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
• 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.

• Extra Effort Award Winner Curtis Whitley Smithfield Selma High School

  WRAL-TV Sports Anchor Tom Suiter started giving 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, Curtis Whitley, student at Smithfield/Selma High School is presented the Extra Effort Award circa 1985-’86.