CINDI SIMMONS EARNS 500TH CAREER BASKETBALL VICTORY SYLVA– Veteran Smoky Mountain High School head women’s basketball coach Cindi Simmons achieved a milestone last week, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. Behind a career-high 31 points from Sarah Henson, Smoky Mountain gave Simmons her 500th career win by beating East Henderson, 67-47, in Sylva. Simmons has been…
GRANITE QUARRY— Former East Rowan High School star athlete Danny Misenheimer has been named as head football coach at his alma mater, according to The Salisbury Post. Misenheimer will be East’s seventh head coach since 2002. This latest change in direction was made after East won a total of three games the last two seasons….
JOHN WORLEY TO RETIRE AT HICKORY HICKORY — John Worley is retiring after nearly 30 years in athletics at Hickory High, according to the Hickory Daily Record. Worley and the Hickory Public Schools have announced he’ll retire effective February 29. He will end a 28-year career that featured coaching girls’ softball, boys’ basketball and football…
HUMPHRIES EARNS HONOR D.J. Humphries of Mallard Creek High School in Charlotte was named the Anthony Muñoz Lineman of the Year by the U.S. Army All-American Bowl Selection Committee, according to various media reports.. The 6-foot-6, 280-pound offensive lineman helped Mallard Creek to a 13-1 record and to the semifinals in the North Carolina High…
FAYETTEVILLE — Three of the four new inductees to the Fayetteville Sports Club Hall of Fame have great high school backgrounds. The induction class has been announced by the Fayetteville Observer, and it includes Earl Vaughan Jr., of the newspaper, former South View High School softball coach Eddie Dees and former Fayetteville High School star…
January 8, 1982 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Bill Bost of Bandys High School recorded his 400th coaching victory as his Bandys men’s team defeated Cherryville 61-50, led by Vernon Odom’s 25 points. For several years, Bost coached both the men’s and women’s varsity teams simultaneously at Bandys and he is a…
January 6, 1959 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Lawrence “Cotton” Clayton of Zebulon Vance pulled down a NCHSAA record 46 rebounds in a 61-37 defeat of Knightdale. The future East Carolina Pirate’s 46 rebounds ranks first all-time in NCHSAA history while his mark of 44 rebounds in a game also ranks second…
JIM BOB BRYANT WINS AP COACHING AWARD Jim Bob Bryant of Havelock High School has been named the Associated Press High School Football Coach of the Year. Havelock posted an unbeaten 16-0 season and won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 3-A championship in his fourth year at the school, beating West Rowan…
RICHARD BAILEY EARNS AWARD FROM CAROLINA PANTHERS FAYETTEVILLE — Jack Britt High School head football coach Richard Bailey has earned a prestigious award, according to the Fayetteville Observer. Bailey has been honored as the Carolina Panthers’ high school football Coach of the Year. Bailey was the winner of the Panthers’ first Coach of the Week…
FOUR OAKS— For the seventh year in a row, the South Johnston High School baseball time was deeply involved in community service during the holiday season. According to head coach Keith Durham, returning and prospective baseball players at South Johnston participated in a service project benefitting the United States Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots…
