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….
August 23, 1996 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Reidsville intercepted a whopping seven passes by Burlington Cummings en route to a 37-6 high school football victory.
SOURWOOD COMMUNITY SOCCER CHALLENGE SET,BUNCOMBE COUNTY SPECIAL OLYMPIANS RECOGNIZED BLACK MOUNTAIN—Charles D. Owen High School and Asheville Christian Academy are once again battling for the special Sourwood Community Shield in the second annual Sourwood Community Soccer Challenge, which includes NCHSAA member schools and private schools teaming together to benefit the Buncombe County Special Olympics. Three…
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…
