TRYON—Polk County High School’s Jeff Wilson is stepping down as the school’s softball coach, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Wilson has been very successful in that sport, coaching 19 seasons and recording 353 career victories. His Polk County team reached the third round of the…
LANDIS—Andre McCain has been named as the new head men’s basketball coach at South Rowan High School, according to a report in the Salisbury Post. McCain has been an assistant coach at Jesse Carson since 2011. According to the paper, McCain is the ninth head basketball coach at South…
APEX—Middle Creek High School has named Nicholas Holota as its new head men’s lacrosse coach, according to report on HighSchoolOT.com. Holota formerly served as an assistant coach at Holly Springs and also has been a head coach at Southeast Raleigh. The new Middle Creek coach…
A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association Athlete of the Year has been selected as the new men’s basketball head coach at West Forsyth. Rusty LaRue was a standout basketball player at Wake Forest after an excellent career at Northwest Guilford, where he won the NCHSAA Male Athlete of the…
GREENSBORO—The East pulled away from a 6-6 deadlock at halftime and went on to record a 27-13 victory over their counterparts from the West in the North Carolina Coaches Association football all-star game at Jamieson Stadium on Wednesday night. For the East, Eric Hoy of…
MORGANTON—Patton High School has made a couple of coaching assignments, according to various media reports including the Hickory Daily Record and the Morganton News-Herald. Jeff McCarrick is the school’s new varsity women’s basketball coach and Autumn Ward will take over the volleyball program. McCarrick has been an assistant coach…
The Wells Fargo Conference Cup award, sponsored by Wells Fargo and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, is a companion to the statewide Wells Fargo Cup. The Wells Fargo Cup recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state's four competitive classifications,…
GREENSBORO—Tresor Mbuyu of Charlotte’s Garinger High School scored two goals and added an assist to lead the West All-Stars to a convincing 4-1 triumph over the East in the North Carolina Coaches Association men’s soccer all-star game at MacPherson Stadium. It gave the West a sweep of the soccer…
JACKSONVILLE—A former coach at White Oak High School is returning to the post she held nine years ago. Debbie Lausterer is the new women’s basketball coach at White Oak, according to a report in the Jacksonville Daily News. A 25-year member of the faculty at White Oak, as a…
“Anyone Can Save a Life” Teaches Teams to Respond to Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Other Major Medical Emergencies INDIANAPOLIS– To address a potentially dangerous gap in medical- response planning for after-school practices and events, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced a new initiative. NFHS officials announced…
