STATEMENT FROM NATIONAL FEDERATION CONCERNING WRESTLING IN THE OLYMPIC GAMES Statement from NFHS Executive Director Bob Gardner on IOC Decision to Eliminate Wrestling from 2020 Olympic Games: “The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) is extremely disappointed in the International Olympic Committee’s recommendation to drop the sport of wrestling from the 2020 Olympic…
February 25, 2004 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, McDowell High School set the NCHSAA women’s basketball record for most consecutive free throws in a game by draining 24 in a row in a 101-72 defeat of Charlotte Independence.
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. STEPHENS-LEE HIGH SCHOOL One of the…
LAUREL, MD – The National High School Sports Publication Awards (NHSSPA) has issued a call for entries associated with their sixth annual awards competition. The competition is designed to recognize excellence in the preparation of high school athletic media guides and souvenir programs produced across the United States of America. The National High School Sports…
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. HILLSIDE PONY EXPRESS One of the…
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 1 119 682…
CHARLOTTE—Burton Cates, the head football coach at Lee Senior High School in Sanford, will be the head coach for the North Carolina all-star team in the 77th annual Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas, according to an announcement on the Shrine Bowl website. Cates was a highly successful coach at Eastern Randolph before moving to Lee….
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 1 161 922…
HICKORY—St. Stephens High School will be looking for a new head football coach, according to The Observer-News-Enterprise. Chris Bunting is leaving St. Stephens after just one year as the Indians’ head football coach. Bunting, who is 32 years of age, will take the defensive coordinator job at Clover High School, a 4-A school in South…
WILMINGTON—The Greater Wilmington Sports Hall of Fame has named four new members for induction, according to the Wilmington Star-News. Several of the inductees have excellent high school athletic backgrounds. The late Thell Overman was an outstanding three-sport coach at Wallace-Rose Hill, with a stellar record as a head football coach of 278-73-6 in 37 seasons….
