CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The Forest Hills Yellow Jackets saw their State Championship dreams die in the Regional Finals each of the last two years. This year’s team got over that hump, earning the school their first state championship berth since 1964, and with a 63-59 win over Greene Central in the 2A State Championship,…
Winston-Salem Prep dominated defensively in the second half, holding Pamlico County to just 16 points in the final 16 minutes, on the way to a 70-46 victory and the Phoenix’s fifth State Championship in school history. Pamlico led by as many as six points early in the second quarter, but Winston-Salem Prep kept the Hurricanes…
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – North Pitt never trailed North Wilkes as the Panthers powered their way to a 63-42 victory over the Vikings in the 2A Women’s Basketball Championship. The Panthers claimed the school’s third State Championship in Women’s Basketball. Nyjanique Langley was the star two years ago for North Pitt in their 2016 2A…
RALEIGH, N.C. – Mount Airy and Pamlico County faced off in the 1A Women’s Basketball State Championship Game for the second year in a row, and once again the Granite Bears came out firing on all cylinders on their way to a 69-32 victory and a second straight state championship. Jo Snow put the Bears…
CHAPEL HILL, NC – In February, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program held a t-shirt design contest for students across the state of North Carolina. The purpose of the contest was for students at NCHSAA member high schools to create a t-shirt design promoting the “Click it…
CHAPEL HILL — Cassidy Coleman of Western Alamance High School and Justin Jarvis of Lake Norman High School were named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week, two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations submitted by media and school administrators. Coleman,…
CHAPEL HILL— Madeline Hardy from Rockingham County High School and Wendell Moore, Jr. from Cox Mill High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards for the week of February 19 – 24. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from…
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (February 28, 2018) – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) and UnitedHealthcare will continue the UHC Sidelines Hunger Food Drive at the 2018 NCHSAA Basketball State Championships on Saturday, March 10. Fans attending the games are encouraged to bring nonperishable canned goods, and the schools squaring off on the court…
Obituary by Anders-Rice Funeral Home in Asheville, NC ASHEVILLE, NC – Dr. Napoleon Andrew Miller Jr., known to his friends as Andy, died peacefully on February 21, 2018. He had been at Brooks Howell Home since he suffered severe pneumonia in August, 2017, when he needed specialized nursing care. Andy Miller was born in Brevard, NC to Napoleon Andrew Miller Sr. and Eva Long Miller on April…
CHAPEL HILL— Eric Hudson, Jr. from West Mecklenburg High School and Carson Smith from Southeast Guilford High School have been named recipients of the NCHSAA Performance of the Week awards. Each week two athletes in North Carolina High School Athletic Association competition are selected for this award from nominations received from media and school administrators….
