REIDSVILLE— George “Buck” Macklin, who spent a lifetime in education, passed away on Monday at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro at the age of 59. Macklin worked at Reidsville High School and Greensboro Dudley in administration and also was an elementary school principal. He also served as an assistant superintendent in the Brunswick County schools…
CATAWBA— Randy Lowman of Bandys High School is retiring as head football coach and athletic director at the end of December, but the Catawba County school didn’t have to go far to name his successor. According to various media reports, including the Hickory Daily Record, Trent Lowman, Randy’s youngest son, has been named the Bandys…
WINSTON-SALEM— Carver High School head football coach Melvin Palmer has announced his resignation, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Palmer had been head coach at Carver for the last three seasons. He took over for Brent David and coached his team the whole way to the NCHSAA state 2-A championship game in 2010. The Yellow Jackets…
December 14, 1978 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control voted to name the office building for the organization in Chapel Hill in honor of executive director Simon Terrell.
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 140 800 NCHSAA 6 1 982 12.0 Sophomore point guard Stephanie Watts of Weddington has had a couple of phenomenal games lately to work her way into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. She recently set the Union County women’s basketball scoring record by going for 50 points…
STATESBORO, GA— Georgia Southern University has provided some information about graduate school that may be of interest to coaches and others at North Carolina High School Athletic Association schools. Dr. Drew Zwald, professor and Director of Coaching Education, has provided some information about the program being offered at Georgia Southern. The Online Coaching emphasis is…
December 13, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Kevin Parks of West Rowan carried the ball 24 times for 219 yards and three touchdowns to lead West Rowan to a 35-7 victory over West Craven in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A state football championship game at BB&T Field in…
ROCKY MOUNT— Charles Alston, a media representative and well known as Rocky Mount High School’s expert on athletic history, died unexpectedly on Monday. Alston, age 54, was a 1976 graduate of Rocky Mount and graduated from North Carolina Wesleyan College in 1983. He had been involved in high school athletics in some way for the…
FAYETTEVILLE — The Fayetteville Observer has reported that Wayne Inman of Terry Sanford High School has been relieved of his football coaching duties. Inman will remain at Terry Sanford as a physical education teacher. Inman has served as the head football coach at the school for the last nine seasons, with a 43-63 overall record….
FAIRMONT— Fairmont High School head football coach James Atkinson has resigned, according to multiple media reports. Atkinson’s Golden Tornadoes posted a 4-7 record in his only year as head coach at the school. Atkinson had previously served as an assistant football coach at Lexington and at A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis. Fairmont was ineligible…
