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…
April 25, 2006 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Carolyn Rogers of Perquimans and Hal Capps of Western Alamance were named the inaugural winners of the Toby Webb Coach of the Year awards. They were presented their awards at the NCHSAA Annual Meeting, which was held in May at the Progress Energy Center…
HOKE COUNTY COACH WINS COURAGE AWARD FROM NCHSAA CHAPEL HILL—A veteran baseball coach will be honored by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association at its 2013 Annual Meeting with the NCHSAA’s A.J. “Tony” Simeon Courage Award. Mike Ray of Hoke County High School will…
NORTH WILKESBORO— The Wilkes Board of Education has approved naming Chris Skabo to the new position of coordinator of county athletics and healthful living, according to various media reports. Skabo currently serves as athletic director and head men’s varsity basketball coach at West Wilkes High School, and he has served a four-year term on the…
HILLSBOROUGH—Two Orange County rivals will battle today (Wednesday) in both baseball and softball, but they will all be joining together for a great cause. Cedar Ridge will travel to Orange, with games starting at 4:30, with the cause all for cancer awareness. Orange baseball coach Dean Dease reports that players on all teams will be…
April 24, 2003 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Athens Drive launched five home runs in a single inning against Apex in high school baseball action. The Jaguars outlasted Apex 18-17 in a NCHSAA slugfest in which Athens Drive hit a total of eight round-trippers in the game. East Rutherford set the NCHSAA…
CENTRAL ACADEMY COACH WINS NORTH CAROLINA SPIRIT OF SPORT AWARD CHAPEL HILL—Tad Baucom, the head football coach at Central Academy of Technology and Arts in Monroe, is the third annual recipient of the North Carolina Spirit of Sport Award presented by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. …
CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s first annual Student Leadership Conference was a big success. The one-day conference was held Saturday at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro. The event was designed to help student-athletes further develop their understanding of positive leadership and gain knowledge and skills to assist them in…
MADISON SETS NCHSAA SOFTBALL HOME RUN RECORD MADISON– Madison High School’s softball team has established a new single-season mark for home runs, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Madison, which is unbeaten on the 2013 campaign, slugged nine home runs on Monday in a doubleheader sweep of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, rolling to…
April 23, 2004 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Southern Nash’s Kymberly Lamm had a record day for the Firebirds’ softball squad. Lamm blasted three grand slams and drove in 12 runs in a 21-1 defeat of rival Nash Central. Not only were both marks NCHSAA records, but at the time of her…
