HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS PARTICIPATION ACHIEVES ALL-TIME HIGH INDIANAPOLIS— Boosted by continued growth in several girls sports, participation in high school sports increased for the 23rd consecutive year in 2011-12, according to the annual High School Athletics Participation Survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). Based on figures from the 51…
Athens Drive High School has hired a new Head Wrestling Coach, according to information on the school web site. Sean Finkbeiner, who was a Pennsylvania wrestling state champion at Northampton High School and a three-time high school national wrestling champion, is the new Athens Drive coach. He was also an NCAA Division I All-American at…
Albemarle 42, North Stanly 3 Apex Middle Creek 52, Fuquay-Varina 21 Arden Christ School 33, Forsyth County Day 0 Asheville 35, Waynesville Tuscola 21 Asheville Erwin 59, North Henderson 21 Asheville Reynolds 58, Black Mountain Owen 12 Belmont South Point 78, East Gaston 11 Bertie County 34, Swansboro 21 Boonville Starmount 49, East Bend Forbush…
Special To The NCHSAA From Hickory Public Schools HICKORY— “When you belittle or humiliate someone in front of others—you have destroyed the player that you will need when the going gets tough,” according to Dr. Greg Dale, professor of sport psychology and programs for Duke University Athletics. These words of wisdom served as a reminder…
FARMVILLE— Farmville Central High School has bestowed a major honor on a former coach and athletic director. The Farmville football field was officially named the R. Dixon Sauls Athletic Field in honor of the man who served the school as a head football coach, track coach and athletic director for many years. According to the…
An East Bladen High School student-athlete has been nominated for a prestigious honor. Melissa Macon is a finalist for the inaugural U.S. Army-Pro Football Hall of Fame Award for Excellence. The program seeks to highlight the nation’s top sophomore and junior high school athletes who exemplify similar strengths to Army Strong Soldiers, and who not…
August 30, 1968 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Wilson’s Fike High School opened defense of its North Carolina High School Athletic Association state football championship but was shut out by Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds 9-0. Fike rebounded, however, under head coach Henry Trevathan and went on to win the ’68 crown.
CARY HIGH SPORTS HALL OF FAME NAMES 2012 CLASS CARY — The Cary High Sports Hall of Fame will induct three new members during the September 21 home football game against Middle Creek. This year’s inductees are Dr. Douglas Martini, Megan Armstrong and Justin Mauney, and all three are still involved with Cary High School….
GREENSBORO— Long-time Atlantic Coast Conference football official and conference administrator Bradley Faircloth died Sunday after a long battle with a brain tumor which was inoperable. Faircloth, 82, was inducted into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2009 on the basis of his great career in officiating. A native of Fayetteville,…
HOGGARD’S NEW BASKETBALL COACH NATIVE OF SENEGAL WILMINGTON— The new women’s basketball coach at Hoggard High School is a native of Senegal who may be familiar to basketball fans, according to The Wilmington Star News. Boubacar Aw, who is from Senegal and played at East Columbus High School before his collegiate playing career at Georgetown…
