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The Wake County Public School System is scaling back a new security measure for middle school students attending Friday's football game in Wake Forest.



District revises policy for middle schoolers at Wake Forest High football game

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Police took suspects into custody and evacuated the Friday night football game at Statesville High School.


Statesville High School, West Iredell football game canceled after multiple arrests

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A high school football game was cut short Friday night after a laser beam interrupted the game.

Laser beam prompts evacuation at Graham High School football game

Friday's dangerous heat is raising concerns about health risks for players in Friday night football games, and many schools are changing kickoff times to avoid the heat.

Dangerous heat causes schools to push back kickoff for football games

Schools push back kickoff for football games due to dangerous heat

Friday's dangerous heat is causing interference with Friday night high school football games. The temperatures will be scorching, and it raises health risks for these young student athletes.

ANYTHING THEY ARE ASKING THAT YOU CONTACT HIGHWAY PATROL LIVE IN RALEIGH, BRETT KNESE, WRAL NEWS. >> WELL, TODAY'S DANGEROUS HEAT IS CAUSING INTERFERENCE OF FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL. THE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SCORCHING AND IT REACHES HEALTH RISKS FOR THESE YOUNG STUDENT ATHLETES AND EVERYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER. WRAL'S KASEY KAHNE FOR JOINING US LIVE TO LET US KNOW HOW SCHOOLS ARE GOING TO PROTECT STUDENTS TONIGHT >> KEN, GOOD MORNING. THE EXTREME HEAT. WE'RE GOING TO FILL TODAY. HAS THE ATTENTION OF MORE THAN 50 HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA AND SOME SCHOOLS ARE NOT ONLY PUSHING BACK THEIR KICKOFF TIMES LIKE WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE AT BROUGHTON HIGH. THEY'VE ALSO MOVED THEIR GAMES BACK TO YESTERDAY. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT WHEN BEEN PLAYED AGAINST NORTHAMPTON COUNTY AND THE NORTH CAROLINA ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION HAS PRECAUTIONS IN PLACE TO PROTECT STUDENT ATHLETES LIKE MANDATORY BREAKS DURING PRACTICE. DOCTOR DANIEL PARK WITH UN SEES PEDIATRIC EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY'RE SEEING 3 TIMES THE NUMBER OF YOUNG PATIENTS IN THE IN THE ER FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESS THIS YEAR. >> THE BIGGEST THING IS IS KIND OF PRE HYDRATION DO NOT WAIT UNTIL YOU'RE THIRSTY TO DRINK. >> AND DOCTOR PARK SAYS ON DAYS LIKE THIS, WHEN WE'RE EXPERIENCING THIS EXTREME HEAT, BE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS, THINGS LIKE INCREASED HEART RATE, NOT EASY. A AND

Heads were bowed. Hands were held. An entire stadium took a moment of silence, honoring the five victims of last week's mass shooting. 

