NEWTON—The Observer-News-Enterprise has reported that Billy Leeson, athletic director at Newton-Conover High School, is leaving the school and that position. Leeson, who was named to the post at Newton-Conover a little over a year ago, will take a job at a middle school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg system. Leeson had formerly worked at Vance High School…
WINSTON-SALEM—Everett Hancock has been named as the new head baseball coach at North Forsyth, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Hancock comes to North Forsyth after serving as the head baseball coach at Forsyth Country Day in 2012 and then an assistant baseball coach at Caldwell Academy in Greensboro in 2013. A native of Havelock, Hancock…
GRAHAM—Amy Surratt has been named the new women’s basketball coach at Southern Alamance High School, according to the Burlington Times-News. Surratt comes to Southern Alamance after serving as head coach at Wake Forest-Rolesville. She also has coached junior varsity basketball and assisted with the varsity men’s program at McDowell for five years. She…
August 27, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, former North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors president Bennie Higgins died at the age of 67. He was principal at Ben Smith High School in Greensboro for 14 years and then worked in the Guilford County Schools central office until his…
WEEK #1 SCOREBOARD SATURDAY’S SCORES Broadwater Academy, Va. 40, Cape Hatteras 7 Charlotte Catholic 35, Gonzaga College, D.C. 28 Currituck County 7, Manteo 0 Durham Hillside 27, New Bern 24, OT Fayetteville Britt 34, Southeast Raleigh 9 Fayetteville Seventy-First 36, Fayetteville Westover 0 Greensboro Grimsley 20, Jamestown Ragsdale 7 Greenville Conley 36, North Pitt 15…
FULLERTON, Calif. — USA Baseball announced the 20 players named to the 2013 18U National Team immediately following play at the 2013 USA Baseball 18U National Team Trials in Fullerton, Calif. Players competed over five days for the final spots. One player from a North Carolina High School Athletic Association member school, lefthander pitcher and…
FAIRMONT QUARTERBACK EARNS RECORD BOOK PERFORMANCE LISTING FAIRMONT—Fairmont High School quarterback Jerrod Neal had a big night on Friday, earning a performance listing in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association football record book. Neal threw seven touchdown passes in a wild game, as Fairmont nipped East Bladen by the improbable score of…
August 26, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced a partnership with Nationwide Mutual Insurance to promote smart teen driving through the Buckle-Up for a Successful Season campaign, in conjunction with the start of the fall sports seasons. August 26, 2012 On this day in…
August 24, 2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Raleigh Sanderson snapped a 13-game losing streak in football by beating Panther Creek 7-0, holding the Catamounts to just four first downs and 43 yards rushing on the night.
CHARLOTTE—Scott Taylor has been chosen as the new head men’s basketball coach at Providence High School, according to the Charlotte Observer. Taylor, who is 30, comes to Providence after five years as an assistant coach on the Queens University basketball staff. A graduate of Florida State, Taylor also coached one year at Carson-Newman College….
