BOONVILLE—Former Starmount High School soccer player and wrestler Austin Macemore died on Tuesday following a second battle with cancer. He was 19 years of age. Macemore graduated from Starmount in 2012, and he earned a Heart of a Champion Award from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. He had also been involved with the…
BROUGHTON STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE NORTH CAROLINA GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO — In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has announced that Megan Sullivan of Broughton High School in Raleigh is its 2012-13 Gatorade North Carolina Girls…
CHAPEL HILL— East Chapel Hill High School has named its new head football coach, according to various media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer. Jon Sherman will be the next head football coach of the Wildcats after serving as an assistant last year at the school. Previous East Chapel Hill head coach Bill Renner…
January 29, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association and All American Swim Supply entered into a three-year agreement naming All American Swim Supply as the title partner of the NCHSAA State Swimming and Diving Championships. All American Swim Supply is a full service swim store…
FAYETTEVILLE—A former Terry Sanford High School coach recently received one of the state’s most prestigious honors, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Former Terry Sanford teacher and coach Gil Bowman recently received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine in a ceremony at the school. Former North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue recognized Bowman with the honor…
WINSTON-SALEM—Carver High School has named Germane Crowell as its new head football coach, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Crowell, age 36, will be in his first head coaching position. The former North Forsyth star played at the University of Virginia and then was a wide receiver in the National Football League. Crowell played five seasons…
January 27, 1998 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, legendary football coach and educator Lee Stone died at the age of 91. A native of Pennsylvania, the football field at Asheboro is named in his honor and he is a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame, joining…
CLAYTON—Randy Pinkowski, who has been the head football coach at Charles B. Aycock High School in Wayne County, is moving to Clayton. Pinkowski, who started his coaching career at Clayton as an assistant under veteran head coach Gary Fowler, is the new head coach of the Comets, according to various media reports. Pinkowski served as…
Green Hope High School graduate Ben Kohles had a great start to the 2013 PGA Tour recently in Hawaii, according to the Cary News. Kohles, recorded rounds of 67-70-68-68 for a 7-under 273 at the Waiale Country Club in Hawaii behind a record-setting tournament score by fellow rookie Russell Hensley, who shot a remarkable 256,…
HICKORY—A Hickory High School basketball standout has put his name in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. Raheim Connolly of Hickory helped lead the Red Tornadoes to a 93-90 overtime victory over Fred T. Foarad in men’s basketball action on Tuesday night, and he was terrific from beyond the three-point arc. Connolly…
