Veteran football coach and athletic administrator Diego Hasty died suddenly of a heart attack on Tuesday at the age of 60. He had been serving as head football coach and athletic director at KIPP Pride in Gaston in Northampton County. He also coached basketball there. His career had been…
INDIANAPOLIS— Effective with the 2015 high school track and field season, the prohibition of jewelry will be eliminated. This was one of several rules changes recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Track and Field Rules Committee at its recent meeting in Indianapolis. The committee’s recommendations were subsequently approved by the…
TARBORO – Principal Marc Whichard has begun his tenth year as a school administrator, and along with continuing to serve as the principal of SouthWest Edgecombe High School, Whichard is also the Lead Principal within the Edgecombe County Public Schools system. The Edgecombe County Public Schools issued the press…
CHAPEL HILL—Mike Holderman has been selected as the new head football coach at East Chapel Hill High School, according to various media reports including HighSchoolOT.com and the Chapel Hill News. Holderman comes to East Chapel Hill from New Hampshire, as he has been the head coach at Kennet High School…
JACKSONVILLE—Chris Grimes, the head men’s basketball coach at White Oak High School, will add additional duties on August 1 when he also becomes the athletic director at the school, according to a report in the Jacksonville Daily News. Grimes, who has served as head basketball coach for three seasons, will…
CHAPEL HILL—Seven more outstanding individuals in the annals of state prep athletics have been selected for induction into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame. The late Jack Holley of Teachey, Ralph Holloway of Morehead City, the late Joe Miller of Wilmington, Chris…
GREENSBORO— The East and West battled to a 10-10 deadlock in the North Carolina Coaches Association football all-star game at Jamieson Stadium. The West, which trailed 10-0 with five minutes to go, rallied to put together a 63-yard march in the final minute of the contest to get to the…
MOORESVILLE—Mooresville High School has hired a new athletic director, according to a report in the Mooresville Tribune. Kevin Wilson, who has served as athletic director and dean of students at North Mecklenburg, has been named to the post. He will take over for Barclay Marsh, who retired at the end of…
Dr. Timothy N. Taft has been inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Hall of Fame during a ceremony at its Annual Meeting in Seattle earlier this month, according to a release from the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine. AOSSM Hall of Famers are individuals in the sports…
July 25, 2009 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame member David Maynard of Burlington died at the age of 84. Maynard was an outstanding athlete at the old Jordan Sellars High School in Alamance County and later was a successful high school basketball…
