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Lejeune High School Pauses Fall Sports Amid Challenges

10/3/2025

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Fall sports at Lejeune High School, the only Department of Defense (DoD) high school in North Carolina, are paused October 1, 2025.
The shutdown halts practices and postseason play.
The football team, 0-6, moved a game to avoid the shutdown and faces a challenging schedule ahead.
Lejeune lacks a nonprofit athletic department to cushion shutdown effects, unlike collegiate service academies.

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Story summary

Fall sports at Lejeune High School, the only Department of Defense (DoD) high school in North Carolina, are paused October 1, 2025.
The shutdown halts practices and postseason play.
The football team, 0-6, moved a game to avoid the shutdown and faces a challenging schedule ahead.
Lejeune lacks a nonprofit athletic department to cushion shutdown effects, unlike collegiate service academies.