GREENSBORO—North Carolina High School Athletic Association commissioner Davis Whitfield addressed a group of athletic directors from across the state on Tuesday morning. It was part of the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association (NCADA) Leadership Academy, being held in conjunction with the North Carolina Coaches Association week long clinic. Athletic directors…
GREENSBORO—The West All-Stars swept a pair of games from their counterparts from the East in the North Carolina Coaches Association basketball all-star games at the Greensboro Coliseum on Monday night. The West women took an 82-68 triumph while the West men downed the East 98-86. The opening game saw…
Two Wake County high schools have announced their new head volleyball coaches, according to various media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer. Holly Fong will take over as head coach at Panther Creek while Adrienne Core is the new head coach at Middle Creek. Fong played professional volleyball in…
BENSON—Jimmy Williams, head football coach at West Johnston High School, will add the duties of athletic director this year, according to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer. Williams has been a teacher and coach at West Johnston since 2011 and before that was an excellent head football coach…
July 21, 2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Lexi Davis of Porter Ridge High School in Indian Trail was named the ESPNHS National Softball Player of the Year. Davis was 33-1 as a pitcher for Porter Ridge and led her team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A…
AYDEN—Veteran baseball coach and athletic director Chris Ross retired from Ayden-Grifton High School at the end of June, according to a report in the Kinston Free Press. Ross had coached baseball at Ayden-Grifton for 29 years, including 28 appearances in the NCHSAA playoffs, and served as athletic director at the…
Alexander Central High School head softball coach Monte Sherrill has been named the National Softball Coach of the Year by MaxPreps. Sherrill led his team to a perfect 35-0 record and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A softball championship. Alexander Cetnral was actually ranked second nationally to Amador…
MORGANTON– Brandon Allen is leaving Tuscola High School to take over as head football coach at Freedom High in Morganton, according to various media reports including the Asheville Citizen-Times. Allen was the head coach at North Buncombe in 2011 and then guided the Tuscola program for the next two seasons. Allen…
CHAPEL HILL – Kayla Rae Montgomery of Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem and Christian Sidney Miles of Walter Williams High in Burlington have been named winners of the annual Jerry McGee Endowed Scholarships awarded by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The two outstanding student-athletes…
GARNER—A member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame has earned a prestigious community service honor from his hometown. Tim Stevens, a member of both the NCHSAA and the National High School Hall of Fame and the long-time prep editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, will…
