HENDERSONVILLE— Hendersonville High School head volleyball coach Brooke Stanley, who guided her team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship in the fall, is headed to the collegiate ranks, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. She has reportedly resigned from the Henderson County school to take a position as an assistant volleyball at…
May 7, 1968 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Clement’s E.V. Spell struck out an NCHSAA record 14 batters in a 14 inning, 1-0 victory over Garland. Garland’s pitcher, Larry Smith, recorded 27 strikeouts of his own in the loss. May 7, 1998 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Clifeteana McKiver…
HALL OF FAMER BABE HOWELL PASSES AWAY Charles “Babe” Howell, a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, died on Saturday at the age of 84 after a period of declining health. Howell enjoyed a career as one of the state’s most successful high school football and baseball coaches in…
CHAPEL HILL— The 11th annual Wrestling Hall of Fame Day is scheduled for the Friday Center here on Sunday, May 19. The North Carolina class of 2013 honorees for the state chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum will be recognized at the event. Five outstanding individuals in the sport of wrestling…
May 6, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Anna Tharrington of Southern Nash and Nick Maddox of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis received the Pat Best Memorial Awards as the NCHSAA Athletes of the Year for the 1998-99 academic year. Tharrington was a three-sport star in volleyball, basketball and softball, earning…
NCHSAA ATHLETES OF THE YEAR NAMED AT ANNUAL MEETING CHAPEL HILL — Hailey Cook of Hendersonville High School and T.J. Logan of Northern Guilford High School have been named winners of the 2013 Athlete of the Year awards by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). These are the top athletic…
SANDERSON HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME NAMES CLASS OF 2013 RALEIGH — Sanderson High School and the Sanderson Athletic Club will induct the third class of the Sanderson Athletics Hall of Fame in festivities to be held in September 2013. The class includes seven individual athletes, two coaches, one team and a collection of…
PILOT MOUNTAIN— Coach Barry Hall from East Surry High School recently reached an amazing milestone. Hall recently coached his 1000th career high school baseball game on April 23rd when his Cardinals played Bishop McGuiness. The Cardinals picked up the win in Hall’s 1000th game, giving him a tremendous career record at that point of 671-329. …
WALKER WILL GUIDE CONCORD BASKETBALL PROGRAM CONCORD—The Charlotte Observer has reported that George Walker has been named as the new men’s head basketball coach at Concord High School. Walker currently is serving as the school’s athletic director and also is an Algebra ( teacher at Concord. He will be coaching varsity for the first…
May 3, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Gabby Mayo of Southeast Raleigh and Dee Bost of Concord received the Pat Best Memorial Awards as the NCHSAA Athletes of the Year for the 2006-07 academic year. Mayo was a star on the national stage in track and has put her name in…
