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.
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…
May 7, 1968 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Clement’s E.V. Spell struck out an NCHSAA record 14 batters in a 14 inning, 1-0 victory over Garland. Garland’s pitcher, Larry Smith, recorded 27 strikeouts of his own in the loss. May 7, 1998 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Clifeteana McKiver…
HALL OF FAMER BABE HOWELL PASSES AWAY Charles “Babe” Howell, a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, died on Saturday at the age of 84 after a period of declining health. Howell enjoyed a career as one of the state’s most successful high school football and baseball coaches in…
CHAPEL HILL— The 11th annual Wrestling Hall of Fame Day is scheduled for the Friday Center here on Sunday, May 19. The North Carolina class of 2013 honorees for the state chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum will be recognized at the event. Five outstanding individuals in the sport of wrestling…
May 6, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Anna Tharrington of Southern Nash and Nick Maddox of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis received the Pat Best Memorial Awards as the NCHSAA Athletes of the Year for the 1998-99 academic year. Tharrington was a three-sport star in volleyball, basketball and softball, earning…
PILOT MOUNTAIN— Coach Barry Hall from East Surry High School recently reached an amazing milestone. Hall recently coached his 1000th career high school baseball game on April 23rd when his Cardinals played Bishop McGuiness. The Cardinals picked up the win in Hall’s 1000th game, giving him a tremendous career record at that point of 671-329. …
