Hurricane Helene: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools postpones Thursday-Friday athletic activities

High winds and potential flooding are expected to impact the Charlotte, North Carolina region

Gary Adornato | Sep 26, 2024

National Weather Service graphic showing the potential impact of Hurricane Helene on the southeast U.S. / National Weather Service graphic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools announced, Thursday morning, that all athletic activities scheduled in the district for Thursday and Friday have been postponed in anticipation of severe weather conditions.

Hurricane Helene, which is expected to make landfall on Thursday in the Florida Panhandle region, could bring high winds and flooding to the Charlotte metropolitan area. The postponements include all practices and this weekend's slate of high school football games.

The National Weather Service has already issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Mecklenburg and several surrounding counties. Games are being shifted to Saturday and into the early part of next week.

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Published Sep 26, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.