NEW BOOK OUT ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA SPORTS INCLUDES HIGH SCHOOL INFO A new book is out relating to North Carolina sports, including several episodes from the high school ranks. North Carolina journalist Jimmy Tomlin has written Instant Replay— 365 Days of North Carolina Sports Trivia. A native of Statesville, Tomlin has been on the staff…
WEST CALDWELL SEEKING NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH LENOIR —West Caldwell High School will be looking for a new head varsity football coach. According to the Hickory Daily Record, school administrators have announced that head coach Randy Baldwin has been relieved of his coaching duties, effective immediately. Baldwin will continue teaching at West Caldwell, according to…
CANDLER— Wendy’s has announced that Enka baseball/football player Chris Jones has been rewarded for his excellence, on and off the field, as he has been named a winner of the Wendy’s High School Heisman for North Carolina. Jones and female winner Schulyer Edmondson, of Hobgood Academy, were chosen from a pool of 48,000 applicants. “The…
November 15, 1973 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, basketball booking associations were encouraged by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association to assign officials on a local level because of the energy crisis, in an effort to eliminate travel as much as possible.
RALEIGH — Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons has been named the winner of the Carolina Cup from the ninth annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state invitational cheerleading championships at the Raleigh Convention Center. The Carolina Cup goes to the varsity-level team that earns the highest cumulative score in the whole competition, regardless of…
November 14, 1964 On this day on history in the NCHSAA, Southport defeated Tar Heel 46-27 in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state eight-man football championship game, played in Whiteville.
SMITHFIELD-SELMA WILL HAVE NEW FOOTBALL COACH SMITHFIELD— Smithfield-Selma will hire a new football coach for next season. According to reports by several media outlets, Frank Lassiter has resigned as the head football coach and as a social studies teacher at Smithfield-Selma, according to athletic director Mike Joyner. Lassiter spent two seasons at Smithfield-Selma, replacing Anthony…
AWARDS GIVEN IN NCHSAA INVITATIONAL CHEERLEADING COMPETITION RALEIGH—Waxhaw Marvin Ridge won the super large varsity division in the ninth annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association state invitational cheerleading championships at the Raleigh Convention Center on Saturday. Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons earned the title in the large varsity division and Apex Middle Creek in the…
Class 4AA Districts EAST ¶(1) Garner 55, (5) Wilmington Laney 35 ¶(2) Raleigh Leesville Road 49, (3) Wake Forest-Rolesville 20 MIDEAST ¶(1) Fayetteville Britt 31, (4) Cary 0 ¶(2) Apex Middle Creek 34, (3) Fuquay-Varina 20 MIDWEST ¶(1) Greensboro Page 44, (5) Northwest Guilford 25 ¶(2) Matthews Butler 42, (6) Charlotte Independence 20 WEST ¶(1)…
Annual George Whitfield Baseball Clinic Is Scheduled For January 14 In Goldsboro GOLDSBORO– The baseball clinic run by North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Famer George Whitfield is set for its 40th annual renewal. The clinic is scheduled for Goldsboro High School on Saturday, January 14, 2012, and features another tremendous lineup. Registration is…
