Changes coming to Charlotte Observer’s high school coverage zone
The Charlotte Observer is changing its high school coverage area.
Beginning with spring coverage this week, the primary coverage zone will include public and private schools in the Charlotte metropolitan area and N.C. counties that touch Mecklenburg County.
Those counties include Cabarrus (and A.L. Brown High), Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and Union counties. That encompasses 106 high schools.
Those schools will be eligible for inclusion in the Observer’s region polls, daily coverage, athletes of the week and postseason all-star teams. The Observer will continue to offer statewide football and basketball polls involving all N.C. teams.
Counties previously in the primary coverage zone include Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Cleveland, Richmond, Rowan, Rutherford, Stanly and Watauga. The Observer, however, will still offer limited coverage of athletes and games in those areas.
