Dionte Neal
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Here's an idea. Call the Rockingham County Schools and maybe they can help you understand. Office is in Eden.
Where did they put all the new 6th grade students that came up from the elementary school? As well as the rising 7th and new 8th graders. Were mobile units (trailers) brought in? How many new teachers were forced to be hired with money that doesn’t exist to cover the 33% increase in enrollment ? I’m fascinated by this!
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Incorrect. There was no middle school football the 2020-2021 school year in Rockingham County.
This is the first anything like that has been mentioned. It was always that they reclassified.
Were they the only 2 athletes it affected?
I know in the past in Stokes we have had several to reclass for baseball the birthday has to line up in order to play senior year. Probably good thing for Neal and Harrison
According to the NC Middle School Athletic Manual students have six consecutive semesters to play all sports except football. Football is four consecutive semesters since sixth graders are not allowed to participate. The key word is CONSECUTIVE. They played their 7th grade year. No one played the Covid year, then they played the next year. I’ve never been great at math but that’s 6 semesters they played football.
I am pretty sure all attendance requirements were waived during Covid. Promotion standards were lowered. If you had a heat beat and checked in and did anything you got promoted.
You can be retained and/or fail a grade prior to high school. As we know that's fairly common. If this happens more than once prior to entering the 8th grade, an 8th grader may age out of middle school sports. More than one kid I know has been required to play JV while in 8th grade.
Once you enter 9th grade or start competing at the high school level you can compete for 8 semesters. The only exception to this is reclassifying. I'm pretty sure you have to leave the public schools to reclassify but I honestly don't know. It's a practice I wish the NCHSAA would prohibit.
Finally, a lot of exceptions were made for Covid. It's possible that these kids were allowed an extra year at middle school as long as they were age appropriate. Mule is correct on this. The RCS district is who would know. The NCHSAA doesn't govern middle school sports. That is left to the NCDPI. If they are like the NCHSAA they have probably left some of these decisions up to local LEA's.
You can be retained and/or fail a grade prior to high school. As we know that's fairly common. If this happens more than once prior to entering the 8th grade, an 8th grader may age out of middle school sports. More than one kid I know has been required to play JV while in 8th grade.
Once you enter 9th grade or start competing at the high school level you can compete for 8 semesters. The only exception to this is reclassifying. I'm pretty sure you have to leave the public schools to reclassify but I honestly don't know. It's a practice I wish the NCHSAA would prohibit.
Finally, a lot of exceptions were made for Covid. It's possible that these kids were allowed an extra year at middle school as long as they were age appropriate. Mule is correct on this. The RCS district is who would know. The NCHSAA doesn't govern middle school sports. That is left to the NCDPI. If they are like the NCHSAA they have probably left some of these decisions up to local LEA's.
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I'm actually saying they "all" may have been granted a waiver to play sports since there was no middle school sports during the Covid year. I would find that more plausible than the idea that half the 8th grade was retained because of attendance.
There were no attendance rules enforced anywhere that year. The only way anyone failed in school that year was if they fell off the face of the earth and did absolutely nothing through virtual school. Please note: some did.
Yep. And even those that fell off the face of the earth were predominantly pushed through.
Those that know people suggest he might miss at least 2 games. Not sure exactly what the ailment is
Heck....didn't realize 7 on 7 was so damn dangerous....perhaps players need to wear shoulder pads during this stuff....when you go up for the ball and crash to the earth with nothing protecting you....this kinda injury is just waiting to happen...........
that's probably to just start practicing again...also figure in at least 2 more weeks...to get the proper time (NCHSAA rule) to start playing in a game...so may be first 3 or 4 games...depending on severity of injury
I think flip should be back. I think his may have happened in June. Unless it’s more than what we heard
Lots and lots and lots of depth at WR and Corners. You are going to really like Jones and Sharpe.
Edited to note that no one is better in the secondary at anticipating and reading QB and WR passes than Neal. He is a very special defender and most importantly he is a team leader. Hopefully, he will not miss many games because of his collarbone injury.
Maybe not because page will not throw the ball against us after seeing the recipe to beat us. We should be able to manufacture enough points even if he can’t go. I pray he is back though.
I mean I think we would still win. But I’d love to have him as a playmaker in that game
Well I think we all want him back. Who wouldn’t except for the opponent
Hard to compete with Dudley and Grimsley in the Guilford transfer portals