RAEFORD—Jamie Coleman has been named as the new head baseball coach at Hoke County High School, according to a report in the Fayetteville Observer. Coleman will take over for Mike Ray at Raeford, who retired from coaching because of health issues. Ray has been battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease for several…
FAIRMONT—Mark Heil has been named as the head football coach at Fairmont High School, according to a report in The Robesonian. Heil replaces Randy Ragland, who left Fairmont to take over the reins of the football program at Middle Creek in Wake County. Heil had served…
INDIANAPOLIS– Rules changes for the 2016 baseball and softball seasons were made at rules committee meetings last month in Indianapolis. Those changes were subsequently approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Board of Directors. BASEBALL Beginning with the 2016 season,…
WAYNESVILLE—Carol Fox has been named as the new athletic director at Tuscola High School, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Fox will take over for Rodney Mashburn, who has accepted a position as principal at Central Haywood High School. Fox has been serving as an assistant principal at…
July 13, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, legendary coach and administrator Dave Harris of Charlotte died just a few days short of his 86th birthday. A graduate of Statesville High School and then of Wake Forest University in 1946, where he played in the first Gator Bowl, Harris is one…
BURGAW–Bob Via has been named the new head football coach at Pender High School, according to a report in the Wilmington Star-News and a posting on the Pender High School athletics web site. Via was an assistant coach at Ashley High School last year. Before that, he worked 28 years…
BURLINGTON– Marty Parrish has resigned as the head men’s basketball coach at Southern Alamance High School, according to a report in the Burlington Times-News. Parrish coached only one season at Southern Alamance but guided the team into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state playoffs for the first time…
July 10, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time coach and administrator Willie Bradshaw of Durham was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in San Diego. Bradshaw is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has celebrated over 100 years of service, and even though the organization has been around for a while it has made a constant effort to deal with the changing landscape of education and the challenges which any organization can face. To that end, the…
photo courtesy Tampa Bay Rays Former Clayton High School baseball star Chris Archer is having a phenomenal year with the Tampa Bay Rays, and it has obviously been noticed. Archer has been named to the American League all-star team and will play against the National League in Cincinnati…
