BAKERSVILLE—One of the top athletes in Mitchell High School history is returning to her alma mater as the women’s basketball coach. Emily Paffrath-Hyatte, who led Mitchell to a North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A championship in 2003 as a player, will head the program. She replaces Dawn Lowe, who retired after…
FRED T. FOARD HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE® NORTH CAROLINA SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO— In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Lexi Shubert of Fred T. Foard High School IN Catawba County as its 2012-13…
June 18, 1969 On this day in history in the NCSHAA, the Board of Control of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association voted to penalize schools for unsportsmanlike conduct on the part of its spectators, including not approaching or contacting game officials in any way to question decisions.
DAVID HICKS HONORED BY N.C. SOCCER COACHES David Hicks of Northern Vance High School has received a presitigious soccer honor. Hicks, who formerly coached both men’s and women’s soccer at Northern Vance, has been inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association Field of Honor, according to the Henderson Daily Dispatch. According…
June 17, 1976 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control dropped the requirement that principals had to have a female faculty member accompany women’s teams that are coached by male coaches.
KERNERSVILLE—Long-time coach and athletic director Marty Stanley of Glenn High School has announced his retirement, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. Stanley has been at Glenn for 34 years, including the last 24 as athletic director. He will work at Glenn through the end of June. Stanley is a native…
Several new marks have been added recently to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book in baseball. Riverside-Martin accomplished a feat in the third round of the playoffs which has been documented seven times previously in NCHSAA baseball. The team hit two grand slams in the same inning, both in the bottom of…
PFAFFTOWN—Reagan High School has named Gary Nail as its head baseball coach, removing the interim coach title, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. Nail, who was a non-faculty coach last season while serving as the interim head coach, was an assistant coach to Jamie Mabe at Reagan during the 2012 campaign. …
INDIANAPOLIS— The 94th annual National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Summer Meeting will be held June 23-27 at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado. The NFHS is the national leadership organization for high school athletic and performing arts activities and is composed of state high school associations in…
WATAUGA HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE® NORTH CAROLINA BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO— In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, today announced Ryder Jones of Watauga High School as its 2012-13 Gatorade North Carolina Baseball Player of the…
