RALEIGH—Dexter Cooley, the only athletic director Wakefield High School has had it in its school history, is resigning as athletic director as he battles colon cancer. The story was reported in The Raleigh News and Observer. Cooley was diagnosed in April and has been receiving chemotherapy since that time,…
BEAUFORT—East Carteret High School has had one of the top 1-A men’s basketball teams in North Carolina the last few years, and one of their players has earned a spot in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. Sam Johnson is one of the outstanding long-range shooters that program…
CARY—Green Hope High School has announced the inaugural class of its new sports hall of fame, according to a report in The Raleigh News and Observer. The inaugural class includes Hector Cotto (class of 2002), Chris Brady Wolfe (2003), Brendon Todd (2003) and Don D’Ambrosi (volunteer). Cotto was a…
CAMP LEJEUNE—Simon Dorsey has been named as Lejeune High School’s head football coach and is at work at the position, according to a report in the Jacksonville Daily News. Dorsey, who retired as a master sergeant after a 26-year career in the Marines, had four tours of duty in Iraq…
HUDSON—South Caldwell High School has announced that Darren Hart will be the new men’s head basketball coach at the school, according to a report in the Hickory Daily Record. Hart, who played his high school basketball at South Caldwell, will be in his first varsity head coaching role. He…
CARY– Chad Sichak has been named Panther Creek’s varsity head men’s soccer coach, according to an announcement on the school’s web site. Coach Sichak will enter his third school year as a social studies teacher and head wrestling coach at Panther Creek. In addition to his wrestling coaching experience,…
CHAPEL HILL—Eight more outstanding individuals in the annals of state high school athletics have been selected for induction into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. Gil Bowman of Fayetteville, Mac Cumbo of Hendersonville, Suzanne Grayson of King Mountain, Bill Harrison…
GREENSBORO—Coaches have been named by the North Carolina Coaches Association for the 2016 editions of the East-West all-star games, according to the NCCA. The East coaching staff for the football game will have Tom Nelson of Wilson Fike as the head coach, with assistants Don Andrews of Corinth Holders,…
WEAVERVILLE—North Buncombe High School has named its new softball coach, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Tiffani Ferguson will lead the program this year after serving as the junior varsity coach at the school for the past three seasons. She will replace John Stafford,…
The Wells Fargo Cup has become the symbol of overall sports excellence among high schools in North Carolina. 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…
