Winter Storm Gianna forces rescheduling of NCHSAA wrestling, swimming postseason

With one other winter storm on the horizon, highschool sports activities occasions are reacting with cancelations and postponements.

Wrestling and swimming have seen main modifications to the playoff schedule, whereas highschool basketball video games are being moved in preparation for Winter Storm Gianna.

Here is an inventory of Western North Carolina sports activities which were postponed or canceled.

Basketball

• Cherokee at Hayesville, scheduled for Jan. 30, moved to Feb. 4

Swimming and diving

Both swimming and diving regionals have been canceled resulting from potential winter climate. All divers who certified for the regional finals will advance to the diving state meet. The NCHSAA has additionally introduced a brand new qualifying course of for the swimming state championships for individuals who certified for the regional meets.

• The high 12 particular person swimmers from the East and West Regions will qualify.
• The high eight relay groups from the East and West Regions will qualify.
• The subsequent quickest regional entry occasions, no matter area, will qualify till the sphere reaches a most of 32 particular person swimmers and 24 relay groups.
• An further warmth might be added provided that there are greater than 32 automated qualifying occasions from the regional meet entries or, within the occasion of ties, for thirty second place.

Wrestling

The NCHSAA introduced it has modified the dates for the start of the twin workforce wrestling playoffs.

• Seeding has been postponed till Jan. 30. Teams have till Jan. 29 to submit info for seeding.
• The first and second rounds of the NCHSAA twin workforce wrestling playoffs will now be on Feb. 3 as a substitute of Jan. 31.
• The third and fourth rounds will happen Feb. 5, with the regional finals and state championships on Feb. 7.

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Evan Gerike is the highschool sports activities reporter for the Asheville Citizen Times. Email him at egerike@citizentimes.com or observe him on X, previously Twitter, @EvanGerike.