More Highlights for High School

• WRAL’s “Football Friday” and “HighSchoolOT” Live are Back Starting Tonight

  High school football is back in its traditional season, and WRAL-TV and HighSchoolOT are ready to bring you all the highlights, scores and headlines.  Football Friday and HighSchoolOT Live kick off tonight, Friday, August 20, 2021. HighSchoolOT Live starts at
• WRAL Sports 1st Extra Effort Award recipient HOWARD WATSON

  WRAL Sports anchor Tom Suiter delivered the first “Extra Effort” award to Howard Watson in September, 1981. He played defensive end for the Cougars at Apex High School.

  Little did we know in 1981, there was more than one connection Watson had with WRAL. Fast forward 34 years to 2015 when Jeff Gravley, now WRAL Sports Director/anchor, caught up with Watson at his old high school.

  Gravley played high school football at the same time as Watson. He was a quarterback at Webb High School and played against Apex High School. Watson admits he probably tackled Gravley back in the day.

  Watch and listen to what Howard Watson did after high school and what he is doing now.

  This story aired in November, 2015.

• Fabulous 15 High School Football 1986

  WRAL Sports anchor Tom Suiter profiles the “Fabulous 15” high school football teams in the viewing area for 1986. Take a look and see if your high school team made the cut!

• Extra Effort Award Winner Moses Farmer Western Harnett High School

  WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter started giving out the Extra Effort award on a weekly basis in September 1981 to area high school athletes who excelled in the classroom as well as their chosen sport. The tradition continued until Suiter retired in 2016.

  In this video, Moses Farmer, student at Western Harnett High School is presented the Extra Effort Award circa 1985-1986.

• Extra Effort Award Cory Phillips student at Northern Nash High School

  WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter started giving out the Extra Effort award on a weekly basis in September 1981 to area high school athletes who excelled in the classroom as well as their chosen sport. The tradition continued until Suiter retired in 2016.

  In this video, Cory Phillips, student at Northern Nash High School is presented the Extra Effort Award circa 1985-’86.