CHAPEL HILL— Abigale Verchick of Union Pines High School in Cameron and Joe Mason of West Carteret High School are the 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…
April 28, 1995 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, multi-record holder Shawn Gallagher blasted his way into the baseball record books in helping New Hanover defeat Southern Wayne 16-9. In the game, Shawn blasted five home runs in five consecutive at bats and totaled 11 RBIs. All three totals are NCHSAA records while…
ANDREWS—Andrews High School senior Isaac Cunningham had some help with his senior exit project at his school, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. The project by Cunningham raised raising approximately $1,500 for the Wounded Warrior Project. But here is what Andrews athletic director Dane…
CHAPEL HILL—Over 21,000 individual awards have been given by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association to student-athletes for their achievements in the classroom as well as on the playing court or athletic field. The NCHSAA made the awards in its Scholar-Athlete program presented by…
CRAMERTON—Carl Cecil “Cotton” Bolick, a coach and athletic director for many years, died on Saturday at the age of 91. A native of Lincoln County, Bolick was an outstanding athlete at the old Cramerton High and later enlisted in the Army Air Corps and fought in World War II. He was…
April 27, 2005 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Ashe County and North Surry completed the longest recorded fast-pitch softball game in NCHSAA history when their 26-inning marathon spread out over the course of five days. The game started on April 22 and, after being suspended twice on April 22nd and April 25th,…
a quick question concerning rules, regulations and policies of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Q: What are some of the requirements for the school’s Emergency Action Plan? A: Details may be found in the NCHSAA Handbook under rule 2.5.4(c). Each school should have a venue specific Emergency Action Plan (EAP) that…
APEX—One of the new schools that will be joining the North Carolina High School Athletic Association has turned to a veteran coach to be its first women’s basketball coach, according to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer. Scott Campbell is returning to coaching, having been named the new coach…
HICKORY–Dr. Walter Hart, superintendent of the Hickory Public Schools has announced his retirement, according to a variety of media reports. He will be leaving the system at the end of July. Dr. Hart made the announcement at a recent Board of Education meeting and then told his cabinet members and principals…
A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association state women’s tennis champion has died at the age of 49. Mary Lloyd Hodges Barbera, who won the NCHSAA open classification women’s champion under her maiden name in 1981 and ’82 while playing for Vance High in Henderson, passed away on Wednesday….
