 member schools in the NCHSAA were ejection free during the 2008-09 school year.

The schools were recognized at the Association¹s recently completed regional meetings held across the state. There were a total of 381 member schools in the NCHSAA last year.

Mark Dreibelbis, assistant executive director of the NCHSAA and director of the Association¹s Student Services Division, noted that the number of schools that were ejection free was up by 34 from a year ago. A total of 125 schools were ejection free in 2007-08, which represented a decline from a whopping 202 schools, the all-time record,
which were ejection free in the 2006-07 academic year.

A total of 165 schools went ejection free during the 2005-06 year with 169 in 2004-05. The
totals include 157 in 2003-04 and 149 schools in 2002-03. The trend generally has been steadily upward since the inception of the program. There were 114 ejection-free schools during the 2001-2002 year and 92 schools were ejection free in both 2000-01 and 1999-2000. A total of 82 schools were ejection-free in 1998-99, and 75 schools went without an ejection during the 1997-98 year. The guidelines record ejections for unsportsmanlike acts such as fighting, taunting, profanity, obscene gestures or disrespectfully addressing or contacting officials.

³We are certainly pleased to recognize these schools for their positive programming,² said Dreibelbis. ³It is part of our continuing commitment to provide opportunities and recognize schools which are promoting the kind of behavior we want to see as part of a wholesome
athletic environment..²

All schools with no ejections for the year received a certificate of recognition at the recently completed NCHSAA regional meetings across the state. North Carolina Farm Bureau sponsors this as part of its initiative with the NCHSAA.

Those schools include:

2008-2009 Ejection-Free Award Recipients

Region 1 (12 schools)

Ayden-Grifton
Bear Grass
Bertie
Camden County
Cape Hatteras
Columbia
Creswell
Hertford County
Jamesville
Ocracoke
Southside
Washington

Region 2 (20 schools)

Clinton
East Duplin
Heide Trask
Hobbton
Jacksonville
Jones
Lakewood
Lejeune
Midway
North Brunswick
North Duplin
Pamlico
Rosewood
South Brunswick
South Lenoir
Spring Creek
Wallace-Rose Hill
West Brunswick
West Craven
White Oak

Region 3 (32 schools)

Cardinal Gibbons
Clayton
Durham School of the Arts
East Chapel Hill
East Wake
Eastern NC School for the Deaf
Enloe, W.G.
Fuquay-Varina
Hillside
Holly Springs
KIPP Pride
Louisburg
NC School of Science and Math
North Edgecombe
Northampton-East
Northampton-West
Northern Durham
Northern Vance
Northwest Halifax
Orange
Princeton
Roanoke Rapids
Rocky Mount
Rocky Mount Preparatory
Roxboro Community
Southeast Halifax
Southern Durham
Southern Nash
Tarboro
Warren County
Webb, J.F.
West Johnston

Region 4 (9 schools)

East Columbus
East Montgomery
Overhills
Red Springs
Smith, E.E.
South Columbus
South Robeson
Swett, Purnell
Westover

Region 5 (26 schools)

Asheboro
Atkins
Bartlett Yancey
Carver
Chatham Central
Cummings
Dudley
East Forsyth
Glenn, Robert B.
High Point Central
Jordan-Matthews
Ledford
Lexington
North Stokes
Northern Guildford
Providence Grove
Reidsville
Reynolds, R.J.
River Mill Academy
Southern Alamance
Southwestern Randolph
West Davidson
West Stokes
Western Alamance
Williams, Walter A.
Winston-Salem Preparatory

Region 6 (28 schools)

Albemarle
Anson Senior
Ardrey Kell
Ashbrook
Berry Academy, Phillip O.
Bessemer City
Brown, A.L.
Charlotte Catholic
Cherryville
East Gaston
Forestview
Garinger
Gray Stone Day
Highland School of Technology
Hopewell
Huss, Hunter
Kings Mountain
Lincoln Charter
Monroe
North Gaston
Parkwood
Providence
Shelby
South Mecklenburg
South Point
Vance, Zebulon
West Lincoln
West Rowan

Region 7 (16 schools)

Alexander Central
Avery County
Davie
Draughn, Jimmy C.
Foard, Fred T.
Freedom
Hibriten
Lake Norman
NC School for the Deaf
North Wilkes
Patton
Pine Lake Preparatory
Statesville
Watauga
West Wilkes
Wilkes Central

Region 8 (16 schools)

Blue Ridge
Brevard
Chase
East Henderson
Enka
Hendersonville
Hiwassee Dam
Thomas Jefferson Classical
Murphy
Nantahala
North Buncombe
Owen, Charles D.
Robbinsville
Rutherfordton-Spindale Central
Smoky Mountain
West Henderson