CHARLOTTE— The Carolina Panthers are pleased to announce the selection of Daniel Finn as the team’s first High School Coach of the Week of the 2015 season. Coach Finn is currently in his second season as the head football coach at South Brunswick High School. Finn has turned the Cougar…
RALEIGH– Former Enloe High School basketball coach Preston McClain died earlier this week at the age of 75, according to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer. A native of Statesville, he came to Raleigh to attend Shaw University and coached at the junior high level for several years before moving…
September 18, 1975 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Hoggard’s Lynn Welbourn dished out seven assists in an out-of-state men’s soccer match against Charleston Winyah (SC).
In conjunction with HazingPrevention.org (HPO), the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has announced that National Hazing Prevention Week is September 21-25. The week is an opportunity for schools, individuals, communities and organizations to raise awareness about the problems of hazing, prevention education and personal responsibility. Organizing…
CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association Student Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) recently held its first meeting of the 2015-16 academic year. The SAAC was developed in order to serve as the voice for student-athletes who participate in NCHSAA programs. They discuss topics that are relevant…
September 17, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Wilkes Central rushed for a whopping 658 yards in a 61-16 high school football victory over North Wilkes, a team rushing performance that puts it in the top ten in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book.
WEAVERVILLE—A North Buncombe High School volleyball standout reached a major career milestone on Monday night. Morgan Ballard, the libero for North Buncombe, recorded the 1,500th dig of her career as her team got past Smoky Mountain 3-1 in action at North Buncombe. The achievement was reported in the Asheville Citizen-Times….
FOUR QUESTIONS: A CONVERSATION WITH…RILEY FIELDS Riley Fields is director of community relations for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League and has been a true friend of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The Panthers have been a corporate partner of the NCHSAA for years and Riley is often at…
SOUTHERN PINES– Long-time Pinecrest High School volleyball coach Barbara Foxx achieved a remarkable milestone on Tuesday night, according to a report in the Fayetteville Observer. Foxx recorded her 700th career victory as a head coach as her Pinecrest team downed Lumberton in three straight, by scores of 25-20, 25-23…
September 16, 2011 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, quarterback Drew Davis of East Chapel Hill completed 37 of 52 passes for a whopping 488 yards as the Wildcats topped Durham Jordan in a high school football game. At the time of the game, it was the seventh best passing performance based…
