This Holiday Season, for the eighth year in a row, returning and prospective baseball players at South Johnston High School took part in a community service project. We raffled off a $100 Wal-Mart gift card with 100% of the proceeds going to the US Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots. The baseball program at South…
PFAFFTOWN— Howard West of Reagan High School has achieved an amazing milestone that very few men’s basketball coaches have ever hit. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, West earned his 700th career coaching victory on December 11 when his Reagan team beat Lexington 67-55. West, who is in his 40th year of coaching, for many years…
ERWIN INDUCTS FIVE INTO ITS HALL OF FAME ASHEVILLE — Five individuals have been inducted into the Clyde Erwin High School Athletic Hall of Fame, according to reports in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Joining the Erwin Hall of Fame included Ben Dorsey (football and track), Frank Maney (baseball), Stephanie Freeman Montgomery (basketball, softball and volleyball), Lawrence…
2012 Fall Season Wells Fargo Cup Leaders Announced CHAPEL HILL– Wells Fargo, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, today announced the standings for fall sports in the Wells Fargo Cup competitions for the 2012-13 academic year. The Wells Fargo…
NCCA FOOTBALL GAME SITE MOVING FOR 2013 HIGH POINT – The North Carolina Coaches Association has announced that the 65th East-West All-Star football game will be played at A.J. Simeon Stadium in July of 2013, according to various media reports. Grimsley’s Jamieson Stadium in Greensboro has been the site for the high school all-star game…
DALLAS– In an effort to improve appropriate medical care for youth athletes, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association has announces the fourth annual Youth Sports Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. The February 5-6, 2013 event, which will launch the National Action Plan for Sports Safety, will build upon the success of the NATA-founded Youth Sports Safety…
CHARLOTTE— Vance High School head basketball coach Will Robinson recently achieved a big coaching milestone, according to The Charlotte Observer. The 58-year-old head coach recently earned his 500th career coaching victory in a victory over Independence. He has earned 150 of those victories at Vance. His team made it to the NCHSAA state 4-A championship…
December 18, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Greenville D.H. Conley’s Chris Harris (119 lbs.) recorded one of the fastest pins in NCHSAA wrestling history by pinning his opponent in five seconds.
DONATION MADE TO NCHSAA ENDOWMENT CHAPEL HILL— A special presentation and large donation to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association was part of the activity surrounding the recent NCHSAA Board of Directors meeting. Rick Wooten, a regional supervisor of officials in the sport of lacrosse, made a presentation of a donation of $20,197 for…
CHARLOTTE—David Butler High School is in line for a couple of national honors, according to the Charlotte Observer. Butler football coach Brian Hales is a finalist for the Army All-America Bowl national coach of the year. Hales, in his second year as head coach, led the Bulldogs to a perfect 15-0 season. Butler won the…
