North Buncombe High School has named its new softball coach, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. John Stafford will guide the North Buncombe program. He replaces Cedrick Alexander, who resigned after four seasons at the helm. Stafford has coached baseball at several high schools in western North Carolina, most recently…
HARDING BASKETBALL COACH IS ALSO COACHING FOOTBALL CHARLOTTE—The Charlotte Observer has reported that Harding men’s basketball coach will also be serving as the interim coach of the football team this year. Aikens has been named coach to replace Devron Harper, a former Carolina Panther player who stepped away from the head position to…
ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: WELLS FARGO CUP 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…
LEDFORD—Head football coach Chris Adams of Ledford has added another head coaching position, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Adams will also be the head baseball coach at Ledford for the upcoming season. He was Ledford’s head baseball coach from 2001 to 2008 but left coaching to become an assistant principal. He served as…
August 7,2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Herman Little of Elizabeth City Northeastern High School announced his retirement and had to vacate his seat on the NCHSAA Board of Directors.
COACHES NAMED BY NORTH CAROLINA COACHES ASSOCIATIONFOR ALL-STAR COACHING DUTIES IN VARIOUS SPORTS GREENSBORO— The North Carolina Coaches Association has selected the coaches for its 2014 series of East-West all-star games. In men’s basketball, Michael Baker of Fairmont will be the head coach of the East squad, assisted by Raleigh Millbrook’s Scott McInnes,…
FORMER NCHSAA PLAYER MAKES BIG LEAGUE DEBUT Former Charles B. Aycock High School star Rob Wooten made his major league debut last weekend for the Milwaukee Brewers. According to the Goldsboro News-Argus, the Fremont native pitched two and one-third innings of scoreless relief for the Brewers against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field,…
CHAPEL HILL—August 1 is the first official date for practice for North Carolina High School Athletic Association fall sports teams, including football. Football programs across the state will begin official practice with the first five days required to be used for physical conditioning. On the first two days of football practice, headgear,…
August 1, 1984 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Dick Knox joined the staff of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association as assistant executive director and supervisor of officials after 21 years as a teacher and coach in various North Carolina public schools. He replaced Charlie Adams, who became executive director.
FAYETTEVILLE— Terry Sanford High School recently offered a unique football clinic, according to a story in the Fayetteville Observer. Terry Sanford head football coach Bryan Till was the speaker at Terry Sanford’s first football clinic for women. The clinic attracted mostly parents of current or future Terry Sanford players who wanted to learn…
