VETERAN FOOTBALL COACH RON MASSEY TO RETIRE KANNAPOLIS — According to reports in the Independent-Tribune newspaper, veteran head football coach Ron Massey of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis has announced his retirement. Massey came to Kannapolis from Kings Mountain in 2000, taking over from Bruce Hardin. Hardin had come to the post following the…
NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF NATIONAL WRESTLINGHALL OF FAME TO HONOR SIX INDIVIDUALS CHAPEL HILL— The National Wrestling Hall of Fame, North Carolina chapter, will honor a number of individuals for their “lifetime service to wrestling.” Six will be recognized at the annual Hall of Fame Day banquet, this year scheduled for Sunday, May 15, at…
NCHSAA HALL OF FAME INDUCTION SATURDAY CHAPEL HILL– The 24th induction class of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame will be honored on Saturday at the Friday Center. The seven new members in the class of 2010-11 have combined for hundreds of years of service to the the student-athletes of North…
CAMERON— Union Pines High School worked its way into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association record book with a thunderous home run barrage on Wednesday night. Union Pines slammed 11 home runs to set a single game team record as the Vikings defeated East Montgomery 16-9 in a game at Viking Field at Union…
GENE DANIELS PASSES AWAY APEX–Gene Daniels, who coached at Apex High School, died suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 47. Daniels, who was the athletic director at Salem Middle School in Wake County, was the head coach of the junior varsity women’s soccer team at Apex and assisted with the varsity. He was involved…
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER CAROLYN SHANNONHOUSE HONORED Joins NCADA Hall of Fame along with Guy Mendenhall and Joe Miller WILMINGTON– North Carolina HIgh School Athletic Association assistant commissioner Carolyn Shannonhouse was among three individuals inducted on Tuesday night into the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame. The banquet was held at the Wilmington Hilton Riverside…
CHANGING OF GUARD WITH WHITE OAK BASKETBALL JACKSONVILLE — Chris Grimes has been named the new men’s head basketball coach at White Oak High School, according to the Jacksonville Daily News, now that veteran head coach Greg Grantham has stepped down. This is Grimes’ first varsity head coaching job in basketball,…
CHRIS WILSON OF TERRY SANFORD IS HONORED AT SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE — Chris Wilson of Terry Sanford High School had a big honor bestowed on him recently, and one he was not expecting. He went to the Terry Sanford gym for a ceremony that was supposed to honor the outstanding Bulldog men’s basketball team. Instead,…
AAA SCHOLAR-ATHLETE WINNERS NAMED FOR FALL, WINTER SPORTS CHAPEL HILL — Over 11,000 individual awards have been given by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association to student-athletes for their achievements in the classroom as well as on the playing court or athletic field. The NCHSAA made the awards in its AAA Scholar-Athlete program, which…
SEVENTY-FIRST PLAYER SCORES SEVEN GOALS IN GAME FAYETTEVILLE– A Fayetteville women’s soccer player has added a performance listing to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. Last week Alyssa McCray of Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville scored seven goals in a 10-0 victory over Fayetteville Westover. Seven other NCHSAA women’s soccer players have…
