The high school football season has started. Friday, Aug. 18, will be the opening night for most teams.
Radio Free Cabarrus/485 Sports is broadcasting from three sites on the NFHS Network Here are the games and the announcers:
West Cabarrus at Northwest Cabarrus (RFC cameras and Pixellot)
James Melick and Mark Plemmons on the call
Piedmont at Concord
John Voncannon and Chris Hudson are the announcers.
Hickory Ridge at Jay M. Robinson
Perry Gabriel on the call.
485 Sports/Radio Free Cabarrus will again be the producer for St. Andrews University football. The 485 Sport crew will do play-by-play and be responsible for all the camera work.
St. Andrews Knights Coach Robert Curtin is moving into his second season is excited about the prospects. We talked with the coach over the summer on a couple of occasions:
Tickets for the 29th annual Carolina Renaissance Festival go on sale Friday, August 5th kicking off the start of several new changes Festival organizers have planned for the upcoming season.
Recently, the Festival announced a list of changes planned to improve traffic conditions for the 2022 event season that include a major revision of how festival admission tickets will be made available. Tickets are now event date specific, limited in availability per each event date, and sold online at the Festival website at Carolina.RenFestInfo.com while each event day ticket supply lasts. General admission tickets valid any of the event dates are no longer available at retail locations statewide as in the past.
“This is the most significant operational change in the Festival’s near three-decade history. We encourage visitors to reserve their date and purchase tickets in advance online while they last. Tickets will be offered at the Festival on-site box office only on event days not sold out in advance,” stated Matt Siegel, the Festival’s Director of Marketing.
The Festival is open rain or shine. Ticket holders will receive a refund should the Festival not open on an event date due to extreme unsafe weather conditions, a very rare occurrence according to Festival organizers. Additionally, the Festival’s online ticket provider works with FanShield ticket protection to present purchasers an option to buy, at a modest additional fee, an insurance policy that guarantees a refund if the purchased tickets were to be unused, under the policy’s terms and conditions.
Last year’s reopening of the Renaissance Festival came with the impact of additional weekend traffic on an adjacent road system increasingly burdened with new residential and commercial developments now surrounding the Festival’s once rural location near the Town of Huntersville in North Mecklenburg County.
2022 plans for the fairgrounds include a revised Traffic Management Plan for nearby roadways and improved parking, staffing, and signage to expedite arriving and departing event traffic. Festival hours are also revised to open 30 minutes earlier at 9:30 AM and remain open until 5:30 PM. Parking remains free courtesy of Harris Teeter.
Celebrating 29 Years of Cheers, the annual Carolina Renaissance Festival returns Saturdays and Sundays for eight consecutive weekends, from October 1st through November 20th. In addition to all the returning popular jousting, jesting, and juggling favorites, the Festival will be hosting several new food and entertainment offerings.
The Festival occurs on a 250-acre farm located north of Charlotte, between Concord and Huntersville, at the junction of NC 73 and Poplar Tent Road. Tickets will be available online only at Carolina.RenFestInfo.com.
What: The Carolina Renaissance Festival is a combination of outdoor theater, circus, arts and crafts fair, jousting tournaments, and a rollicking feast, all rolled into a full day of non-stop, outdoor family adventure!
Where: North of Charlotte between Concord and Huntersville. The Festival is located on Highway 73 at Poplar Tent Road (between I-77 and I-85). Plan ahead with must know driving info at Carolina.RenFestInfo.com/driving-directions
When: Eight consecutive weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) October 1 through November 20. The Festival opens daily at 9:30 AM and closes at 5:30 PM, rain or shine.
Event Sponsors: The Carolina Renaissance Festival is presented by Harris Teeter and Pepsi. Additional sponsors include Atrium Health, Sunbelt Rentals, Valpak, Jersey Mike’s, Chick-Fil-A, Autobell Carwash, AAA of the Carolinas, Visit Lake Norman, Hampton Inn & Suites, Language Line Solutions, Charlotte Playsets, and Apex Technology.
