CHERRYVILLE—A Cherryville High School student-athlete has received a prestigious honor—but it doesn’t directly relate to his ability on the baseball field. Jimmy Johnson, who is the starting center fielder on the Ironman baseball team and a member of the Cherryville Fire Department Junior Firefighters, has been named the 2015 National Volunteer…
March 4, 1967 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Gastonia Ashley pulled away in the fourth quarter and defeated Wilmington 51-44 to win the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men's basketball championship played at Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill.
CHAPEL HILL— A’Terria Quick of South Robeson and C.J. Bryce of North Mecklenburg 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…
SPRINGFIELD, MASS— The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced on Monday the winners of the 2015 Morgan Wootten Award for Lifetime Achievement in Coaching High School Basketball, including a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. The 2015 winner of the Morgan Wootten Award for…
CHAPEL HILL—A total of 16 outstanding young lawyers, including the general counsel for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, have been recognized by the North Carolina Bar Association. Whitney Frye of the NCHSAA is one of the 16 selected for the NCBA Leadership Academy's Class of 2015. She is…
a quick question concerning rules, regulations and policies of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Q: Are there rights fees for radio or television broadcasts of NCHSAA playoff games? A: The answer is yes, and they should be paid to the host school (or to the NCHSAA at state championship events) prior to…
INDIANAPOLIS— In its ongoing effort to minimize the risk of injury in high school football, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Football Rules Committee expanded the provisions of unnecessary roughness to include contact with a defenseless player. This revision in Rule 9-4-3g was one of six rules changes…
March 2, 2013 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Winston-Salem Parkland won its seventh state tournament team title in two different classifications in the last eight years in winning the NCHSAA state 4-A team tournament title in action at the Greensboro Coliseum. Parkland scored 133 points to 112 for Fayetteville Jack Britt.
ADVISORY: NCHSAA BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has released the following information about the NCHSAA basketball playoffs, which have been hit hard by the snow across the state. A total of 13 first-round games in all classifications, out of 128, have been completed…
During the month of February, in honor of Black History Month, the NCHSAA website will feature information about African-Americans who have made major contributions to the great tradition of high school sports in our state. We hope you find these both entertaining and informative. LAWRENCE DUNN Lawrence Dunn enjoyed an excellent coaching…