CHILD PREDATORS, A MONSTER. >> TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM STUDENTS AT KNIGHTDALE HIGH SCHOOL, A SCHOOL COMMUNITY SHAKEN BY THE TRAGEDY. BUT RESILIENT AS THEY TRY TO HAVE SOME SLIVER OF NORMALCY. TONIGHT. FOOTBALL TEAM TOOK THE FIELD TO PLAY WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FRIDAY NIGHT'S HOMECOMING GAME. THE BUREAU'S ERIC MILLER WAS AT THE GAME AND JOINS US LIVE FROM THE SCHOOL TO TELL US WHAT HAPPENED THERE. >> WELL, JOB A LOT OF TIME. WE GET A GAME LIKE THIS. YOU KNOW WHAT SETS IT APART IS GOING TO BE THAT NOISE. THE CHEERS FROM THE CROWD. BUT TONIGHT, WHAT MAKES THIS GAME SPECIAL IS THE SITE. >> HE TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO LOST. YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE ENGINES. WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU OR THE MOMENT I WAS IN KNIGHTDALE HIGH SCHOOL MONDAY. >> HEADS WERE BOWED. HEADS WERE HELD AN ENTIRE STADIUM TAKING A MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING THE 5 VICTIMS OF LAST WEEK'S MASS SHOOTING. ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT I WERE HIM BECAUSE IT WAS PRETTY UPSET AMONG THE DEAD NIGHT, DALE JUNIOR, JAMES, ROGER THOMPSON, STUDENTS SAYING THEY'RE STILL PROCESSING THE LOSS. FRIDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO COMING TO YOU. INSTEAD, THE GAME WAS PUSHED UNTIL MONDAY. SCHOOL LEADERS SAYING THEY WANTED TO GIVE STAFF AND FAMILIES >> TONIGHT AS THE CLOCK TICKED DOWN, HIS TEAM KICKED OFF TO A WELCOME SIGHT FOR STUDENTS. IT DOES SO GREAT. I LOVE THIS SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY AS KNIGHTDALE MUSCLE THEIR WAY INTO THE END ZONE. FIRST. >> CAR BUT IT ALL OVER THE NEXT 4 HOURS. THIS TOO. >> YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW, KNIGHTDALE WAS OUT THERE, THEY'RE PLAYING. THEY'RE GIVING IT THEIR ALL THROUGHOUT THIS GAME ENDED UP LOSING HERE IN THE LAST QUARTER. 2 GOALS, THE WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING COUNSELORS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK. ANYONE WHO MIGHT NEED THAT EXTRA HELP FOR THOSE HOMECOMING EVENTS AND FESTIVITIES WHICH WILL BE HELD FRIDAY ALONG WITH THIS GAME HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL THE LAST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON. AND I FEEL HIGH SCHOOL. THAT'S OCTOBER. 28, BACK TO YOU. THAT DESPITE THE LOSS, I'M SURE THIS GAME WAS GOOD FOR

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Bailey Pennington Allison and her father Alan Pennington share a special connection covering Eastern Alamance High School football.

Dad and daughter catch 'all the great memories' covering Eastern Alamance High School football

<p>after doing it that first season going all the way to states, you kind of got hooked bailey Pennington Allison is from mev in a small close knit community that shares a common passion Eastern Alamance football growing up. It's hard to not get involved in it. You would see the newspapers cover the game and local businesses in downtown would tape them up in the windows in 2009 as a sophomore in high school when given the opportunity to document Eastern elements football, she went for it. I was like, you mean to tell me, I've just signed away all my friday nights at 15, 16 years old and then I fell in love with it. Since then, bailey's husband, Dave tells us friday nights have been strictly reserved for football. We didn't have our wedding during football season for certain reasons. 13 seasons later bailey has missed one game and it was for her college roommate's wedding. I looked at her, I said you better know, I love you if I'm missing football for you. She isn't the only one in her family with a passion for football every friday night during football season, bailey and her father, Alan Pennington head to Eastern Alamance games together. They capture the game's best moments on camera. That's what we do. And then people look for us and like, oh the Pennington's are here, we're like a dynamic duo. This isn't a paid gig either, bailey and Alan do it for the love of their community and for the love of high school football. There are parents and grandparents and family members of players and coaches that wait for our footage to come up. They know the outcome of the game. They know the final score. They're like, we want to see what they captured. But it's more than just capturing the moment. It's about leaving behind physical memories for the community they call home. These are the last times that most of these guys will be playing ball and they'll talk about it for the next 40 or 50 years. But the fact that we have an easy, easy process now to put those pictures out, there is a great opportunity for these guys to to to make a memory book giving Eastern elements. These memories to cherish will always be bailey's number one priority. I'm Jessica master reporting Brett.</p>

High school football: Dad and daughter catch 'all the great memories'

Bailey and Alan Pennington take a break during halftime.  Photo by Dustin Duong

Many school districts in the Triangle canceled classes on Friday and pushed back high school football games to Thursday. At Athens Drive, parents were glad to get this week's game in against Sanderson.

