FORMER STATE CHAMPION HOLDS REUINION GASTONIA—Members of a former North Carolina High School Athletic Association state baseball championship team recently enjoyed a reunion 45 years after their outstanding accomplishment. Lowell Holbrook High School won the NCHSAA state 2-A baseball crown in 1968, and a number of members of that squad recently enjoyed a luncheon in…
November 7, 1969 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Wilson Fike’s Carlester Crumpler returned a punt 98 yards for a touchdown against Rocky Mount.
GOLDSBORO— The baseball clinic run by North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Famer George Whitfield is set for its 42nd annual renewal. The clinic is scheduled for Goldsboro High School on Saturday, January 11, 2014, and features another tremendous lineup. Registration is scheduled from 7:30 to 9:00 a.m, and then the clinic will…
November 6, 2004 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Charlotte Providence made it two consecutive North Carolina High School Athletic Association state women’s 4-A cross country championships and Asheville T.C. Roberson swept a pair of 3-A state crowns, both men and women, in action at Tanglewood Park. November 6, 1998 On this day…
Provided by Associated Press. ¶ Albemarle 29, Union Academy 6¶ Alexander Central 48, West Iredell 20¶ Alleghany County 47, Elkin 6¶ Andrews 54, Cherokee 6¶ Asheboro 34, Western Guilford 8¶ Asheville 41, North Buncombe 7¶ Asheville Reynolds 37, Asheville Roberson 17¶ Ayden-Grifton 76, Kinston 0¶ Belmont South Point 48, North Gaston 10¶ Boonville Starmount 20,…
Recently two North Carolina High School Athletic Association member schools collaborated on a unique athletic event. Hoke County High School and Richmond Senior High School combined to put together a series of kickball games. Gary Brigman, athletic director at Hoke, and athletic director Kevin Mabe of Richmond came up with the idea to have the…
November 5, 1966 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Frank Spratt of Chapel Hill set a course record in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association cross country championships in Chapel Hill. Spratt had a time of 10:11.5 over a course that was 2.2 miles in length. Charlotte Myers Park won the team…
LEXINGTON—The Davidson County Sports Hall of Fame recently inducted its 12th class in its annual ceremonies, according to a report in the Lexington Dispatch. The 2013 inductees included retired West Davidson athletic director Charles Elmore, former Lexington tennis standout Anna Coleman Hayes, retired Central Davidson athletic director Gene Poindexter, Davidson County school system athletic director…
November 4, 2006 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Person, Hendersonville, Cardinal Gibbons and Southwest Guilford each took state titles in their respective classifications in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state volleyball championships at Reynolds Coliseum. Person dropped the opening game in the 4-A championship and then stormed back to win…
RALEIGH WAKEFIELD DEFEATS CORNELIUS HOUGHIN NCHSAA 4-A VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP RALEIGH— Outside hitter Darian Mack led the way as Raleigh Wakefield outlasted Cornelius W.A. Hough in four sets on Saturday night to take the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A volleyball championship at Reynolds Coliseum on the N.C. State campus. Mack, a 6-1 senior,…
