Jennifer Wiker- South Mecklenburg (2004-07) In the history of women’s volleyball in the NCHSAA, one of the names highlighting the record book is South Mecklenburg’s Jennifer Wiker. A four-year standout for the Sabres, the 2008 graduate had a record-breaking senior year. Currently Wiker is the current record-holder for most aces in a single match (22),…
September 22, 1995 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Tyler Ashe of Shelby booked a 58-yard field goal against Burns in a high school football game. It is tied for the second longest field goal in North Carolina High School Athletic Association history behind the record setting 61.
COACH BOB PAROLI REACHES MILESTONE FAYETTEVILLE — Veteran head football coach Bob Paroli has reached another milestone. Last Friday night Paroli recorded the 400th coaching victory of his illustrious career as Seventy-First defeated E.E. Smith 24-14. Paroli is in his 54th season as a head coach and was inducted into the North Carolina High School…
September 21, 2008 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, pioneering sports writer Mary Garber of the Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel, and the Twin City Sentinel before that, passed away at the age of 92. She was the first woman to be inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame and is a member of…
EAST CHAPEL HILL’S DREW DAVIS HAS GREAT PERFORMANCES CHAPEL HILL — East Chapel Hill quarterback Drew Davis has had a couple of tremendous high school football passing performances in the last two weeks that have earned him listings in the NCHSAA Record Book. Davis completed 37 of 52 passes for a whopping 488 yards last…
September 20, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the announcement was made that AAA Carolinas joined the North Carolina High School Athletic as a presenting sponsor honoring high school athletes who achieve academic excellence. AAA will be the presenting sponsor of both the regional and the state basketball championships and also will…
WINSTON-SALEM— The Mount Tabor-Carver football game on Friday night lit up the scoreboard at an almost record pace. The final score was no misprint: Mount Tabor downed a scrappy Carver team 87-52 in a battle of two excellent football programs. The total of 139 points combined by the two teams was just four points off…
September 19, 1992 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the Wachovia Cup champions for the 1991-92 academic year are honored at the eighth annual North Carolina High School Athletic Association Day at Kenan Stadium, during which North Carolina defeated Army 22-9. Hendersonville, North Carolina School of Science and Math, High Point Central and…
FORESTVIEW BASKETBALL COACH RETIRES FROM COACHING GASTONIA — Ken Beaty, the coach who led Forestview High School to a state title in women’s basketball ,has retired from coaching the sport, according to the Gaston Gazette. The school immediately promoted assistant coach Kevin Gurganus to take his place. Beaty, 59, will stay on as teacher and…
September 18, 1972 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association began conducting regional meetings in each of the eight regions of the state, a practice that continues to this day. September 18, 1975 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Hoggard’s Lynn Welbourn dished out seven…
