FIRST DAY ACTION COMPLETE IN NCHSAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS GREENSBORO — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association state wrestling championships at the Greensboro Coliseum got underway on Thursday evening with the first round of competition in three classifications. The 4-A wrestlers were the first ones to wrestle on the opening day, followed by the 2-A…
Jimmy Fletcher will be the new athletic director at West Brunswick High School, according to a release from Brunswick County Schools and a report in the Wilmington Star-News. Fletcher has been the head football coach and guidance counselor at the school for the past 10 years. He will replace John Floyd, who had announced his…
ROSTERS ANNOUNCED BY N.C. COACHES ASSOCIATION FOR ALL-STAR GAMES GREENSBORO —The North Carolina Coaches Association has announced the North Carolina rosters for a pair of all-star games in March. The 15th annual Carolinas All-Star Basketball Classic games match some of the best senior players from North Carolina against their counterparts in South Carolina. The games…
ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: BLACK HISTORY MONTH During the month of February, in honor of Black History Month, the NCHSAA website will feature information about African-Americans who have made major contributions to the great tradition of high school sports in our state. We hope you find these both entertaining and informative. LAWRENCE DUNN Lawrence Dunn enjoyed an…
GREENSBORO—Northern Guilford High School has a new head football coach, according to reports in the Greensboro News and Record. Northern Guilford has elevated Robert Brian Thomas to the position of head football coach, according to athletic director Brian Thomas. Robert Brian Thomas has been the defensive coordinator at Northern Guilford for the last three seasons…
FUQUAY-VARINA—Fuquay-Varina High School head football coach Ryan Habich has announced that he is resigning from Fuquay-Varina to take the head coaching job at Watauga, according to media reports including HighSchoolOT.com. Habich noted that he had played football at Mars Hill College and his wife’s family is in the western part of the state, citing a…
ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: BLACK HISTORY MONTH During the month of February, in honor of Black History Month, the NCHSAA website will feature information about African-Americans who have made major contributions to the great tradition of high school sports in our state. We hope you find these both entertaining and informative. Normal.dotm 0 0 1 142 742…
February 27, 1950 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, a special women’s high school basketball challenge doubleheader, featuring four of the state’s top teams, was held at Reynolds Coliseum. Benhaven downed Aberdeen 52-46 and Salemburg beat Cary 44-28. The crowd, by some estimates, was in the range of 6,000.
GREENSBORO— The Greensboro Coliseum will be the site this weekend for one of the largest single high school sporting events in the Southeast. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s annual state wrestling championships are scheduled for three days, starting Thursday evening and running all day Friday and Saturday, bringing together over 600 of…
Last week Mark Dreibelbis, Assistant Commissioner of Student Services for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, held a day-long training session with East Bladen High School’s D.R.E.A.M. Team. DREAM Team stands for “Daring to Role Model Excellence as Athletic Mentors” and consists of selected student-athletes who promote positive leadership skills and healthy lifestyles to…
