NELSON SMITH WILL BE NEW GARNER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR GARNER–Veteran Garner High School head football coach Nelson Smith is assuming the duties as athletic director at the Wake County school, according to various media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer. Smith, who has been at Garner for 30 years, succeeds Doc Harrell as athletic director,…
NORTHEAST GUILFORD BASEBALL COACH LAWING RETIRES Veteran Northeast Guilford High School baseball coach David Lawing has retired from teaching, according to the Greensboro News and Record. As a result, he has also resigned as the head baseball coach, although he will continue to assist the program. Brad White, who has been an assistant at Northeast…
July 10, 2010 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time coach and administrator Willie Bradshaw of Durham was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in San Diego. Bradshaw is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
FORMER NCHSAA STATE CHAMP HEADED TO LONDON– AS REFEREE HIGH POINT– A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association state wrestling champion is heading to the Olympics– as an official, according to the High Point Enterprise. Stacey Davis, who was a state wrestling champion at High Point Andrews and graduated in 1982, will be a…
MOORESVILLE— Andy Sparks has been named the new women’s basketball coach at Mooresville High School, according to media reports including the Statesville Record and Landmark. Sparks will teach social studies at Mooresville and will also serve as an assistant football coach while coaching track during the spring season. Sparks, who graduated from Mooresville High in…
July 6, 1995 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time coach Russell Blunt, who coached a number of sports during his lengthy career with many years at Durham Hillside, was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in Portland, Oregon. Blunt is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame.
NFHS OFFERS NEW ONLINE COURSE TO MINIMIZE RISK OF HEAT-STROKE DEATHS IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS From The National Federation INDIANAPOLIS— In its ongoing effort to minimize the risk of participating in high school athletics, the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) has produced a free online course entitled “A Guide to Heat…
NEW COACHES IN ROBESON COUNTY POSTS Two Robeson County high school baseball coaches will be at different posts for the 2012-13 academic year, according to reports in The Robesonian newspaper. Bryan McDonald will be the new head coach at Purnell Swett and Kelly Chavis will assume the reins of the program at St. Pauls. McDonald…
GRADY STAFFORD DIES AT AGE 81 REIDSVILLE — Long-time coach Grady Johnson Stafford passed away on Sunday at the age of 81. A memorial service will be held on Friday at 11 a.m. at Covington Memorial Wesleyan Church, with burial at a later date in the Speedwell Presbyterian Church cemetery. A native of Rockingham County,…
RONALD REAGAN STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE NORTH CAROLINA BOYS TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF THE YEAR CHICAGO — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, has announced Craig Engels of Ronald Reagan High School as its 2011- 12 Gatorade North Carolina Boys Track &…
