HICKORY— St. Stephens High School has elevated assistant coach Murphy Post to the position of head men’s basketball coach. According to the Hickory Daily Record, Post, 25, has been an assistant to Gary Bowne for the past four years and served as the junior varsity head men’s basketball coach. Bowne retired after 21 seasons as…
SWANSBORO— Rusty Ross is truly following in his father’s footsteps. The Jacksonville Daily News has reported that Rusty Ross has been named the new athletic director at Swansboro High School, replacing Jim Sheehan, who retired from the job after 18 years. Ronnie Ross, Rusty’s father, served as athletic director for 25 years before Sheehan took…
FRED T. FOARD NAMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Jason Phelps, who spent the past three seasons at Bartlett Yancey High School, has been hired as the new head football coach at Fred T. Foard High School in Catawba County. According to The Observer-News-Enterprise in Newton, Phelps said there were a few main reasons the Foard…
Charles D. Owen standout posts numerous marks BLACK MOUNTAIN— Stephanie Jones of Charles D. Owen High School has established her name in many places in the North Carolina High School Association Record Book for softball. Jones finished the season with a .663 batting average, hitting safely 69 times in 104 at bats. That would currently…
GREENSBORO— The North Carolina Sports Medicine Symposium for Students will be held in Greensboro during the same week as the North Carolina Coaches Association Clinic. The event is scheduled for July 18-21 at Greensboro College and is sponsored by the NCCA. The mission of the symposium is to provide a quality, up-to-date educational program to…
CHARLOTTE— Sarah “Boomer” Mooney of North Mecklenburg High School will find her name over a dozen times in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book after her stellar four-year softball career and a spectacular senior season. Mooney compiled the highest single-season batting average ever recorded in the NCHSAA book with a sizzling .779…
KINSTON FOOTBALL COACH MAKES RECORD BOOK THE HARD WAY KINSTON— Kinston High School head football coach Nick Anderson has made his way into the record books, but not one that the North Carolina High School Athletic Association actually tracks. This one may be a world record. According to Brian Bailey of WNCT-TV in Greenville, the…
ALEXANDER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE® NORTH CAROLINA SOFTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO— In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, today announced Chelsea Wilkinson of Alexander Central High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade North Carolina Softball Player of the Year….
2010-11 Wachovia Cup Final Standings Announced CHAPEL HILL — Wachovia, a Wells Fargo company, and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association have announced the final standings in the Wachovia Cup competitions for the 2010-11 academic year with the spring sports seasons completed. The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia and the NCHSAA, recognizes the…
VETERAN COACH REX MITCHELL RETIRES AT SURRY CENTRAL DOBSON— Veteran teacher and coach Rex Mitchell of Surry Central is retiring after 37 years in education. According to the Mount Airy News, the outstanding track and field coach has been involved in that sport for 35 of his 37 years in teaching. He has also coached…
