INDIANAPOLIS— Participation in high school sports increased for the 22nd consecutive school year in 2010-11, 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 50 state high school athletic/activity associations, plus the District of Columbia, that are members of…
The Wachovia Cup has become the symbol of overall sports excellence among high schools in North Carolina, and a name change is coming. 

 Since 1979 the Cup has gone to the schools that have the best overall interscholastic sports programs in each of the four classifications of competition: 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A. The…
Special from the National Federation INDIANAPOLIS, — More fans attend high school basketball and football events than the same sports at the college and professional levels combined, according to a survey conducted by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). During the 2009-10 school year, approximately 336 million fans attended high school regular-season…
HENDERSONVILLE — West Henderson High School has announced that it has hired A.C. Reynolds men’s basketball coach Billy Phillips. Phillips will replace Rob Bliss, who resigned earlier to take a job at Fred T. Foard High School in Catawba County. The school issued a press release about the hiring and it was also reported in…
STREAKS SNAPPED IN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Two lengthy streaks were snapped last Friday night during the opening week of football among North Carolina High School Athletic Association schools. West Rowan entered the 2011 campaign with the nation’s longest winning streak at 46, and the Falcons have won the last three NCHSAA state 3-A football championships….
August 23, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Jennifer Wiker of South Mecklenburg High School drilled home an NCHSAA record 22 service aces in a women’s volleyball match in a 3-0 victory over Olympic. Wiker’s 22 aces is an NCHSAA record and ranks among the elite national performances. August 23, 1996…
RED SPRINGS NAMES COLTHARP ATHLETIC DIRECTOR REDSPRINGS — New Red Springs High School head football coach George Coltharp has added some additional duties. Cotharp has been named the Red Springs athletic director, according to The Robesonian. Not only is the Fayetteville native facing the challenge of leading a football program on its third coach in…
August 22, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Eastern Randolph High School tied a NCHSAA men’s soccer record by netting a record 21 goals in a single game. The Wildcats were the third NCHSAA team to accomplish the feat, joining Charlotte Catholic (1998) and Fayetteville Westover (2000) in the performance listing in…
FORMER NCHSAA MEN’S GOLF CHAMPION WINS ON PGA TOUR IN GREENSBORO GREENSBORO — A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association men’s state golf champion earned his first victory on the PGA tour over the weekend. Webb Simpson scored a three-shot victory over the field at the Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro to win the…
August 19, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Lia Johnson of Providence Grove High School dished out a NCHSAA single-game record 73 assists in its 3-1 victory over Asheboro in women’s volleyball. Her 73 assists also ranks among the all-time leaders nationally.
