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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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Several fights erupted at high schools across the city on Friday night, forcing the evacuation of one stadium.

FURLOUGHED. 2 COMMISSARIES CLOSED AS WELL AS SOME NON-ESSENTIAL SERVICES ON POST. >> WHEN I WANT TO BRING OUR VIEWERS INTO THE WRAL LIVE CENTER. GOOD EVENING. I'M CHRIS LOVINGOOD. WE'RE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS ABOUT 3 REPORTED FIGHTS THAT MANAGED TO STOP FOOTBALL GAMES LOCALLY AT HIGH SCHOOLS. NOW WE'RE STILL TRYING TO CONFIRM 2 SITUATIONS, BUT ONE WE CAN CONFIRM WITH INVESTIGATORS IS IN MONROE, NORTH CAROLINA, THAT'S IN UNION COUNTY. WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THERE WERE SOME KIND OF FIGHT AMONG PEOPLE IN THE CROWD IN THE GAME AGAINST MONROE HIGH SCHOOL IN FOREST HILLS, HIGH SCHOOL. AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSED THE STADIUM TO ACTUALLY BE EVACUATED. SOME POINT THEY LEFT THE GAME. THE GAME HAD TO BE STOPPED WAS SUSPENDED AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET MORE DETAILS OF THIS. NOW, THE GAME WAS SUSPENDED. YES, BUT MONROE DID WIN. 28 TO 0. BUT THE COACH WE TALKED TO AFTER ALL THIS HAPPENED SAID NOBODY WINS. >> FORTUNATE KIDS ARE PLAYING GREAT BALL. MOST EYES YOU WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN? I MEAN, IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN FOOTBALL GAME WHEN FOOTBALL GAME. >> NOW THAT SITUATION AGAIN IS IN UNION COUNTY AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING TO GET INFORMATION FROM 2 OTHER COUNTIES, PARTY COUNTY AND ROBERTSON COUNTY. AGAIN, FIGHTS BREAKING OUT AT SOME FOOTBALL GAMES AND THEN THE

Fighting in crowd leads to high school football game suspension in Union County

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

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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

WRAL has highlights from the first week of high school football on Football Friday. Tune in to WRAL, watch in the HSOT app or wherever you stream WRAL.

Football Friday: Week 1

WRAL has highlights from HS football opening night on Football Friday. Tap to watch live.

The first round of the high school football playoffs are complete and we have highlights from a number of games from the WRAL viewing area.

Football Friday First Round of Playoffs 2019

Football Friday

HighSchoolOT has all the recaps, photos, highlights from a busy Friday night in football.