The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced the venues for spring championships this week.
With the NCHSAA going from four to eight classifications, it has doubled the number of teams and dates used for baseball and softball finals and some other sports.
Here’s a rundown of those sites and dates:
** For boys’ tennis, individual finals May 8-9 for Class 3A and Class 4A will be at Burlington Tennis Center, while other classes will go to Cary Tennis Park, North Main Athletic Complex (formerly Ting Park) in Holly Springs or Millbrook Exchange Tennis Center in Raleigh.
The dual team state finals are slated to be held May 15-16 and will remain at Burlington Tennis Center.
** The boys’ golf finals May 11-12 are set for Gates Four Golf and Country Club (Class 1A and 2A) in Fayetteville, Longleaf Golf and Family Club (Class 3A and 4A) in Southern Pines, Sapona Golf Club (Class 5A and 6A) in Lexington and Pinehurst No. 8 (Class 7A and 8A).
** The track and field championships will remain at North Carolina A&T from May 13-16, with two classifications on each of those days – Class 2A and Class 4A on May 13, Class 1A and Class 3A on May 14, Class 5A and 7A on May 15, and Class 6A and 8A on May 16.
** For baseball, championship series will be either May 27-28 or May 29-30, with those assignments to come later.
Burlington Athletic Stadium and North Main Athletic Complex will each hold baseball finals for four classifications for best-of-3 series. Specific assignments for the classifications will be determined closer to the dates.
Both of those baseball venues have been used for state finals in recent years.
** For softball, best-of-3 finals also are slated for May 27-28 and May 29-30 with games at Duke and UNC Greensboro.
** Girls’ soccer championship games will be held at Durham Memorial Stadium from May 28-30, with specific classifications for each date to be determined later.
** Lacrosse finals for boys and girls are set for May 29-30 at Lenoir-Rhyne’s Moretz Stadium in Hickory.
