Que Tucker of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association has received a prestigious national honor, earning the 2013 Dr. Nell C. Jackson Award Honoree by the National Association for Girls and Women in Sport (NAGWS). NAGWS is an affiliate organization of American Alliance for Health and Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD), and the…
MILLERS CREEK—One of the state’s most successful wrestling coaches is leaving his position at West Wilkes High School. according to the Wilkes Journal-Patriot. Brian Brown, who has been head coach at West Wilkes for 10 seasons, is leaving teaching and coaching. His Blackhawks won seven conference wrestling championships in 10 years and have won…
May 9, 2011 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, J.T. Poston of Hickory fired a nine-under par 63, the lowest single round ever recorded in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state men’s golf championship. Poston had the sizzling round in the first day of play in the 3-A championship at Fox…
NEWLAND—Avery County High School women’s basketball coach Missy Lyons has resigned, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Lyons, who will plan to stay at the school as a teacher, coached the Avery program for 11 years. The Vikings were 21-8 a year ago and went to the third round of the playoffs. Avery’s…
May 8, 1970 Barbara Keller of Hickory won the first-ever North Carolina High School Athletic Association women’s singles tennis championship in Chapel Hill. Although many people knew the school as Hickory High, it was formally known as Claremont Central High School for many years.
NCHSAA TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPSSET FOR IRWIN BELK TRACK AT NORTH CAROLINA A&T GREENSBORO — Top athletes from across the state of North Carolina will compete in a busy weekend of track and field as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association begins its state championships in the sport. …
INDIANAPOLIS— Through the collaborative efforts of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), the NCAA and USA Track & Field, an online pole vault skills course has been developed for coaches and athletes and is available for free on the NFHS Coach Education Program Web site at www.nfhslearn.com. The course, “Pole Vault: Successful…
NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION 2013 MEN’S STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TENNIS PAIRINGS MAY 10-11, 2013 CLASS 1-A—Cary Tennis Center SINGLES—FIRST ROUND Dylan Cuddington (Rosewood) vs. Mitch Kessler (Mount Airy) John Latimer (Misenheimer Gray Stone Day) vs. Harrison Tucker (Franklin Academy) Jacob Fuqua (Hendersonville) vs. Harrison Stone (Durham Voyager Academy) Chase Conner (Riverside-Martin) vs. Blake Scherrman…
ASHEVILLE – Izzy McCurry of T.C. Roberson High School has put her name in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association record book for softball. McCurry has now blasted 40 career home runs to sit atop of that category in the NCHSAA Record Book with the potential to add to it as the…
HENDERSONVILLE— Hendersonville High School head volleyball coach Brooke Stanley, who guided her team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship in the fall, is headed to the collegiate ranks, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. She has reportedly resigned from the Henderson County school to take a position as an assistant volleyball at…
