WINSTON-SALEM—Chad Booth has assumed the duties as athletic director at Atkins High School in Winston-Salem, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Booth takes over for Linwood Jerald, who resigned to take the position as athletic director at High Point Andrews. Booth, 33, had served as assistant athletic director under Jerald for more than two years. The…
WELLS FARGO CONFERENCE CUP The Wells Fargo Conference Cup award, sponsored by Wells Fargo and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, is a companion to the statewide Wells Fargo Cup. The Wells Fargo Cup recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications,…
INDIANAPOLIS— The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has partnered with USA Football to advance high school football player safety on a national level by endorsing USA Football’s Heads Up Football program. The NFHS leads the development of high school interscholastic sports and activities, serving its 50 member state high school athletic associations…
August 15, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the gymnasium at Cary High School was officially named in honor of Charlie Adams, who served the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for 42 years, including 25 as executive director. He is a native of Cary who was an outstanding athlete at Cary…
CHAPEL HILL—Chapel Hill High School has named new coaches for both cross country and track, according to a release from the school. Joan Nesbit Mabe has been selected as the new head men’s and women’s cross country coach, while Kevin Swain will become the new head men’s and women’s track and field coach….
KERNERSVILLE—Melvin Heggie has been named as the new women’s basketball coach at Glenn High School, according to various media reports including the Winston-Salem Journal. Heggie has been an assistant coach in the women’s program at Greensboro Dudley for the past three years. He also has been an assistant at Ben L. Smith High…
North Buncombe High School has named its new softball coach, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. John Stafford will guide the North Buncombe program. He replaces Cedrick Alexander, who resigned after four seasons at the helm. Stafford has coached baseball at several high schools in western North Carolina, most recently…
HARDING BASKETBALL COACH IS ALSO COACHING FOOTBALL CHARLOTTE—The Charlotte Observer has reported that Harding men’s basketball coach will also be serving as the interim coach of the football team this year. Aikens has been named coach to replace Devron Harper, a former Carolina Panther player who stepped away from the head position to…
ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: WELLS FARGO CUP The Wells Fargo Cup has become the symbol of overall sports excellence among high schools in North Carolina. 

 Since 1979 the Cup has gone to the schools that have the best overall interscholastic sports programs in each of the four classifications of competition: 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A. The…
LEDFORD—Head football coach Chris Adams of Ledford has added another head coaching position, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Adams will also be the head baseball coach at Ledford for the upcoming season. He was Ledford’s head baseball coach from 2001 to 2008 but left coaching to become an assistant principal. He served as…
