NCCA FOOTBALL GAME SITE MOVING FOR 2013 HIGH POINT – The North Carolina Coaches Association has announced that the 65th East-West All-Star football game will be played at A.J. Simeon Stadium in July of 2013, according to various media reports. Grimsley’s Jamieson Stadium in Greensboro has been the site for the high school all-star game…
DALLAS– In an effort to improve appropriate medical care for youth athletes, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association has announces the fourth annual Youth Sports Safety Summit in Washington, D.C. The February 5-6, 2013 event, which will launch the National Action Plan for Sports Safety, will build upon the success of the NATA-founded Youth Sports Safety…
CHARLOTTE— Vance High School head basketball coach Will Robinson recently achieved a big coaching milestone, according to The Charlotte Observer. The 58-year-old head coach recently earned his 500th career coaching victory in a victory over Independence. He has earned 150 of those victories at Vance. His team made it to the NCHSAA state 4-A championship…
December 18, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Greenville D.H. Conley’s Chris Harris (119 lbs.) recorded one of the fastest pins in NCHSAA wrestling history by pinning his opponent in five seconds.
DONATION MADE TO NCHSAA ENDOWMENT CHAPEL HILL— A special presentation and large donation to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association was part of the activity surrounding the recent NCHSAA Board of Directors meeting. Rick Wooten, a regional supervisor of officials in the sport of lacrosse, made a presentation of a donation of $20,197 for…
CHARLOTTE—David Butler High School is in line for a couple of national honors, according to the Charlotte Observer. Butler football coach Brian Hales is a finalist for the Army All-America Bowl national coach of the year. Hales, in his second year as head coach, led the Bulldogs to a perfect 15-0 season. Butler won the…
December 14, 1978 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control voted to name the office building for the organization in Chapel Hill in honor of executive director Simon Terrell.
REIDSVILLE— George “Buck” Macklin, who spent a lifetime in education, passed away on Monday at Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro at the age of 59. Macklin worked at Reidsville High School and Greensboro Dudley in administration and also was an elementary school principal. He also served as an assistant superintendent in the Brunswick County schools…
CATAWBA— Randy Lowman of Bandys High School is retiring as head football coach and athletic director at the end of December, but the Catawba County school didn’t have to go far to name his successor. According to various media reports, including the Hickory Daily Record, Trent Lowman, Randy’s youngest son, has been named the Bandys…
WINSTON-SALEM— Carver High School head football coach Melvin Palmer has announced his resignation, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Palmer had been head coach at Carver for the last three seasons. He took over for Brent David and coached his team the whole way to the NCHSAA state 2-A championship game in 2010. The Yellow Jackets…
