GREENSBORO—Coaches have been named by the North Carolina Coaches Association for the 2016 editions of the East-West all-star games, according to the NCCA. The East coaching staff for the football game will have Tom Nelson of Wilson Fike as the head coach, with assistants Don Andrews of Corinth Holders,…
WEAVERVILLE—North Buncombe High School has named its new softball coach, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Tiffani Ferguson will lead the program this year after serving as the junior varsity coach at the school for the past three seasons. She will replace John Stafford,…
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…
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CLAYTON—Clayton High School has announced that its football stadium will be named in honor of two great coaches at the school, according to a press release from the school. The stadium will be named Nixon-Fowler Stadium and will be formally dedicated on August 21. A dedication ceremony will be…
TRYON—Polk County High School’s Jeff Wilson is stepping down as the school’s softball coach, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Wilson has been very successful in that sport, coaching 19 seasons and recording 353 career victories. His Polk County team reached the third round of the…
LANDIS—Andre McCain has been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at South Rowan High School, according to a report in the Salisbury Post. McCain has been an assistant coach at Jesse Carson since 2011. According to the paper, McCain is the ninth head basketball coach at South…
APEX—Middle Creek High School has named Nicholas Holota as its new head men’s lacrosse coach, according to report on HighSchoolOT.com. Holota formerly served as an assistant coach at Holly Springs and also has been a head coach at Southeast Raleigh. The new Middle Creek coach…
A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association Athlete of the Year has been selected as the new men’s basketball head coach at West Forsyth. Rusty LaRue was a standout basketball player at Wake Forest after an excellent career at Northwest Guilford, where he won the NCHSAA Male Athlete of the…
GREENSBORO—The East pulled away from a 6-6 deadlock at halftime and went on to record a 27-13 victory over their counterparts from the West in the North Carolina Coaches Association football all-star game at Jamieson Stadium on Wednesday night. For the East, Eric Hoy of…
