LEXINGTON, KY — The 2013 Great American Rivalry Series presented by the United States Marine Corps and Hibbett Sporting Goods travels to 70 cities coast-to-coast to highlight the most heated annual rivalries in the country, and the series will start on Friday with a well-known battle in North Carolina. Concord and A.L. Brown will…
August 22, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Eastern Randolph tied an NCHSAA men’s soccer record by netting 21 goals in a single game. The Wildcats were the third NCHSAA team to accomplish the feat, joining Charlotte Catholic (1998) and Fayetteville Westover (2000).
CHARLOTTE—A former record-setting quarterback at Independence High School in Charlotte is now an assistant football coach at Mallard Creek, according to the Charlotte Observer. Joe Cox joined the coaching staff in June and will teach physical education at the high school. He is working with the quarterbacks at Mallard Creek. Cox has his name in…
Eight Named To Join NCHSAA Hall of Fame CHAPEL HILL—Eight more outstanding individuals in the annals of state prep athletics have been selected for induction into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Bobby Guthrie of Raleigh, Jack Huss of Rutherfordton, Lindsey Linker of Chapel Hill, Shelly Marsh of Smithfield,…
DANBURY—Tiffany Cone is the new head coach of the North Stokes women’s tennis team, according to the Stokes News. Cone, a former tennis player at North Stokes herself, is taking over for the legendary Julian McKenzie, who has been a coach at North Stokes since the school opened and has retired after a…
August 20, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Croatan’s Jonnie Brimmer returned a punt 98 yards for a touchdown in a high school football game against Topsail.
CHAPEL HILL—Tod Morgan, who has been the head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Chapel Hill High School, has taken a position as head basketball coach at Charles B. Aycock High School in Pikeville. Morgan has been head men’s coach for the Tigers for the past five seasons and has served Chapel Hill as…
August 19, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Lia Johnson of Providence Grove High School dished out a NCHSAA single-match record 73 assists in its 3-1 victory over Asheboro in women’s volleyball. Her 73 assists also ranks among the all-time leaders nationally.
August 18, 2005 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, former North Carolina High School Athletic Association executive director Simon Terrell passed away in Chapel Hill. He was an outstanding coach at Cary High School and worked at the NCHSAA from 1959 to 1984, including 17 years as executive director. He is a member…
WINSTON-SALEM—Chad Booth has assumed the duties as athletic director at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Booth takes over for Linwood Jerald, who resigned to take the position as athletic director at High Point Andrews. Booth, 33, had served as assistant athletic director under Jerald for more than two years. The…
