SWANNONOA—Charles D. Owen High School has named Tia Vasko as its women’s volleyball coach for the coming season, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. She is a 2011 graduate of Owen who had previously guided the school’s junior varsity program. She will replace Lauren Owen as the…
INDIANAPOLIS– Ohio University, the nation’s ninth oldest public university and a pioneer in sports education, has entered into a one-year agreement with the National Federation of State High School Associations as an NFHS Corporate Partner. As part of the agreement, Ohio University, located…
August 17, 2000 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Lee Senior’s Ryan Solle dished out seven assists in a North Carolina High School Athletic Association men’s soccer match against Western Harnett. The performance listing is tied for fourth in the NCHSAA Record Book for assists in a game. On this…
August 14,1936 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, future executive director Charlie Adams was born. Adams went on to be an outstanding athlete at Cary High School and served the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for 42 years, including 25 as executive director.
ROCKY MOUNT—Former North Carolina High School Athletic Association president Dr. Travis Twiford has been named interim superintendent of the Nash-Rocky Mount school system. Twiford served as the NCHSAA president during the 1998-99 academic year. He previously has received a Distinguished Service Award from the NCHSAA and was the Association’s Superintendent of…
CLEMMONS—Brittany Cox has been selected to serve as West Forsyth High School’s new women’s varsity basketball head coach, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. Cox was a star player at Bishop McGuinness High School and played on four North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 1-A championship teams from…
The Scholar-Athlete program, one of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association's most popular voluntary programs, recognizes excellence in the classroom as well as on the playing court or field. The program includes recognition of varsity teams that attain certain grades as well as individual athletes and is presented by the North Carolina…
GASTONIA—Tripper Crisson has been named as the new head baseball coach at Hunter Huss High School, according to a report in the Gastonia Gazette. Crisson graduated from Lincolnton High School in 2008 and then played shortstop at Catawba Valley Community College for two years and then two years at Tusculum….
WASHINGTON—Washington High School will be adding to its facilities by building a new field house, according to a report in the Washington Daily News. The project has been years in the making, but the school is preparing to break ground in September on a field house of 4,020 square feet…
Brian Robinson, head women’s basketball coach at Bishop McGuinness High School, has also developed a national profile while working with USA Basketball. Robinson is one of a select group of high school coaches—and the only women’s coach—who has been invited to speak at the USA Basketball Youth Coach Academy in Las…