CLOSINGS IS RUNNING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN AND IS AVAILABLE ANYTIME ON WRAL DOT COM. SOME HIGH SCHOOLS HAVE TO MAKE SOME LAST-MINUTE DECISIONS TO CHANGE HOMECOMING GAMES DUE TO E. AND AARON THOMAS JOINING US LIVE FROM ATHENS DRIVE HIGH SCHOOL IN RALEIGH WHERE THE FOCUS IS ON SAFETY. AARON. >> YEAH, DROLLINGER. WE'RE CERTAINLY USE THE FRIDAY NIGHT. LIGHTS WILL. IT'S THURSDAY NIGHT LIGHTS HERE AT ATHENS DRIVE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THAT GAME JUST WRAPPED UP IN THE PAST 5.10, MINUTES OR SO WITH SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS WHO SAY THEY KNOW WITH THE WEATHER BEING SO UNPREDICTABLE, IT WOULD BE HARD TO RESCHEDULE SOMETHING. SO THEY SAY IT WAS BETTER TO PLAY THE GAME TONIGHT, RATHER THAN NOT PLAYING AT ALL. >> THIS TRANQUIL SUNSET SERVED AS THE PERFECT BACKDROP AT ATHENS DRIVE HIGH SCHOOL STREAKS OF THEIR SCHOOL, COLORS, ORANGE AND BLUE ACROSS THE SKY AS THEIR HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAME SET FOR FRIDAY. >> TOOK PLACE TONIGHT. VERY WE'RE THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM. HURRICANE IAN FORCING A CHANGE OF PLANS. >> THE COMING STORM FROM ALL FOOTBALL GAMES IN WEEK SCHOOLS TO BE RESCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT. AND CLASSES ARE CANCELED FRIDAY. I WAS HALF EXPECTING IT. HE CAN. SO JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE WAY AND YOU CAN FEEL TODAY, PARENTS WAITING IN CARPOOL LINES LEARNED OF THE NEWS WHILE PICKING UP THEIR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL. SOME LEFT IN LIMBO WAITING TO SEE WHAT DECISION THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WOULD MAKE AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FAMILIES. SOME PEOPLE ARE SCRAMBLING TO TRY TO FIND CHILD CARE AND ALL THESE THINGS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S WORTH IT. >> FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN, CHRISTOPHER WHITFIELD SAYS HE PLANS TO KEEP HIS SON BUSY EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL WILL BE OUT. WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUE READING. WE READ A LOT OF BOOKS. WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON WRITING SOME OF HIS MATH FOR NOW SELLS OF SCHOOL SPIRIT PLAY ON TONIGHT. WE'VE HAD SO MANY THINK THE KIDS CAN EXPERIENCE THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. >> BECAUSE OF COVID. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT THIS GETS TO TAKE PLACE TONIGHT. >> YOU KNOW, WITH THIS GAME WRAPPING UP, ATHENS DRIVE, UNFORTUNATELY, LOST THEIR HOMECOMING GAME AGAINST US. ANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL. 43 TO 36. WE DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MAKEUP DAYS REQUIRED AS A SCHOOL SYSTEM IS USING BANK INSTRUCTIONAL STATE LAW ALLOWS FOR 5 REMOTE LEARNING DAYS DUE TO INCLUDE CLEMENT, WHETHER THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, I WOULD RATHER USE SOME OF THAT BANK TIME BEFORE LEANING AS THAT REMOTE

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THESE KIDS. >> THESE ARE THE SOUNDS OF THE BEGINNING OF HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SEASON IN CUMBERLAND WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS IN THE 90'S AND IT FEELS LIKE IT'S IN THE HUNDREDS. THIS IS ALSO THE SOUND ON AND OFF OF THE FIELD TO FULFILL SUCH OCA HAS BEEN COACHING FOOTBALL AT PINE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL FOR 28 YEARS. SO WE CAN'T DO WHAT I DID. >> YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS AGO, YOU GUYS BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE GOT A LOT HOTTER AND THE KIDS A CHANGE THAT THEY DON'T GO OUTSIDE AND NOT AS ACTIVE. IS THAT DONE BEFORE? SO WE GOT TO BE AND IT JUST THAT SO THEY COULD GET USED TO BE HERE. >> COACHES AND MAKING SURE PLAYERS ARE DEVELOPING HEAT RELATED INJURIES LIKE DEHYDRATION. THAT'S WHEN YOU FEEL LIGHT-HEADED OR DIZZY. YOU CAN EVEN HAVE DRY MOUTH AND EYES HEAT EXHAUSTION IS WHEN YOUR CORE BODY TEMPERATURE REALLY HEATS UP, YOU HAVE HEADACHES AND FEEL SICK AND START SWEATING, EXCESSIVELY AND THEN THERE'S HEAT STROKE. THAT'S WHEN YOUR CORE BODY TEMPERATURE SOARS AND YOU STOP SWEATING BECAUSE YOUR BODY HAS GIVEN UP ON TRYING TO COOL YOU DOWN. YOU CAN EXPERIENCE SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. BUT THERE ARE THINGS PARENTS CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENT ATHLETES STAY SAFE IN THE HOT WEATHER BEFORE THEY HIT THE FIELD, HYDRATION AND NUTRITION. YOU KNOW, NUTRITION DURING THE DAY. >> NUTRITION AT NIGHT WHEN THEY GET HOME >> HYDRATING ALL DAY LONG. YOU KNOW, DON'T LET HIM JUST SIT AROUND IN THE HOUSE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING ALL DAY LONG. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO GET OUT AND THEY NEED TO GET INTO THE END OF THE HEAT, TOO. >> GET OUT AND GET INTO THE HEAT. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAVE THE PRACTICES IN THE MORNING. OTHERS IN THE AFTERNOON LIKE A PINE FOREST GOING START THEIR PRACTICE AT 6 O'CLOCK. I'LL TELL YOU A DENVER RIGHT NOW. IT IS 94 DEGREES OUT HERE LIKE MIKE MAZES. IT FEELS LIKE 102. >> PRETTY TOASTY FOR SARAH

