January 15, 2014 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time coach Daryl Allen died in Greenville at the age of 76. A native of northeastern North Carolina, Allen spent a total of 52 years as a football coach, including two stints at Hertford County High School. His career record of 305-118 puts…
FOUR QUESTIONS: A CONVERSATION WITH… MAC MORRIS Mac Morris has made his mark not just as an outstanding high school basketball coach, but also as the co-executive director of the successful North Carolina Coaches Association and its annual clinic. A graduate of Roxboro High and Davidson College, Morris served at Greensboro’s Page High School from…
WILKESBORO–Two of the Wilkes Central High School athletic programs were recently honored during ceremonies at a Wilkes Central basketball game for their excellence in academics. Both the Wilkes Central cheerleading squad and the Eagles’ men’s tennis team earned top honors in their sport in the North Carolina High School Athletic…
CHICAGO — In its 30th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has announced that Elly Henes of Green Hope High School as its 2014-15 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. Henes is the first Gatorade North…
CHAPEL HILL— Amanda Gerni of Currituck and Richard “Peanut” Tolston of Fayetteville Jack Britt have been named winners of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Performance of the Week awards, powered by Time Warner Cable SportsChannel with Subway® Restaurants. Each week one male and one female athlete in NCHSAA competition are selected for this…
A Weddington High School women’s basketball standout has achieved one of the rarest of hoop feats—again—for entry in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record book. Stephanie Watts had a quadruple double last week in a big win over Marvin Ridge. She poured in 35 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, handed…
LEJEUNE—Darryl Schwartz, a veteran teacher and coach, has stepped down as head football coach at Lejeune High School, according to a report in the Jacksonville Daily News. Schwartz, who is 59, has been coaching for 38 years and has served as head coach at Lejeune for five seasons. He has…
Jethro Pugh, an original member of the famous Dallas Cowboys Doomsday Defense and player on two Super Bowl championship teams, died last week at the age of 70 due to natural causes, according to media reports. Pugh played in four Super Bowl and helped the Cowboys win titles in 1972 and…
INDIANAPOLIS—North Carolina high school coaches continue to make great inroads in terms of national certification, according to figures released recently by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). The state is now seventh nationally in total Accredited Interscholastic Coaches (AIC). North Carolina had 177 coaches…
