Merritt Wilkinson of Western Alamance High School had an outstanding softball season as a senior in the spring, and her performance enables her to have several listings in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association on-line record book. Wilkinson batted .616 for the season, collecting 45 hits in 73 official at-bats, and had 15 doubles…
RALEIGH—Enloe High School has announced that Patrick Paye is the school’s new athletic director and will also assume the duties as head men’s basketball coach, according to various media reports including HighSchoolOT.com. Paye comes to Enloe from Knightdale and before that served as an assistant basketball coach at Elizabeth City State University. He…
Chris Munnelly, who just completed an excellent career with the University of North Carolina Tar Heel baseball program, has embarked upon his professional baseball career. Munnelly, who worked for a year in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association offices as an intern while in school at UNC, signed with the Houston Astros…
GREENSBORO—Page High School will have a new softball coach during the spring of 2014, but his name might ring a bell with football fans. Ethan Albright, who played for 16 years in the National Football League after a standout career at Grimsley and the University of North Carolina, will serve as the head…
July 15, 1996 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Glaxo Wellcome announced a gift of $100,000 to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for the NCHSAA Hall of Fame. The donation, made over a four-year period, enabled the Association to create a special endowment to subsidize the activities of the Hall of…
INDIANAPOLIS, IN— Two new rules regarding the use of electronic devices in high school softball were among the five changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Softball Rules Committee at its June meeting in Indianapolis. All rules changes were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board of Directors. With the…
CHARLESTON—The North Carolina high school all-stars won one and tied one in the seventh annual Clash of the Carolinas soccer matches at Blackbaud Stadium. In the men’s game, North Carolina topped South Carolina by a 2-0 count and the women’s game ended in a 3-3 tie. Gary O’Neill of Wilmington Ashley, who…
CLAREMONT—Bunker Hill High School in Catawba County will be looking for several new head coaches in a variety of sports. According to a report in The Observer-News-Enterprise, three coaches resigned. The coaches included Bunker Hill volleyball coach Julie Harris, softball coach Danny Sifford, and cross-country and track coach John Sullivan. No specific timetable was mentioned…
SANFORD— Reggie Peace has been named athletic directorof Lee County High School by principal Kenna Wilson, according to a release by the school. Peace replaces the retiring Steve Womack, who spent 39 years in various capacities at Lee County and will continue to do some work as athletic trainer. Peace will be beginning his fourteenth year…
July 10, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time coach and administrator Willie Bradshaw of Durham was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in San Diego. Bradshaw is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
