This story first appeared in the Henderson Daily Dispatch, written by sports editor Kellen Holtzman. We use the story on our web site with permission. Winning is often how athletic excellence is defined, but in-game strategy wasn’t the theme of a coaching leadership workshop recently. Mark Dreibelbis spoke to Northern Vance…
RICHLANDS—Stan Smith is the new women’s soccer coach at Richlands High School, according to a report in the Jacksonville Daily News. Smith, 24 years of age, will take over for veteran coach P.J. McManus, who retired at the end of the women’s soccer season in the spring. Smith is…
July 7, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time North Carolina Athletic Director Association executive director Jerry McGee was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. McGee is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
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 Trentavis Friday of Cherryville High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade North Carolina Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year. Friday is the first Gatorade North…
CARRBORO—Carrboro High School has named Melvin Griffin as its new head football coach, according to various media reports including the Durham Herald-Sun. Griffin, who has been at Carrboro since the school opened, has been an assistant football coach there since 2007 under Jason Tudryn. Tudryn resigned to accept a post with…
July 1, 2001 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time North Carolina High School Athletic Association executive director Charlie Adams was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in Maui, Hawaii. Adams is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame,…
MORGANTON—Blair Hardin is leaving Freedom High School as head football coach after one year. Hardin, who went to Freedom after a successful tenure at Porter Ridge, has been named the new head football coach and assistant athletic director at North Myrtle Beach (SC) High School, according to a report in…
CONCORD—Jay Robinson High School has named Lamar Batts, Sr., as its new head basketball coach, according to various media reports including the Concord-Kannapolis Independent Tribune. Batts will replace former head coach Joe Pike and is only the second men’s basketball coach in the school’s 13-year history. He is a 2001…
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 Braxton Davidson of T.C. Roberson as its 2013-14 Gatorade North Carolina Baseball Player of the Year. Davidson is the third Gatorade North Carolina Baseball Player of the Year to…
The 12th Annual Bill Dooley Chapter Pigskin Preview, the official kickoff to the upcoming college football season, is set for July 24, 2014 at the Embassy Suites (201 Harrison Oaks Blvd) located off I-40 on Harrison Ave. in Cary. Last year a record crowd of 420 attended the luncheon. This year's panel of head coaches will include…
