WNCHSAA Football Championship Results 1930-1976

The Western North Carolina High School Activities Association was founded on December 10, 1929.  Charter members included Belmont, Concord, Kings Mountain, Lexington, Lincolnton, Monroe, Newton, Mooresville, Black Mountain, Cliffside, Hickory, Lenoir, Marion, Morganton, and Rutherford-Spindale.

The WNCHSAA grew to 42-members in four conferences before it was dissolved in June of 1977 and its members joined the NCHSAA.

Only three of the 42 members failed to win a Western title in some sport during the WNCHSAA’s existence and it had some outstanding football programs in it.  W.C. Clary served for many years as executive director of the organization.

From 1950-1953, the WNCHSAA had two conferences, South Piedmont and Western.  Round robin league schedules were not played; therefore, numerous times two teams would finish tied for the league crown.  Occasionally, a playoff was held for a particular conference, but an overall WNCHSAA title game was rarely played.

1930	Hickory and Monroe
1931	Hickory and Morganton
1932	Hickory and Newton-Conover
1933	Lexington and Newton-Conover
1934	Lexington and Cherryville
1935	Concord 39, Newton-Conover 0
1936	Winston-Salem Children’s Home and Newton-Conover
1937	Winston-Salem Children’s Home and Forest City
1938	Winston-Salem Children’s Home, Lexington and Lenoir
1939	Lexington and Morganton
1940	Lexington, Statesville and Morganton
1941	Barium Springs and Morganton
1942	Thomasville Mills Home and Marion
1943	Winston-Salem Children’s Home and Hickory
1944	Albemarle 19, Shelby 0
1945	Winston-Salem Children’s Home and Newton-Conover
1946	Albemarle and Morganton
1947	Winston-Salem Children’s Home and Shelby
1947	Harvest Bowl: Concord 13, Shelby 6
1948	Statesville and Charlotte Tech
1949	Winston-Salem Children’s Home, Monroe, and Lenoir
1949	Harvest Bowl: Monroe 13, Lenoir 13
1950	Asheboro and Lenoir
1951	Lenoir 19, Wilkes Central 14
1952	Lenoir 25, Winston-Salem Children’s Home 19
1953	Albemarle 7, Belmont 6
1954	Lexington 14, Albemarle 14
1955	Four Conference Champions; no game.
1956	Lexington and Kings Mountain
1957	Albemarle 54, Marion 6
1958	Asheboro 33, Hickory 14
1959	Hickory 34, Albemarle 13
1960	Kannapolis Brown 0, Hickory 0
1961	Mooresville 13, Hickory 12
1962	Wilkes Central 14, Asheboro 7
1963	Asheboro 21, Shelby 6
1964	Thomasville 20, Hickory 13
1965	Asheboro 34, East Rutherford 7
1966	Hickory 41, Statesville 7
1967	Lexington 33, Lincolnton 12
1968	Shelby 32, Thomasville 12
1969	East Rowan 26, Shelby 21
1970	Shelby 13, Salisbury 7
1971	Salisbury 14, Belmont South Point 14
1972	Shelby 26, Mooresville 21
1973	Salisbury 13, Watauga 0
1974	Salisbury 14, Shelby 3
1975	North Davidson 21, Shelby 21
1976	Shelby 25, Lexington 0