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…
ARCHDALE—Paul Curlee Barnes, who had been a successful high school coach at one point, passed away early in May. Born in Stony Point, NC, Barnes spent his youth at Barium Springs Home for Children and went on to attend Catawba College on a football scholarship. He coached at the old Allen Jay High…
May 31, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, McKenzie Morenus hit a two-run home run in a big fourth inning as defending state champion Matthews David Butler rallied to beat North Davidson 5-3 in the championship game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A softball championships at Walnut Creek…
May 30, 2009 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, senior midfielder Lindsay Redfearn scored with 27 seconds remaining in the first sudden death overtime period as Swansboro edged Forbush in dramatic fashion 2-1 in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s women’s 2-A soccer championship at Paul Derr Stadium at N.C. State.
PITCHING, DEFENSE ARE KEYS FOR NCHSAA STATE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RALEIGH- As usual, pitching and defense should be featured as the top fast-pitch softball teams in the state prepare for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships this weekend. But there are also a number of players with spectacular offensive statistics in the eight-team field….
MAIDEN—Maiden High School has named Amber Vaughan as its new women’s basketball coach, according to various media reports including The Observer-News-Enterprise. Vaughan is a former Lenoir-Rhyne University basketball standout, having played for LRU from 1999 to 2003. She scored over 1,000 points during her collegiate career after an outstanding career at Pulaski County…
TOP PLAYERS, TEAMS SET TO DO BATTLE IN NCHSAA STATE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES Some of the top players and teams in North Carolina high school baseball will be trying to add hardware to their trophy cases this weekend in the 97th annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state baseball championship series. The 2-A and…
ASHEVILLE — One of the state’s most successful women’s basketball coaches has announced her retirement. Smoky Mountain’s Cindi Simmons is stepping down, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times as well as the Sylva Herald. Simmons won North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships in two sports. During her 30-year tenure at Smoky…
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….
