The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is enjoying the celebration of its 100th anniversary, and even though the organization has been around for a while it has made a constant effort to deal with the changing landscape of education and the challenges which any organization can face. To that end, the NCHSAA convened a…
October 10, 1998 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the Wachovia Cup champions for the 1997-98 academic year are honored at the 14th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association Day at Kenan Stadium, during which North Carolina played Pittsburgh. Hendersonville, High Point Central, T.C. Roberson and Raleigh Leesville Road received the Cups….
HAYS—North Wilkes High School has announced the inductees into its second Hall of Fame. The inductees include Jerry Carter, Pauline Jones Carter, Roger Caudle, Dale Ellis, Christy Gambill, Clyde Holloway, David Johnson, Jeff Peal, and the 1998 North Wilkes wrestling team. Jerry Carter was a mathematics teacher at North Wilkes for 33 years, starting…
NEWTON—Fred T. Foard High School has named Shania Johnson as the head coach of its softball program, according to media reports in the Hickory Daily Record as well as The Observer-News-Enterprise. Johnson is a former Fred T. Foard player who stayed in Catawba County for her collegiate career, playing for Lenoir-Rhyne University and graduating in…
October 9, 1998 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Red Springs and Tar Heel played a wild high scoring football game when the score was knotted up at 44-44 at the end of regulation. Tar Heel eventually won in double overtime 58-56. October 9, 2000 On this day in history in the NCHSAA,…
WEST MONTGOMERY COACH MAKESAPPALACHIAN STATE HALL OF FAME BOONE— Four former all-America student-athletes, including a current coach at West Montgomery High School have been selected for induction into the Appalachian State University Athletics’ Hall of Fame. Stefanie Panzer, who played volleyball at Appalachian State from 2002-05, was among those honored. She is currently in her…
October 8, 2001 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Michael Richardson of Surry Central scored 10 goals in a men’s soccer match as Surry Central beat East Surry 17-0.
NORTH BUNCOMBE FRESHMAN DOES IT AGAIN North Buncombe High School female golfer Callista Rice recently recorded another phenomenal nine-hole score. Rice, a freshman who has been medalist in all nine regular-season matches she has played to date, recently fired a five-under par 31 at the Marion Lake Golf Club. The non-conference match had five schools…
INDIANAPOLIS— Rules books and case books produced by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) are now available for purchase online in electronic-book format. The NFHS, which has written and published playing rules for high school sports throughout most of its 94-year history, is offering its rules publications in e-book format through iTunes…
October 6, 2000 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Graham High School’s stingy defense did not give up a single first down in the first of back-to-back high school football games. The Red Devils won those two games by a combined score of 135-0.
