CHAPEL HILL—Commissioner Davis Whitfield of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association confirmed today that the eight NCHSAA basketball championship games culminating the 2014-15 season will all be played in Chapel Hill. Four games will be played at the Smith Center and four games at Carmichael Arena, both on the campus…
Michael Richardson- Surry Central (1999-2003) North Carolina boasts one of the most prolific goal scorers in national high school men’s soccer history in Michael Richardson. A 2003 graduate of Surry Central in Dobson, Richardson set the state records for goals in a single-game, a single-season and a career. His junior…
September 10, 1954 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Aberdeen High School downed Red Springs 44-0 in a six-man football game at Aberdeen– the first in the history of the school played under the lights.
CARY— Green Hope High School has named a new softball coach, according to several media reports including HighSchoolOT.com and the Raleigh News and Observer. Logan Hill, who has been an assistant with the softball program previously, has been appointed to the position. Hill graduated from East Duplin High School…
September 9, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the meeting of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Section 3 at the Hilton Wilmington Riverside concluded. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association hosted the annual gathering of state association officials from across the Southeast. States that are included…
DURHAM—A Hillside High School athlete has set his sights on the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after an outstanding performance during the summer. According to a feature in the Durham Herald-Sun, sophomore Desmond Jackson won three gold medals last month during the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports…
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is looking for member schools to assist in painting a mural for a National Federation Meeting in Asheville, NC this January! If you are involved with a Visual Arts Department at a NCHSAA member school and desire more information, please email Patrick Stephenson, Asst. Director of Sponsorships &…
questions about NCHSAA rules. regulations, policies and procedures Q: I am currently ineligible to play volleyball, but I want to continue to practice with the team and then sit on the bench during games in uniform to support my teammates, even though I can’t play. Is that legal? A: Rule 1.1.12 in the…
September 8, 1989 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Wilson Hunt defeated rival Wilson Beddingfield 21-0 in a high school football game with the help of seven interceptions by Hunt.
CHARLOTTE—A long-time coach in several sports, Clyde Peek died Friday morning at his home in Charlotte at the age of 95, according to a report in the Hendersonville Times-News. Peek was the head football coach at West Mecklenburg for 19 years. Prior to that, he was a highly successful men’s basketball…
