EAST DUPLIN PROMOTES BATTLE HOLLEY TO HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Battle Holley has been named the new head football coach at East Duplin High School, succeeding retiring coach Brian Aldridge. East Duplin athletic director Robert Ross announced the hiring and the Wilmington Star News was among the outlets reporting that Holley had been elevated to head…
WATAUGA HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE NORTH CAROLINA GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO — In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, has announced Darby Middlebrook of Watauga High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Cross Country Runner…
WILMINGTON — John Teller of Wilmington’s Hoggard High School has received a significant coaching honor. Teller has been named the National Soccer Coaches Association Coach of the Year for Region IV, which encompasses Delaware, Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia and Florida. Teller led his Hoggard women’s team to its first trip ever…
SOUTHERN ALAMANCE NAMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Henry Trevathan Jr., has been hired as the next football coach at Southern Alamance. Trevethan is leaving Cardinal Gibbons after one season to head the Southern Alamance program. Trevathan, 53, is a former offensive coordinator at Elon. He also served on the football staffs for one year at…
INDIANAPOLIS— In a re-affirmation of its longstanding opposition to national championships in high school sports, the membership of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) defeated a proposed amendment to the NFHS Bylaws that would have allowed the NFHS to conduct national championships in golf and cross country. The North Carolina High School…
ANSON HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE® NORTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Special To The NCHSAA from Gatorade CHICAGO — In its third decade of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, has announced Stephone Anthony of Anson High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade North Carolina…
The recognition will occur on Saturday as part of the four varsity basketball games which make up the Carver Classic. Carver’s 2001 women’s basketball team, which won the NCHSAA 3-A state title after a remarkable turnaround, will be honored along with its coach, Gerald Carter. Keith Wilkes, who led Carver to NCHSAA 3-A state football…
The Gainey Student Athlete Scholarship Award has been established to recognize “Athletic Achievement and Strength of Character” annually. 
 The award is named for North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Famer Pat Gainey fund was established through a private donation from his daughter, Barry Jo Shoen. The 2011 recipient will be the fifth…
Concussion Study Goes To UNC Researcher NFL Charities has awarded a $100,000 grant to the University of North Carolina to support research into concussions. The grant was given to the university’s Center for the Study of Retired Athletes. Heading up the research is Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, Kenan Distinguished Professor and chair of the department of…
By Dave Krider | MaxPreps.com Special To The NCHSAA MaxPreps has a world-wide reach, according to SFC Keith Megginson, currently serving his third rotation in Afghanistan. Megginson’s son, Josh Megginson, is a 6-foot senior guard at Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, and this is the first basketball season that his father has missed. “Josh first…
