September 3, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Garrett Leatham of Middle Creek High School attempted 55 passes as his team dropped a 26-16 high school football decision to Garner. He completed 30 of 55.
September 2, 2000 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Cline Ingle of Burns High School booted the longest field goal in NCHSAA history when he kicked a 61 yarder against Shelby. Fittingly, he eclipsed the old NCHSAA record of 58 yards set by Shelby’s Tyler Ashe in 1995.
Provided by AP THURSDAY’S GAMES Bunn 51, North Johnston 20 Hertford County 21, Wilson Hunt 15 Raleigh Athens Drive 22, Raleigh Broughton 21 Raleigh Leesville Road 40, Apex 6 Southern Nash 30, Wilson Beddingfield 24 Arendell-Parrott Academy 30, St. David’s 22 Asheville 21, Polk County 0 Asheville Erwin 55, Burnsville Mountain Heritage 13 Asheville Roberson…
SALISBURY— Ronnie Gallagher, sports editor of the Salisbury Post, died suddenly this morning, according to a story posted on the newspaper’s web site. According to the story, Gallagher woke up early this morning with a severe upset stomach, went to an area hospital and died. He was 57 years old. Gallagher became sports editor at…
RALEIGH—Broughton High School has named its new athletic director, according to various media reports including HighschoolOT.com. The school has tapped Aaron Minger as the new athletic director to replace the veteran Jack Spain, who retires at the end of August. Minger, a certified athletic trainer, has been the athletic trainer at Broughton for several years….
August 30, 1968 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Wilson’s Fike High School opened defense of its North Carolina High School Athletic Association state football championship but was shut out by Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds 9-0. Fike rebounded, however, under head coach Henry Trevathan and went on to win the ’68 crown.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDOUT RECALLS DREAM TEAMTRAINING AT BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL KNOXVILLE, TN—A women’s college basketball standout at the University of Tennessee is still building upon lessons she learned as part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Student Services program. The feature story was published on the govolsextra.com web site. Burdick…
INDIANAPOLIS— Major changes in substitution procedures in high school men’s lacrosse will take effect with the 2014 season. For stoppages of play due to an out-of-bounds ball, a horn will no longer be sounded to allow time for substitution. Instead, players may substitute “on the fly” as they can during normal play. This was one…
NEWTON—The Observer-News-Enterprise has reported that Billy Leeson, athletic director at Newton-Conover High School, is leaving the school and that position. Leeson, who was named to the post at Newton-Conover a little over a year ago, will take a job at a middle school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg system. Leeson had formerly worked at Vance High School…
WINSTON-SALEM—Everett Hancock has been named as the new head baseball coach at North Forsyth, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Hancock comes to North Forsyth after serving as the head baseball coach at Forsyth Country Day in 2012 and then an assistant baseball coach at Caldwell Academy in Greensboro in 2013. A native of Havelock, Hancock…
