RED SPRINGS—Former Red Springs High School assistant coach Ron Cook is returning to Red Springs as head football coach, according to a report in the Robesonian. Cook was the defensive coordinator at Lumberton High School last year and then also served as the interim head coach for the final four weeks of…
July 15, 1996 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Glaxo Wellcome announced a gift of $100,000 to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for the NCHSAA Hall of Fame. The donation, made over a four-year period, enabled the Association to create a special endowment to subsidize the activities of the Hall…
CHICAGO — In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has announced Sydnei Murphy of Apex High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Murphy is the first Gatorade North…
July 13, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, legendary coach and administrator Dave Harris of Charlotte died just a few days short of his 86th birthday. A graduate of Statesville High School and then of Wake Forest University in 1946, where he played in the first Gator Bowl, Harris is one…
HOLLY SPRINGS—Holly Springs High School did not move too far away to name a new men’s head basketball coach, according to various media reports including HighSchoolOT.com. Richard Young, who has been coaching the women’s team at Holly Springs for the past two seasons, will move over to coach the men’s program starting…
CHAPEL HILL—Chapel Hill High School has named new head coaches in men’s and women’s soccer and softball, according to a number of media reports including the Durham Herald-Sun. Long-time assistant Jason Curtis has been elevated to the head soccer positions. Greg Cain will take over the softball program. Curtis…
CHICAGO — In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has announced Morgan Reid of Cardinal Gibbons High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Reid is the first Gatorade North Carolina Girls Soccer…
Distributed by the National Federation OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS – The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) applauds and encourages the growing research in the area of concussion protection for athletes, including the work released earlier by Virginia Tech. Coaches, consumers and parents should be aware that while the STAR rating system suggests…
July 10, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time coach and administrator Willie Bradshaw of Durham was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in San Diego. Bradshaw is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
Special To The NCHSAA By W.E. Warnock, Chapel…
