ALBEMARLE—Veteran teacher and coach Al Andrew has retired, according to a report in the Stanly News and Press. Andrew taught at Albemarle for 31 years and had a distinguished coaching career, leading men’s basketball teams to a school record 402 victories during his tenure. His career coaching mark was…
MaxPreps has recognized several North Carolina High School Athletic Association softball teams for great 2015 seasons, including naming Enka High School as the MaxPreps Medium Schools Team of the Year. Enka posted a 28-0 record and won the NCHSAA state 3-A championship. The Sugar Jets outscored its opposition 66-10…
July 15, 1996 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Glaxo Wellcome announced a gift of $100,000 to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association for the NCHSAA Hall of Fame. The donation, made over a four-year period, enabled the Association to create a special endowment to subsidize the activities of the Hall…
CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association hosted 40 school administrators from across the state on Tuesday for a special workshop. The workshop/orientation is designed for personnel at new member schools joining the NCHSAA or for athletic directors new to their role at a member school. The 40 individuals…
RAEFORD—Jamie Coleman has been named as the new head baseball coach at Hoke County High School, according to a report in the Fayetteville Observer. Coleman will take over for Mike Ray at Raeford, who retired from coaching because of health issues. Ray has been battling Lou Gehrig’s Disease for several…
FAIRMONT—Mark Heil has been named as the head football coach at Fairmont High School, according to a report in The Robesonian. Heil replaces Randy Ragland, who left Fairmont to take over the reins of the football program at Middle Creek in Wake County. Heil had served…
INDIANAPOLIS– Rules changes for the 2016 baseball and softball seasons were made at rules committee meetings last month in Indianapolis. Those changes were subsequently approved by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Board of Directors. BASEBALL Beginning with the 2016 season,…
WAYNESVILLE—Carol Fox has been named as the new athletic director at Tuscola High School, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Fox will take over for Rodney Mashburn, who has accepted a position as principal at Central Haywood High School. Fox has been serving as an assistant principal at…
July 13, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, legendary coach and administrator Dave Harris of Charlotte died just a few days short of his 86th birthday. A graduate of Statesville High School and then of Wake Forest University in 1946, where he played in the first Gator Bowl, Harris is one…
BURGAW–Bob Via has been named the new head football coach at Pender High School, according to a report in the Wilmington Star-News and a posting on the Pender High School athletics web site. Via was an assistant coach at Ashley High School last year. Before that, he worked 28 years…
