RECIPIENTS NAMED FOR FIFTH ANNUAL GOLDEN WHISTLE MERIT AWARDS CHAPEL HILL –Three outstanding individuals from the world of high school officiating will be honored with an award for lifetime achievement. David Gaskins of Greenville, Bill Freeman of Charlotte and Wendell Hampton of Pfafftown are the recipients of the fifth annual Golden Whistle Merit…
WINSTON-SALEM/FORSYTH HALL OF FAME RECIPIENTS NAMED WINSTON-SALEM — The new class of inductees to the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County High School Sports Hall of Fame has been announced by the Winston-Salem Sportsmen Club, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. The class includes former Carver football coach Keith Wilkes, Walter Black (East Forsyth), the late James Cunningham (R.J. Reynolds)…
FORMER PISGAH STATE CHAMPS IN BENEFIT GAME SATURDAY CANTON— A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship team and a runner-up squad will combine forces for a charity basketball game to benefit their community. Every starter from Pisgah High School’s outstanding 2005 NCHSAA 2-A men’s championship team along with players from the 2008…
ROCKY MOUNT PITCHER STRIKES OUT 20 ROCKY MOUNT — Benton Moss of Rocky Mount pitched his way into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book in baseball on Wednesday. Moss struck out 20 and gave up just one hit as Rocky Mount beat Wilson Fike 8-0 at Fike. Moss, who has already signed…
SOUTH POINT HIRES NEW COACHES BELMONT — South Point High School has hired its new men’s next basketball coach from the local community and elevated an assistant coach to the head football position, according to the Gaston Gazette. The school announced the hiring of veteran assistant coach Mickey Lineberger in football and named Kody Kubbs,…
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association held its spring 2011 Coach-Captain Retreat over the weekend, the 31st in the history of this program. The event, part of the Association’s Student Services program, was held at the Radisson RTP and attracted students from all over North Carolina. It was one of…
DAVIE TRACK COACHBEITER DIES MOCKSVILLE—Daric Beiter, the track and cross country coach at Davie County High School, died suddenly on Friday morning, the day he turned 37. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, Mike Absher, the athletics director at Davie, said that Beiter’s wife, Michelle, found her husband unresponsive early Friday and that EMS personnel were…
TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR NCHSAA HALL OF FAME CEREMONIES CHAPEL HILL—An event that has become a highlight of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association year is scheduled for Saturday, April 16. The annual NCHSAA Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremonies are set for the Friday Center on the campus of the University of North Carolina…
SEVERAL NEW RECORDSIN NCHSAA RECORD BOOK Several new records achieved by western North Carolina student-athletes have been added to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. John Cannon of Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville finished his career as the all-time leading shot blocker in NCHSAA men’s basketball, as listed in the Record…
It has happened only on rare occasion in major league baseball, but at least up until now there was no record of it happening in a North Carolina High School Athletic Association baseball game. In a recent game between Overhills and Fayetteville Westover, Todd Matthews of Overhills succeeded in playing all nine positions in a…
