WINSTON-SALEM—Derrick Speas has resigned as the track and field coach at Winston-Salem Preparatory Academy, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. Speas served in that capacity for seven years, coaching Winston-Salem Prep to a couple of NCHSAA 1-A team championships and a couple of runner-up finishes. The W-S Prep women’s team was third in…
MOORESVILLE—Brett Hayford has been named as the new head football coach at Pine Lake Preparatory, according to a report in the Mooresville Tribune. Hayford has been a long-time Davidson College assistant football coach, ever since he had played football and baseball at Davidson and graduated from there in 1993. Among Hayford’s duties at Davidson were…
June 25, 2013 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, associate commissioner Rick Strunk of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association received the National Federation Citation award at the 94th annual NFHS Summer Meeting in Denver, Colorado. The NFHS Citation is one of the most highly regarded achievements in high school athletics and…
CHAPEL HILL—A coach with 20 years of collegiate coaching experience will take over the helm of the Chapel Hill High School volleyball program. Jody Brown, who served as the head coach at Florida Atlantic University from 1995 through the 2012 season, has been named the new head coach at Chapel Hill, according to various media…
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 Vada Sherrill of Alexander Central High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade North Carolina Softball Player of the Year. Sherrill is the second Gatorade North Carolina Softball Player of the…
INDIANAPOLIS— The 95th annual National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Summer Meeting will be held June 28-July 2 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. The NFHS is the national leadership organization for high school athletic and performing arts activities and is composed of state high school associations…
RALEIGH– Sanderson High School and the Sanderson Athletic Club will induct the fourth class of the Sanderson Athletics Hall of Fame in festivities to be held in September 2014. The class includes five athletes, two coaches, and two teams. The Hall of Fame “Class of 2014” will be honored in ceremonies…
CORNELIUS—W.A. Hough High School had a phenomenal women’s soccer season, winning the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A championship, and now the Huskies have added another accolade. Hough was the number-one ranked team in the nation in the final National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll….
June 20, 1968 On this day on history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control voted to raise the membership dues for the organization from five cents per student to 10 cents.
CHARLOTTE—An Ardrey Kell High School sophomore had a big year at the plate in baseball and has earned a performance listing in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. Aaron Pilkington was one of the top players for an excellent Ardrey Kell team that made it to the…
