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Honoring The Best and Brightest Area Football and Cheer Student-Athletes

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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS AWARDS DINNER RETURNS THIS DECEMBER

Charlotte and Piedmont Events To Honor Football and Cheer Student Athletes

The 14th Annual Friday Night Lights Awards Dinner proudly returns to honor the best and brightest Football and Cheer Student Athletes in the Greater Charlotte Region. The Piedmont region of North Carolina will host their 2nd Annual Friday Night Lights Awards after a very successful 2024 debut in Salisbury.

On December 7th in Charlotte and December 14th in Salisbury, the Football and Cheer families that make Friday Night lights so special will gather to honor the best and brightest student athletes that have worked so hard over the last year to achieve success.

This prestigious awards night has become a very special evening for football players, cheerleaders, coaches, teams, families and friends. This is the one night of the year when the entire Charlotte and Piedmont football, and cheer communities come together as one to recognize outstanding achievements on and off the football field. Over the last 12 years, finalists have included student-athletes now competing in the NFL and at top-ranked colleges across the country (Florida, Georgia, Florida State, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Stanford, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, South Carolina, Clemson and many more).

The Friday Night Lights Awards Dinner was founded as a sister event to the 18th Annual Greater Charlotte Hot Stove League Baseball and Softball Awards Dinners and the 6th Annual Piedmont Hot Stove League Baseball and Softball Awards Dinner. Inside the family, youth sports leader, Tripp Roakes also operates the 8th Annual Charlotte Lacrosse Awards and the 5th Annual Charlotte Track and Field Awards. Roakes operates these events to provide a special spotlight onto local student-athletes and their families, rewarding them for all the time and dedication they have given to their sport.

“I am very excited to operate our 13th Annual event in Charlotte and honor all these amazing football players and cheerleaders,” Roakes said. “The timing was right last year to add the Piedmont region event as well. The Piedmont Baseball and Softball Awards event sells out with a crowd of over 600 every year and many of our friends pushed for me to add football and cheerleading to the area. I can’t wait to honor all the athletes, scholars and leaders in both communities.”

Football and Cheer Award nominations are now open at www.fridaynightawards.com https://fridaynightawards.com/ and will be open until the first week of November. Finalists will be notified at that time of their selection and will begin to prepare for the special evening. Over 20 awards will be presented to the top high school and middle school student athletes and all finalists will be recognized at the two events.

TrippRoakes@gmail.com