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Celebrating Black History Month: Commissioner Que Tucker

Que Tucker has enjoyed an outstanding career at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association after successful stints coaching at the high school and college levels. A graduate of Stoneville High, she attended Mars Hill College, where she was an outstanding athlete and graduated in 1974. Tucker came to the NCHSAA in 1991 after several years as an assistant women’s basketball coach at N.C. State under Kay Yow. She is currently deputy commissioner of the NCHSAA, where she oversees the entire NCHSAA sports program, after helping to start the Association’s acclaimed Student Services program.

NCHSAA Recognizes Female Athletic Administrators on National Girls and Women in Sports Day

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is proud of the significant impacts made on the Association by the many women who have dedicated their lives to teaching, coaching and organizing high school athletics across the state. Reflecting on the impact of these women, we wanted to recognize females in Athletic Administrator roles across our…

Celebrating Black History Month: Ridgeview High School

One of the well-known schools which was a member of the old North Carolina High School Athletic Conference was Ridgeview High School of Hickory.

Celebrating Black History Month: Dr. Wiley “Army” Armstrong

The late Dr. Wiley “Army” Armstrong was one of the most influential figures in high school athletics in the state for many years as he served as the executive director of the North Carolina High School Athletic Conference (NCHSAC), the organization for black high schools.

NCHSAA holds Inaugural Women’s Wrestling Invitational Tournament in Winston-Salem

WINSTON-SALEM – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association, in conjunction with the North Carolina Chapter of U.S.A. Wrestling, hosted the inaugural NCHSAA Women’s Wrestling Invitational Tournament in Winston-Salem this morning and afternoon. The field featured 87 participants in 11 weight divisions. In December, the NCHSAA Board of Directors unanimously elected to hold the tournament…

EVERS AND ANDERSON PICK UP MILESTONE WINS IN HOOPS

Patty Evers, the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at East Bladen High School, and Danny Anderson, the Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Maiden High School, both picked up milestone wins in the last two weeks. Anderson won his 700th career game as a head coach last week while Evers secured victory number 500 earlier this week….

Dual Team Wrestling First & Second Round Postponements

(Updated Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 2:37 p.m.) The expected wintry weather moving into the state has forced the postponement of several NCHSAA Playoff and special events. The First & Second Round matches of the Dual Team Wrestling Championships at many sites have been impacted. Dual Team Wrestling sites postponed by weather are expected to be contested on Wednesday….

STUDENTS FROM LEDFORD & NORTH DAVIDSON EARN PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK AWARDS

CHAPEL HILL— Lyrik Thorne from Ledford High School and Themus Fulks from North Davidson High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators. Thorne, a…

NCHSAA Releases 2018-2019 Wells Fargo State Cup Fall Standings

CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association in conjunction with Wells Fargo released the fall standings in the 40thannual Wells Fargo Cup competitions for the 2018-19 academic year. The award recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications. After the…

NCHSAA & NFHS Op-Ed | “Dear Mom and Dad: Cool It”

By Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director of the National Federation of State High School Associations and Que Tucker, Commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. If you are the mother or father of a high school athlete here in North Carolina, this message is primarily for you. When you attend an athletic event that…