HEPP NAMED PANTHER CREEK ATHLETIC DIRECTOR L.J. Hepp has been named as the new athletic director at Panther Creek High School, returning to a school where he had been a successful basketball coach, according to various media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer. Hepp will replace Todd Schuler, who has taken the athletic director…
EASTERN ALAMANCE WILL CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY MCLEANSVILLE–Eastern Alamance High School will be celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2012-13 academic year. According to the Burlington Times-News, September 14 will be one of the important dates for the school’s 50-year celebration. Events will be held on campus, with the Fred Brady Athletic Complex the main venue…
ALEXANDER CENTRAL PITCHER IN RECORD BOOK Chelsea Wilkinson of Alexander Central has finished her storied softball career with a number of state records and performance listings in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association record book. Wilkinson notched 112 victories during her four-year pitching career for the Cougars, which is the top mark in NCHSAA…
Wells Fargo, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, today announced the standings in the Wells Fargo Conference Cup competitions for the 2011-2012 sports season. The Wells Fargo Cup award, sponsored by Wells Fargo and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of…
EAST FLAT ROCK– East Henderson High School has named its new men’s basketball coach, according to the Hendersonville Times-News. East Henderson has tapped Bruce Gilliam, an alumnus of East and a former head coach of the women’s basketball team there from 2004 through ’07. Gilliam has previously coached at Flat Rock Middle School and coached…
A couple of potential national record listings and new single-season leaders are among the newest records listed in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association women’s lacrosse state record book. Dominique Fortunato of Topsail High School in Hampstead scored 20 goals in a single game and 12 in a single half, both of which have…
Sportsmanship Recognition for NCHSAA Student-Athletes As “Heart Of A Champion” Winners Honored CHAPEL HILL—A total of 20 student-athletes from North Carolina High School Athletic Association member schools will be honored for their outstanding sportsmanship as winners of “Heart of a Champion” recognition. The sportsmanship recognition is part of the program offered by the NCHSAA Student Services…
June 6, 2009 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, pitcher Chelsea Leonard of Central Davidson was named the Most Valuable Player for the third consecutive year as she led her team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A softball championship at Walnut Creek Softball Complex. She fired a one-hitter in…
GREEN HOPE PLAYER NAMED FOR GATORADE AWARD IN NORTH CAROLINA CHICAGO— In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Alexis Shaffer of Green Hope High School as its 2011-12 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Shaffer is the…
June 5, 1970 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Robersonville outlasted Farmer 1-0 in 17 innings in the first game of the best of three series for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A baseball championship. Farmer came back to win the next two contests to take the championship.
