MOORESVILLE—Lake Norman High School receiver Corey Joyner had a great 2013 season and has placed his name in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book in football. Joyner caught 86 passes for 1,708 yards and 21 touchdowns for Lake Norman. His yardage receiving for a single season is the fifth-best recorded in the…
December 14, 1978 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control voted to name the office building for the organization in Chapel Hill in honor of executive director Simon Terrell.
MOREHEAD CITY—An outstanding coach and a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame died on Monday. William “Billy” Benjamin Widgeon, Sr., 78, of Morehead City, passed away at Crystal Coast Hospice House. A graveside service was held on Wednesday. Widgeon enjoyed tremendous success as a high school athlete, collegiate athlete…
December 13, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Kevin Parks of West Rowan carried the ball 24 times for 219 yards and three touchdowns to lead West Rowan to a 35-7 victory over West Craven in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A state football championship game at BB&T Field in…
FAYETTEVILLE—Pine Forest High School bestowed a great honor on a former coach recently, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Long-time women’s basketball coach Tom Jackson was recognized as the Pine Forest gymnasium was named in his honor. “This is the greatest honor for me because I am a true-blooded Trojan,” Jackson was quoted as…
December 12, 1986 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Fayetteville Seventy-First’s Alex Gaines booted his third game-winning kick in five playoff games by drilling a 19-yarder in the 3-0 win over West Charlotte in the 4-A NCHSAA football championship in Fayetteville.
ASHEVILLE— Recently a “Coaches vs. Cancer” basketball event was held, for both men’s and women’s teams, and the game officials got involved with the cause as well. Dan Breneman, regional supervisor of officials for the Western North Carolina Basketball Officials Association, assigned the officials for the eight games in this event, including five…
December 10, 2003 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, South View High School’s women’s basketball team drained 14 three pointers in a 74-53 win over Hoke County.
December 9, 2006 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, 4-A football powerhouses Greenville Rose and Charlotte Independence won the last of their consecutive NCHSAA football state championships. In the 4-A game, the Rose Rampants finished off their undefeated season (16-0) by holding off West Charlotte 26-12 in the 4-A title game. Future East…
PINEHURST—Former Moore County superintendent of schools Robert E. Lee, a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, died last Thursday at the age of 92. A graduate of Elon College who earned his masters at UNC-Chapel Hill, he moved to Aberdeen in 1947 and began coaching at Aberdeen High School…
