ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: highlighting special programs of the NCHSAA WELLS FARGO CONFERENCE CUP The Wells Fargo Conference Cup award, sponsored by Wells Fargo and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, is a companion to the statewide Wells Fargo Cup. The Wells Fargo Cup recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance…
GREAT OLYMPIC STORY HAS NCHSAA CONNECTION LONDON– You may have seen the story during NBC-TV’s coverage of the Olympics on Thursday or seen it in various newspapers across the country. You may have even seen the video on YouTube as the story has gained worldwide attention. Manteo Mitchell, a member of the United States Olympic…
HUNTERSVILLE— Hopewell High School has announced the hiring of its new women’s basketball coach, according to several different media reports. Tyrelle Anderson has been elevated to the position after serving five years as an assistant coach. Anderson takes over for Gary Richmond, who coached at Hopewell for the last five years and resigned after last…
MOUNT AIRY— Mount Airy High School has named Levi Goins as its new head basketball coach, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Goins is no stranger to Mount Airy, as he was a starter when the Granite Bears won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship in 2002. He scored 11 points in the…
CHAPEL HILL— Davis Whitfield, commissioner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, announced today the appointment of two new members to the NCHSAA Board of Directors. The interim appointments were approved by the Nominating Committee of the NCHSAA due to retirements of Board members and are for one year. Teresa Evans,…
BURLINGTON— Walter Williams High School has announced its new men’s basketball coach, according to the Burlington Times-News. Former Northern Guilford coach Ryan Freeman will take over the reins at Williams. Freeman has coached at both Northern Guilford and New Bern, and his teams have compiled a record of 90-38 overall. Freeman will take over from…
GREENSBORO— Grimsley High School has named Thomas Griffis as its new men’s head basketball coach, according to reports in the Greensboro News and Record. Griffis played collegiately at North Carolina A&T after his graduation from Athens Drive High School in Raleigh. He has previously coached at Upper Room Christian Academy at the middle school leve,…
GREENSBORO— Former Dudley assistant coach Derrick Partee has been named as the new men’s head basketball coach at Greensboro’s Ben Smith High School. Partee was an assistant coach for 13 seasons under veteran Dudley coach David Price. He will take over the Smith helm for Brian Jones. The 34-year-old Partee played four years at Dudley…
ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: highlighting special programs of the NCHSAA 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:…
CHARLOTTE— West Charlotte High School has named a new principal for the 2012-13 academic year. John Wall Jr., will take over the helm at West Charlotte, according to reports in the Charlotte Observer. He was principal last year at Southeast Raleigh. Prior to his year at Southeast Raleigh, he had been a principal at the…
