NCHSAA 2-A BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP—GAME ONE BIG INNING FOR PIEDMONT LIFTS PANTHERS TO WIN IN FIRST GAME OF 2-A SERIES ZEBULON— Piedmont exploded for seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and coasted to a 9-3 triumph over North Brunswick on Friday in the opening game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association…
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 157 833 NCHSAA 26 6 1100 12.0 NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS CLASS 1-A, GAME ONE: ROBERSONVILLE SOUTH CREEK 4, WEST WILKES 3 RALEIGH— South Creek rallied for a run in the bottom of the seventh inning to nip West Wilkes 4-3 Friday night in the…
WAKE FOREST— Mike Joyner has been named as the new athletic director at Wake Forest High School, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. He will succeed Deran Coe, who resigned the athletic director role at Wake Forest-Rolesville to become the Wake County Schools senior administrator for athletics. Wake Forest-Rolesville will become Wake Forest High…
ARCHDALE—Paul Curlee Barnes, who had been a successful high school coach at one point, passed away early in May. Born in Stony Point, NC, Barnes spent his youth at Barium Springs Home for Children and went on to attend Catawba College on a football scholarship. He coached at the old Allen Jay High…
May 31, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, McKenzie Morenus hit a two-run home run in a big fourth inning as defending state champion Matthews David Butler rallied to beat North Davidson 5-3 in the championship game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A softball championships at Walnut Creek…
PITCHING, DEFENSE ARE KEYS FOR NCHSAA STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RALEIGH- As usual, pitching and defense should be featured as the top fast-pitch softball teams in the state prepare for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships this weekend. But there are also a number of players with spectacular offensive statistics in the eight-team field….
MAIDEN—Maiden High School has named Amber Vaughan as its new women’s basketball coach, according to various media reports including The Observer-News-Enterprise. Vaughan is a former Lenoir-Rhyne University basketball standout, having played for LRU from 1999 to 2003. She scored over 1,000 points during her collegiate career after an outstanding career at Pulaski County…
May 30, 2009 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, senior midfielder Lindsay Redfearn scored with 27 seconds remaining in the first sudden death overtime period as Swansboro edged Forbush in dramatic fashion 2-1 in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s women’s 2-A soccer championship at Paul Derr Stadium at N.C. State.
TOP PLAYERS, TEAMS SET TO DO BATTLE IN NCHSAA STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Some of the top players and teams in North Carolina high school baseball will be trying to add hardware to their trophy cases this weekend in the 97th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state baseball championship series. The 2-A and…
ASHEVILLE — One of the state’s most successful women’s basketball coaches has announced her retirement. Smoky Mountain’s Cindi Simmons is stepping down, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times as well as the Sylva Herald. Simmons won North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships in two sports. During her 30-year tenure at Smoky…
