HICKORY—St. Stephens High School in Catawba County has named Wayne Hicks as its new head football coach, according to various media reports including the Hickory Daily Record. Hicks has been the defensive coordinator at Hickory High for the last five seasons and prior to that was head football coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory from…
April 29, 2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, James Kornegay of North Duplin High School was named the 2012 winner of the Gainey Student Scholarship Award. The Gainey Student Scholarship Awards are available to NCHSAA member schools in counties having a poverty rate of 20 percent or more for children 17 and…
CLINTON, NORTHEAST GUILFORD STUDENTS EARNNCHSAA’S SEVENTH ANNUAL PAT GAINEY STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced today the winners of a special award established in the name of the late Pat Gainey. Jamison Kidd of Clinton High School and Jacob Watkins of Northeast Guilford High School have been named…
WEST TO LEAVE REAGAN FOR FORSYTH COUNTRY DAY WINSTON-SALEM—The Winston-Salem Journal has reported that Howard West is leaving Reagan High School to become the head men’s basketball coach at Forsyth Country Day. West, who is age 66, is the winningest active coach in North Carolina with 715 victories to his credit. He coached for 17…
TROUTMAN—South Iredell High School has finally had its long winning streak in Catawba Valley Athletic Conference women’s soccer play snapped on Thursday night. South Iredell’s string of CVAC victories was finally stopped at 53 after almost four years of play, as South fell to Newton-Conover 1-0 in action at South Iredell. Kara Schell of Newton-Conover…
STATE AWARD WINNERS TO BE HONORED AT 2013 NCHSAA ANNUAL MEETING CHAPEL HILL — Coaches, administrators and media representatives will be among those receiving awards next Thursday when the North Carolina High School Athletic Association holds its 2013 Annual Meeting. The event is scheduled for the Dean E. Smith Center on the campus…
JACKSONVILLE— Two outstanding individuals will be inducted into the Jacksonville-Onslow Sports Commission Hall of Fame on Saturday at the Jacksonville Country Club, according to the Jacksonville Daily News. Former Lejeune High School and Northside-Jacksonville High School athletic director Mike Smith and former White Oak standout athlete and major league baseball player Chad Fonville will join…
April 26, 1979 The new Simon F. Terrell Building in Chapel Hill, the home offices of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, is formally dedicated. The new building located on Finley Golf Course on the University of North Carolina campus had 7,671 square feet of office space at the time of its opening.
FOURTH ANNUAL ADAMS SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS ANNOUNCEDFOR NCHSAA CHAPEL HILL – Hayden Rudd of Pinecrest High School and Robbie Tomasic of Durham Jordan have been named winners of the fourth annual Charles Adams Endowed Scholarships awarded by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The two outstanding student-athletes will be recognized at the NCHSAA’s Annual Meeting on…
FUQUAY-VARINA—Fuquay-Varina has named Gail Siemer as its new women’s head basketball coach, according to various media reports including highschoolot.com. Siemer, a native of Severna Park, Maryland, is a 2002 graduate of Shepherd University in West Virginia, where she played basketball and later was an assistant coach there for four years. She is currently on staff…
