CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) held the annual Student Leadership Conference this past weekend in Chapel Hill. There were 19 member schools represented with 85 student participants as well as 19 member school Athletic Directors, Administrators or Coaches. The goals of the annual, one-day event are to: Further develop…
CHAPEL HILL— MaKenna Raye Dark from Eastern Alamance High School and Day’ron Sharpe from South Central High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in NCHSAA competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators. Dark, a freshman on the…
CHAPEL HILL – Southeast Guilford and Cuthbertson were both making their program’s first appearances in the NCHSAA Women’s Basketball State Championship game, but it was Southeast Guilford that came away with the Championship after a 55-49 game in the 3A Women’s Championship. Neither team led by more than eight at any point in the game…
RALEIGH – The only defending state champion playing in this year’s State Championship Games went down at the hands of Farmville Central as the Jaguars knocked out Forest Hills 86-71 to win the 2A State Championship. The victory was the Jaguars fifth NCHSAA State Basketball Championship. Farmville Central came out on fire from three-point range,…
CHAPEL HILL – Williams surged out in front early, hitting Southwest Guilford with a 10-4 run to open the game. However, the Cowboys got back quickly, with a 7-0 run of their own to retake the lead at 11-10 and eventually pulled away from the Bulldogs in the second half on their way to a…
RALEIGH – Mountain Heritage wrapped up a perfect season, returning to the State Championship Game for the first time since 1981, and holding off Farmville Central for a 63-53 victory and the school’s first Women’s Basketball Championship. The two teams played a very even game in the first half, with Mountain Heritage winning both the…
RALEIGH – West Forsyth held off Southeast Raleigh 47-36, pulling away slowly to win the school’s first Women’s Basketball State Championship. Callie Scheier lit it up from beyond the arc, making seven of her 12 three-point attempts, and nine of 19 from the field. She scored 29 points to lead all scorers while adding two…
CHAPEL HILL – Henderson Collegiate sped out to a 14 point lead by midway through the second quarter, but it was Bishop McGuinness’ consistent pressure and tenacity that whittled down the deficit and eventually brought home the school’s second Men’s Basketball Title with a 55-54 victory. Andrew Budzinski scored 23 points for the Villains, grabbing…
RALEIGH – South Central blasted their way out of the starting blocks on Saturday in the 4A State Basketball Championships, exploding to a 17-6 lead through the first quarter over West Charlotte and not looking back on the way to the school’s first Men’s Basketball State Championship. Day’ron Sharpe was a dominating force in the…
CHAPEL HILL – Jainaya Jones and the Pamlico County Hurricanes would not be denied in their third-straight trip to the State Basketball Championship Game, as Jones scored 39 points on her way to Kay Yow Most Valuable Player honors and a 62-55 victory over East Surry. Pamlico trailed for the majority of the game, with…