Tickets & More Information: Online at Carolina.RenFestInfo.com, or call (704) 896-5555.
Watch live as the 14th Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Softball Awards are presented at the Airport Sheraton in Charlotte. The broadcast begins at 5:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 23, 2022.
The Greater Charlotte Home & Landscape Show is coming to the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 28-20.
The event is presented annually by the South Charlotte Sports Report.
Radio Free Cabarrus/485 Sports will broadcast three games Friday, Nov. 12, in the N.C. High School Athletic Association football playoffs.
Hickory Ridge will host the defending 4A champs Julius Chambers. We will have a multi-camera broadcast in addition to the normal Pixellot automated stream. Here is a link to that broadcast on NFHS Network.
RFC/485 Sports will also be in Lenoir as Concord visits Hibriten. John Voncannon and Chris Hudson will call the action on the NFHS Network.
Yadkin Valley Conference Champion Jay M. Robinson visits Rocky River Conference Champion Monroe. Perry Gabriel and Trey Betler will call this audio only broadcast on 485 Sports/Radio Free Cabarrus’ YouTube channel.
Radio Free Cabarrus will have announcers at Concord for the Spiders home opener against the Cabarrus Warriors. John Voncannon and Trey Betler call the action on the NFHS Network. Other games can be found there by searching for your team’s name.
485 Sports/Radio Free Cabarrus will also feature a multi-camera broadcast of the 10th Annual Patriotic Bowl on YouTube between Blessed Trinity from Georgia and Charlotte Catholic.
On Friday night, September 10, the greater Charlotte region will continue a legacy. The Tenth
Annual Patriotism Bowl will be played at Keffer Stadium featuring the Cougars of Charlotte Catholic and
Atlanta powerhouse Blessed Trinity Catholic High School to benefit organizations with missions to
encourage patriotism; support our first responders, veterans, active military and their families; and
recognize selfless service.
485 Sports/Radio Free Cabarrus will broadcast all the action beginning at 6:45 p.m. on YouTube – Blessed Trinity vs. Charlotte Catholic.
This game will celebrate a number of highlights:
Week 3 is Labor Day Weekend and Friday night gets festivities started with lots of high school football. 485 Sports/Radio Free Cabarrus is broadcasting three games on the NFHS Network and there are lots of other network games available. Log-on to NFHS Network and search for your school.
485 Sports/Radio Free Cabarrus announcers will be on the call at these games:
Walkertown at Mount Pleasant
A.L. Brown at Rocky River
Jay M. Robinson at South Rowan.
485 Sports/Radio Free Cabarrus will be at three games in Week 2, highlighted by Jay M. Robinson at Central. All games will be on the NFHS Network.
485 Sports will also have announcers at the Porter Ridge-West Cabarrus game and the Forest Hills-Mount Pleasant game. The Cox Mill Sports Network will be calling the Northwest Cabarrus at Cox Mill game.
Dozens of other games will be broadcast in Week 2, Friday, Aug. 27. Log onto NFHS Network and search for your school’s name.
Highlights from Week 1 featured game
The high school football season gets under way for Cabarrus County schools. Watch all the action on the NFHS Network. Radio Free Cabarrus/485 Sports will be doing a multi-camera broadcast from Central Cabarrus as the Vikings host Mount Pleasant.
RFC/485 Sports will also have announcers calling the action for West Cabarrus at Northwest Cabarrus and Concord at Jay M. Robinson.
The Cox Mill Sports Network will be calling the action as the Chargers visit Hopewell.
485 Sports and Radio Free Cabarrus will be doing interviews with coaches in the area throughout the season in addition to live broadcasts of games and other content.
The high school football season gets under way for Cabarrus County schools. Watch all the action on the NFHS Network. Radio Free Cabarrus/485 Sports will be doing a multi-camera broadcast from Central Cabarrus as the Vikings host Mount Pleasant.
RFC/485 Sports will also have announcers calling the action for West Cabarrus at Northwest Cabarrus and Concord at Jay M. Robinson.
The Cox Mill Sports Network will be calling the action as the Chargers visit Hopewell.