A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association state women’s tennis champion has died at the age of 49. Mary Lloyd Hodges Barbera, who won the NCHSAA open classification women’s champion under her maiden name in 1981 and ’82 while playing for Vance High in Henderson, passed away on Wednesday….
INDIANAPOLIS— The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Spirit Rules Committee revised several rules for the 2015-16 season, all of which focused on minimizing risk to participants. At its March meeting in Indianapolis, the committee made changes in the sections on inversions, non-release stunts, release stunts/tosses, suspended…
April 23, 2004 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Southern Nash’s Kymberly Lamm had a record day for the Firebirds’ softball squad. Lamm blasted three grand slams and drove in 12 runs in a 21-1 defeat of rival Nash Central. Not only were both marks NCHSAA records, but at the time of the…
FOUR QUESTIONS—A CONVERSATION WITH JOHNNY SOWELL Johnny Sowell of Monroe High School has been at his high school for over 20 years after a brilliant athletic career there. Sowell has been an administrative assistant at Monroe High and prior to that he was attendance counselor. He graduated from Monroe…
TAYLORSVILLE–Alexander Central High School's softball program has put another remarkable record into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. Tuesday night's 10-0 victory over West Iredell ran the Cougars' record on the season to 18-0, but even more amazing is the fact that it was Alexander…
ASHEVILLE– David Ball has received a tremendous recognition, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. The Clyde Erwin High School community celebrated together earlier this week with a special ceremony dedicating the newly named David A. Ball Gymnasium on the Erwin campus. Ball has spent…
CHAPEL HILL – Natalie Tribble of North Iredell High School and Scott Braswell of Hoggard High School in Wilmington are the recipients of the 10th annual Toby Webb Coach of the Year Awards given by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The two outstanding coaches will be…
CHAPEL HILL— Garrett Davila of South Point High School in Belmont and Candice Corcoran of Morehead High School in Eden are the winners of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Performance of the Week awards, powered by Time Warner Cable SportsChannel with Subway® Restaurants. …
April 21, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, there was no shortage of offense in a high school baseball slugfest between Charles B. Aycock and Greene Central, as they combined for 42 hits and 40 runs. Aycock produced 21 hits and Greene Central collected 20 hits in the 22-18 Aycock victory.
FAYETTEVILLE—Former high school football coach Haney Catchings, who coached at several schools in the Fayetteville area, died on Sunday at the age of 66, according to a report in The Fayetteville Observer. Catchings had been a head coach at both E.E. Smith and 71st in Fayetteville and most recently…
