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…
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…
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.
Normal.dotm 0 0 1 140 800 NCHSAA 6 1 982 12.0 Sophomore point guard Stephanie Watts of Weddington has had a couple of phenomenal games lately to work her way into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. She recently set the Union County women’s basketball scoring record by going for 50 points…
STATESBORO, GA— Georgia Southern University has provided some information about graduate school that may be of interest to coaches and others at North Carolina High School Athletic Association schools. Dr. Drew Zwald, professor and Director of Coaching Education, has provided some information about the program being offered at Georgia Southern. The Online Coaching emphasis is…
December 13, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Kevin Parks of West Rowan carried the ball 24 times for 219 yards and three touchdowns to lead West Rowan to a 35-7 victory over West Craven in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A state football championship game at BB&T Field in…
ROCKY MOUNT— Charles Alston, a media representative and well known as Rocky Mount High School’s expert on athletic history, died unexpectedly on Monday. Alston, age 54, was a 1976 graduate of Rocky Mount and graduated from North Carolina Wesleyan College in 1983. He had been involved in high school athletics in some way for the…
