RAEFORD— Detrez Newsome of Hoke County High School earned a performance listing in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association football record book with a great game last weekend. Newsome rushed for a whopping 402 yards in 20 carries and scored six touchdowns as Hoke raced past Wilmington Ashley 48-30 in the season opener for…
BOYS LACROSSE RULES CHANGES FOCUS ON SPORTSMANSHIP, RISK MINIMIZATION INDIANAPOLIS— A focus on sportsmanship and risk minimization highlighted many of the rules changes approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee at its July meeting in Indianapolis. All 16 rules revisions were subsequently approved by the NFHS Board…
August 22, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Eastern Randolph tied an NCHSAA men’s soccer record by netting 21 goals in a single game. The Wildcats were the third NCHSAA team to accomplish the feat, joining Charlotte Catholic (1998) and Fayetteville Westover (2000).
BURNSVILLE— The Asheville Citizen-Times has reported that Mountain Heritage High School has named two new head coaches. Austin Reece will be the new Mountain Heritage wrestling coach. Reece is a graduate of North Buncombe and wrestled collegiately at Gardner-Webb. Beth Penland, a former all-conference volleyball player at Mountain Heritage, is the new volleyball coach at…
GREENSBORO— Athletes and coaches often work hard in the preseason, but at Grimsley High School in Greensboro that work extended beyond the practice field or court. Lewis Newman of Grimsley reported a huge turnout over the weekend for the annual campus clean-up in preparation for the start of school. There were 136 Grimsley student-athletes, 26…
VISION, MISSION, CORE VALUES The North Carolina High School Athletic Association is approaching the celebration of its 100th anniversary, and even though the organization has been around for a while it has made a constant effort to deal with the changing landscape of education and the challenges which any organization can face. To…
August 20, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Croatan’s Jonnie Brimmer returned a punt 98 yards for a touchdown in a high school football game against Topsail.
Fayetteville Pine Forest 19, Pembroke Swett 6Fayetteville Smith 31, Spring Lake Overhills 26 Holly Springs 29, Wake Forest Heritage 14Lumberton 27, Cape Fear 3Scotland County 35, Fayetteville Seventy-First 6Southeast Halifax 34, Northwest Halifax 12Weddington 38, Cuthbertson 21
PREP FOOTBALL Albemarle 41, West Stokes 7 Alexander Central 41, North Iredell 22 Apex Middle Creek 21, Northern Durham 7 Ashe County 20, West Caldwell 14 Asheville 38, North Gaston 28 Asheville Erwin 41, Burnsville Mountain Heritage 19 Asheville Reynolds 51, Watauga County 20 Asheville Roberson 31, Canton Pisgah 7 Ayden-Grifton 28, Riverside Martin 21…
August 18, 2005 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, former North Carolina High School Athletic Association executive director Simon Terrell passed away in Chapel Hill. He was an outstanding coach at Cary High School and worked at the NCHSAA from 1959 to 1984, including 17 years as executive director. He is a member…