As temperatures stay toasty, high school leaders adjusting practices to protect athletes 

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Additional fans will be only at upcoming Orange County schools sporting events.



THE POSITIVITY RATE SITTING AT 9.3%. 3012 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED IN THE HOSPITAL WITH THE VIRUS. 27% ARE ON VENTILATOR. >>> WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS HAVE VOTED TO ALLOW MORE FANS IN THE STANDS. WE HAVE A LIVE REPORT FROM ORANGE COUNTY WITH MORE ON THESE CHANGES. AARON? >> Reporter:  WELL, DEBRA, THIS IS CERTAINLY A HOT BUTTON ISSUE THAT WAS SAVED FOR THE LAST PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING. IT JUST ENDED WITHIN THE LAST 10 MINUTE, SO. TONIGHT WE ALSO HEARD FROM PARENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE. SOME SAY THEY UNDERSTAND WHY THESE COVID-19 PROTOCOLS WERE PUT IN PLACE TO ENSURE SAFETY. OTHERS SAY THEY HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH AND IT'S TIME TO PUT MORE FANS IN THE STANDS. ELIZABETH IS THE MOTHER OF A MIDDLE SCHOOL CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNER. >> WE ARE THRILLED TO BE HERE, TO BE SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL. >> Reporter:  CURRENT COVID-19 PROTOCOLS WITHIN ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS LIMITS HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN WITNESS THESE SPECIAL MOMENTS AT ATHLETIC EVENTS. >> IT IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO COME UP WITH TWO SPECTATORS FOR OUR FAMILY, BUT IT'S A -- I RECOGNIZE THAT IT IS A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, AND I'M WILLING TO MAKE THAT AS A SMALL SACRIFICE FOR US TO MAKE FOR OUR FAMILY IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY. >> WE FEEL LIKE SPECTATORS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE ALLOWED IN ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS. >> Reporter:  JEFF YOUNG SAID THE CURRENT SPECTATE ERR LIMIT KEPT HIS CHILD'S GRANDMOTHER FROM SEEING HER PLAY THE SPORT SHE LOVED MOST, VOLLEYBALL. >> IT'S HARD TO STOMACH WHEN WE HAVE 55,000 PEOPLE IN KEENAN STADIUM, AND EVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE UNLIMITED SPECTATORS, SO FOR THIS COUNTY TO LIMIT US, IT DOESN'T SEEM VERY FAIR IN THE BIG PICTURE. >> Reporter:  THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS ADMINISTRATORS WORK WITH THE SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND PRINCIPALS TO REVISE CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN PLACE. NOW THESE ARE CHANGES THAT GO INTO EFFECT AS SOON AS TOMORROW. THESE FANS MUST WEAR THEIR MASKS AND BE PHYSICALLY DISTANCED EITHER AT INDOOR OR OUT DOOR EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, NO CONCESSIONS ARE ALLOWED TO BE SOLD AT ANY

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