WCPS cancels all athletic activities for the week

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on October 10, 2016 10:08 AM

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Wayne County Public Schools officials announced at 9:45 this morning that all athletic practices and games are cancelled for the remainder of this week.

Wayne County EMS has declared a state of emergency. The roads south and west of Goldsboro are beginning to flood. All staff, coaches and players are asked to stay at home and off the roads.

WCPS officals anticipate a statement from the N.C. High School Athletic Association by the end of the week.

More than 40 games involving the six county high schools were slated to be played this week. The number does not include games scheduled at either Wayne Country Day, Wayne Christian or Faith Christian Academy. However, Wayne Christian athletics director Roger Longwell said his school follows the protocol established by the NCHSAA.

Key events cancelled:

• The Carolina 1-A Conference and Eastern Carolina 3-A women's tennis tournaments scheduled for today and Wednesday, respectively. Regional qualifiers are determined for singles and doubles play.

• The Carolina 1-A Conference men's and women's cross country championships scheduled for Tuesday at Hobbton in Newton Grove.

• Four JV football games scheduled for Thursday -- Goldsboro at Kinston, D.H. Conley at Southern Wayne, Eastern Wayne at J.H. Rose and South Central at C.B. Aycock.

• Six varsity football games scheduled for Friday -- Kinston at Goldsboro, North Duplin at Rosewood, Spring Creek at Princeton, J.H. Rose at Eastern Wayne, Southern Wayne at D.H. Conley and C.B. Aycock at South Central.

• Soccer matches involving ALL county schools will be rescheduled at a later date.

Wayne Christian is scheduled to play host to the semifinal- and final-round matches in the 2016 Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference volleyball tournament on Thursday and Friday, respectively.

The town of Goldsboro is scheduled to play host to the 2016 North Carolina Tennis Association State Singles Tennis Championships, a three-day tournament that brings in teams from eight different regions in the state. More than 400 participants are expected this season.

An official decision has not been made on the event.