SOUTHWEST ONSLOW STANDOUT TRAGICALLY DROWNS JACKSONVILLE— A swimmer who disappeared in the water off North Topsail Beach has been identified as a Southwest Onslow High School athletic standout. According to various media reports, Shaq Pershey was swimming with friends at North Topsail Beach in Onslow County when he went under. His body…
DAVIE FOOTBALL COACH HEADING TO SOUTH CAROLINA MOCKSVILLE—Doug Illing, who has had tremendous success as head football coach at Davie County, is taking a position in South Carolina, according to various media reports including the Winston-Salem Journal. He is headed to Myrtle Beach, S.C., where he will be the head football coach at Socastee High…
SCHEDULE ESTABLISHED FOR NCHSAA STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RALEIGH – The pairings and the schedules are set for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state fast-pitch softball championships. For the second year in a row, the championships are best-of-three series between the Eastern champion and the Western champion, both of whom won best-of-three regional series….
LAKE NORMAN CHARTER OUTLASTS RALEIGH CHARTERIN OVERTIME IN NCHSAA STATE 1-A WOMEN’S SOCCER FINAL RALEIGH— Lake Norman Charter outlasted Raleigh Charter 6-3 in overtime in a wild back-and-forth North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A women’s soccer championship game at Dail Soccer Field at North Carolina State University. There were…
CARDINAL GIBBONS ROLLS PAST ST. STEPHENSIN NCHSAA STATE 3-A WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP RALEIGH— Christina Gibbons scored a pair of goals to lead Cardinal Gibbons to a 3-0 victory over Hickory St. Stephens on Saturday afternoon for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A women’s soccer championship at Dail Soccer Field at N.C. State…
SWANSBORO BLANKS SOUTH IREDELL 3-0 IN NCHSAA STATE 2-A WOMEN’S SOCCER FINAL CARY – Swansboro’s Tylor Ring scored two goals and assisted on a third to lead the Pirates to a 3-0 triumph over South Iredell on Saturday afternoon in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A women’s soccer championship game at Dail…
GREEN HOPE BLANKS CORNELIUS HOUGH 2-0TO EARN NCHSAA STATE 4-A WOMEN’S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP RALEIGH – Cary Green Hope capped a perfect season and blanked Cornelius W.A. Hough 2-0 on Saturday afternoon to win the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A women’s soccer championship before a large crowd…
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 2013 REGIONAL SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (all series best two of three) CLASS 1-A ROCKY POINT HEIDE TRASK (20-1) vs. ROBERSONVILLE SOUTH CREEK (21-4) Game 1: Thursday—South Creek 8, Heide Trask 2 Game 2: Friday—South Creek 3, Heide Trask 0 South Creek wins series 2-0. WEST WILKES (23-3) vs….
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REGIONAL BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (all series best two of three games) CLASS 1-A DURHAM VOYAGER ACADEMY (21-4) vs. MIDWAY (24-3) note adjustments to 1-A East Series locations Game 1: Friday—Midway 5, Voyager Academy 1 Game 2: Saturday—Midway 17, Voyager Academy 1 Midway wins series 2-0. SOUTH STANLY (26-4) vs….
A number of tremendous scoring performances have been documented and added to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book for women’s lacrosse, and several of them have been sent to the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) for possible inclusion in the national records. Sydney Holman of East Chapel Hill, who…
