CHICAGO— In its 29th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has announced Vada Sherrill of Alexander Central High School as its 2013-14 Gatorade North Carolina Softball Player of the Year. Sherrill is the second Gatorade North Carolina Softball Player of the…
INDIANAPOLIS— The 95th annual National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Summer Meeting will be held June 28-July 2 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in Boston, Massachusetts. The NFHS is the national leadership organization for high school athletic and performing arts activities and is composed of state high school associations…
RALEIGH– Sanderson High School and the Sanderson Athletic Club will induct the fourth class of the Sanderson Athletics Hall of Fame in festivities to be held in September 2014. The class includes five athletes, two coaches, and two teams. The Hall of Fame “Class of 2014” will be honored in ceremonies…
CORNELIUS—W.A. Hough High School had a phenomenal women’s soccer season, winning the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A championship, and now the Huskies have added another accolade. Hough was the number-one ranked team in the nation in the final National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) poll….
June 20, 1968 On this day on history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control voted to raise the membership dues for the organization from five cents per student to 10 cents.
CHARLOTTE—An Ardrey Kell High School sophomore had a big year at the plate in baseball and has earned a performance listing in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. Aaron Pilkington was one of the top players for an excellent Ardrey Kell team that made it to the…
By Kim Underwood Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools WINSTON-SALEM–In Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, 12 high schools offer football programs. Earlier this week, three people from each of those schools – the head football coach, the athletic director and a certified athletic trainer – spent the day at Reagan High School participating in a workshop designed…
June 19, 1969 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control voted unanimously that athletes be restricted from smoking while representing their school in an athletic contest.
TAYLORSVILLE—Alexander Central recently completed a phenomenal season in softball, as the Cougars completed a perfect 35-0 season and won their fifth North Carolina High School Athletic Association fast-pitch championship. As a result, Alexander Central has qualified for several team entries and a number of individual additions to the NCHSAA Record…
CARY—Green Hope High School head women’s basketball coach Mike Robinson has announced that he is stepping down from that coaching position, according to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer. Robinson has coached for 25 years and has been led the Green Hope women’s program for six years, including a…
