KANSAS CITY—A McDowell High School alumnus is certainly making his mark in major league baseball. Greg Holland, the closer for the Kansas City Royals, earned his 45th save of the season on Tuesday night as the Royals outlasted Seattle 6-5 in 12 innings. According to the Kansas City Star, Holland tried the single season save…
SPRING AAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE WINNERS NAMED BY NCHSAA CHAPEL HILL—High school students in the spring semester earned over 14,000 individual awards for achievements in the classroom as well as on the playing court or athletic field. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association made the awards in its…
NEWTON—A veteran volleyball coach reached a significant milestone on Tuesday night, according to The Observer-News-Enterprise of Newton. Linda Richards of Newton-Conover High School earned her 500th career coaching victory as Newton-Conover prevailed over Bunker Hill in a Southern District Seven Conference match. The match went five sets, with Bunker Hill winning the opener 25-15 before…
ASHEVILLE—Pop Huntsinger, head softball coach at T.C. Roberosn High School, has resigned, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Huntsinger plans to stay at the school and serve as an assistant coach. He guided his teams to three consecutive Mountain Athletic Conference championships and his team posted a 14-8 record a year ago. One…
September 24, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Myron Miller of Statesville became the second player in NCHSAA history to record four returns for touchdowns in a single game en route to a 58-0 shutout of Bunker Hill. Miller returned two punts, an interception and a fumble recovery for scores. His performance…
GREENSBORO—The Guilford County Board of Education has approved a proposal to name the Northwest Guilford High School soccer field in honor of a long-time teacher and coach at the school. The soccer field at Northwest will be named for Bob Yow, a longtime coach of both men’s and women’s soccer as well as women’s basketball….
September 23, 2009 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Allison Emrey of Ardrey Kell shot a four under par nine hole score of 31 in a regular-season women’s golf match against Charlotte Providence at Providence Country Club in Charlotte. The nine holes were set at par 35 and 2,367 yards. Her 31 broke…
Scores provided by the APFriday Night Scores¶ Albemarle 79, Chatham Central 0¶ Alexander Central 49, Hickory St. Stephens 14¶ Andrews 33, Copper Basin, Tenn. 20¶ Anson County 35, Pembroke Swett 25¶ Arden Christ School 20, Hendersonville 14¶ Asheville 34, Q Foundation 18¶ Belmont South Point 52, Asheville Reynolds 35¶ Bessemer City 44, Gastonia Highland Tech…
BURLINGTON—George Robinson Jr. has been named as the new district athletic director for the Alamance-Burlington schools, according to the Burlington Times-News. Robinson replaces Ericia Turner, who had resigned to take a position in education elsewhere in the state. Robinson, a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University, has master’s degrees from both North Carolina Central University and the…
STUDENT SERVICES PROGRAMS HAS IMPORTANT GOALS The Student Services division of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association provides some unique offerings for NCHSAA member schools. The NCHSAA student services program was one of the first in the nation and has been a model for other state associations. The five goals of the program include:…
