WAXHAW—Brad Hoover has been named as the new head football coach at Marvin Ridge High School, according to a press release issued by the school. Tim Conner, principal at Marvin Ridge, announced the hiring. Hoover comes to Marvin Ridge after serving for a year as head coach at Union Academy, where he led the team…
January 27, 1998 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, legendary football coach and educator Lee Stone died at the age of 91. A native of Pennsylvania, Stone had the football field at Asheboro named in his honor and he is a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame,…
INDIANAPOLIS—Mark Dreibelbis of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association staff has been selected for a prestigious national honor. Dreibelbis, assistant commissioner and supervisor of officials for the NCHSAA, has been selected by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) as the recipient of the 2014 NFHS Coach Educator of the Year award….
CHAPEL HILL—Former Durham Riverside star Lee Land has been named as the new head baseball coach at Chapel Hill, according to the Chapel Hill News. Land was selected in the Major League Baseball draft out of Riverside by the Pittsburgh Pirates, but opted to go to Wake Forest. He transferred to Arkansas and then…
NAMES IN THE BOOK Shea Ralph- Terry Sanford (1993-1996) Shea Ralph is one of the greatest female basketball players from the Tar Heel state. A graduate of Terry Sanford High School in Fayetteville, Ralph ranks among the all-time NCHSAA leaders in a number of defensive and offensive categories that helped her earn the 1996 Pat…
DALE JARRETT HONORED WITH KEY TO CITY CONOVER—Former NASCAR star and current television commentator Dale Jarrett, who was born and raised in Conover and resides there today, has been honored with the key to the city by the Conover Town Council, according to a report in The Observer-News-Enterprise. According to the paper, Jarrett said, “It…
BREVARD—Jessica Merrill, head volleyball coach at Brevard High School, has resigned, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Merrill served as head coach there for five seasons, and the team’s record in the final two years was 38-15, the best in the history of Brevard volleyball. The Blue Devils went 18-7 during the 2013…
CHAPEL HILL—Many North Carolina High School Athletic Association football officials don’t just call high school games, according to a survey recently done by Mark Dreibelbis, assistant commissioner and supervisor of officials of the NCHSAA. Many of them are active—and excel—at the collegiate level, while staying involved with NCHSAA football. Over 75 officials…
DURHAM—Darius Robinson has been named as Southern Durham High School’s new head football coach, just a few weeks removed from the Spartans winning the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-AA football championship, according to a number of media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer and the Durham Herald-Sun. Robinson takes…
January 22, 2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, St. Stephens and Watauga battled through eight overtime periods in a Northwestern Conference men’s basketball game in Boone. St. Stephens prevailed by a score of 103-98, led by Karigan Farley’s 37 points.
