POLE VAULT PLANTING BOX PADDING REQUIRED FOR2014-15 HIGH SCHOOL TRACK SEASON INDIANAPOLIS— The installation of pole vault planting box padding permitted under Rule 7-5-24 will be a requirement in high school track and field beginning with the 2014-15 season. This was one of 13 rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School…
ROCKY MOUNT— There are changes in coaches for both cross country and women’s outdoor track and field at Nash Central High School, according to the Rocky Mount Telegram. Veteran coach Brian Winham is retiring from teaching and coaching after 31 years, the last 11 of which have been at Nash Central. Winham has…
July 7, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time North Carolina Athletic Director Association executive director Jerry McGee was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. McGee is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
WINSTON-SALEM—West Forsyth High School has named Brad Bullard as its new baseball coach, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Bullard, age 29, will replace Randy Pope, who retired from teaching and coaching at the end of the 2013 season. Pope was Bullard’s high school coach. Bullard graduated from West Forsyth in 2002 and…
July 1, 2001 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time North Carolina High School Athletic Association executive director Charlie Adams was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in Maui, Hawaii. Adams is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, among…
COACH RETURNING TO DUTIES AT CLYDE ERWIN ASHEVILLE—Terry Gossett is back on the job as the Clyde Erwin High School women’s varsity basketball coach after some health issues during the winter, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. He was hospitalized for more than a month in February due to complications from surgery. Gossett…
The NCHSAA and Special Olympics North Carolina have worked together over the past year to promote the theme of inclusion through the Project UNIFY initiative. Special Olympics Project UNIFY is built upon the premise that in order to have the greatest impact, the change process needs to start with young people. Project UNIFY brings youth…
APEX—Middle Creek High School has named its new head baseball coach, according to various media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer. Wesley King, who for the last four years has headed the baseball program at North Buncombe, has been named as the baseball coach to replace Jeremy Thompson, who gave up the…
WALLBURG—Ledford High School has announced that junior varsity women’s basketball coach Chris Doby has been named as the new women’s varsity head coach, according to the High Point Enterprise. Doby will take over for veteran coach John Ralls, who has 701 coaching victories and has won four North Carolina High School Athletic Association…
MOCKSVILLE—Longtime assistant coach Devore Holman has been named the new head football coach at Davie County High School, according to various media reports including the Winston-Salem Journal. Holman replaces Doug Illing, who resigned to take on the head coaching responsibilities at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Holman, 46, worked with…
