CATAWBA—A Bandys High School baseball star was selected in the Major League Baseball amateur draft on Thursday night, with details on the draftee in the Hickory Daily Record. Hunter Harvey, the son of former major league all-star relief pitcher Bryan Harvey, was the 22nd pick overall, chosen by the Baltimore Orioles. The 6-4,…
VETERAN BASKETBALL COACH SUCCUMBS TO CANCER RUSTON, LA—Long-time high school basketball coach Butch Smart, who spent many years coaching in North Carolina, died recently here after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 69 years old. A memorial service will be held for Smart at Highlands High School, where he coached from 1996…
ENKA—Jeff Frady has been named as the new head football coach at Enka High School, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Frady, 35, has been in Henderson County as a coach for the last 13 years, including at North Henderson and the last eight years at East Henderson. He served as…
NCHSAA SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPSNOW AVAILABLE ON TIME WARNER CABLE All four classifications of the recent North Carolina High School Athletic Association state softball championship series are being shown on the Time Warner Cable SportsChannel 520. The first game will be aired at 5 p.m. today (Friday), with the first game of the 1-A championship…
ALBEMARLE — Albemarle High School athletic director Joanne Helsey has announced Seth Smith has been named the new head football coach at Albemarle, according to a release by the school. Smith replaces Danny Akins who announced his move to Southwestern Randolph in early April. Smith previously served as Akins’ assistant and offensive coordinator. He has…
WAKE FOREST— Mike Joyner has been named as the new athletic director at Wake Forest High School, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. He will succeed Deran Coe, who resigned the athletic director role at Wake Forest-Rolesville to become the Wake County Schools senior administrator for athletics. Wake Forest-Rolesville will become Wake Forest High…
June 6, 2009 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, pitcher Chelsea Leonard of Central Davidson was named the Most Valuable Player for the third consecutive year as she led her team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A softball championship at Walnut Creek Softball Complex. She fired a one-hitter in…
NCHSAA’S STRUNK AMONG 12 INDIVIDUALSTO RECEIVE NATIONAL FEDERATION CITATIONS From The National Federation INDIANAPOLIS— Twelve leaders in high school activity programs across the country have been selected to receive National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Citations, including Rick Strunk of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. An award designed to honor individuals…
REAGAN NAMES NEW MEN’S HEAD BASKETBALL COACH PFAFFTOWN—Jeff Overby has been named the new head basketball coach at Reagan High School, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. Overby will replace veteran head coach Howard West, who had announced his resignation to become the head coach at Forsyth Country Day. Overby, age 45, is…
GREEN HOPE HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE NORTH CAROLINA GIRLS SOCCER PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO — In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has announced Alexis Shaffer of Green Hope High School as its 2012-13 Gatorade North Carolina…
