June 6, 2009 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, pitcher Chelsea Leonard of Central Davidson was named the Most Valuable Player for the third consecutive year as she led her team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A softball championship at Walnut Creek Softball Complex. She fired a one-hitter…
HOPE MILLS—Gray’s Creek High School softball star Sarah Watson fell just short in her bid to set a new record for runs batted in for a season, as she finished the year with 61 RBI, good for second place on the list. But Watson also earned a number of other performance…
June 5, 1970 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Robersonville outlasted Farmer 1-0 in 17 innings in the first game of the best of three series for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A baseball championship. Farmer came back to win the next two contests to take the championship.
North Carolina High School Athletic Association assistant commissioner Carolyn Shannonhouse was honored recently at the NCHSAA state tennis championships. Shannonhouse was surprised when the officials honored her at her last tennis championship before her retirement. Carolyn began work at the NCHSAA back in 1986 after…
RALEIGH- -As usual, pitching and defense should be featured as the top fast-pitch softball teams in the state prepare for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships this weekend. But there are also a number of players with spectacular offensive statistics in the eight-team field. For the third year in…
June 4, 2006 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Spencer Andrews rapped out four hits in a 20-hit assault as Chatham Central rolled to a 13-3 decision over West Columbus in the third and decisive game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A baseball championship series at Doak Field…
Some of the top players and teams in North Carolina high school baseball will be trying to add hardware to their trophy cases this weekend in the 98th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state baseball championship series. The 1-A and 3-A series will…
June 3, 2006 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Alex White used his bat and his arm to rally Greenville D.H. Conley as the Vikings defeated Jamestown Ragsdale 2-0 in the third and final game in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A baseball championship series at First Horizon Park…
MONROE—A Union Academy women’s soccer player has earned a couple of spots in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. Goalkeeper Alivia McKelvy had a tremendous year for Union Academy, recording 19 consecutive shutouts for the Cardinals. The 19 consecutive shutouts by a keeper tied the existing state record,…
MORGANTON—Veteran head football coach Tom Eanes will be the new head coach at Patton High School, according to a report in the Hickory Daily Record. Eanes is currently the head coach at Ashley in Wilmington, where he has been since 2011. His parents live in western North Carolina and his father…
