The new reigning national champion in professional golf is a former North Carolina High School Athletic Association golf champion. Webb Simpson made big news in the world of golf recently as the PGA golfer won the U.S. Open championship— and the top prize of $1,440,000– at the Olympic Club in San Francisco. It was Simpson’s…
SALISBURY TO HONOR COACHING LEGENDS SALISBURY — Salisbury High School will honor 11 coaching legends for their achievements, according to the Salisbury Post. The 11 coaching greats will be honored on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the auditorium at Salisbury High School. They coached either at Salisbury, Boyden or J.C. Price in Salisbury. The coaches…
JACKSONVILLE— Jacksonville High School head men’s basketball coach Mike Ark is heading back to his home state, according to the Jacksonville Daily News. Ark, who grew up in Ohio, is leaving the Onslow County school have six years as the head basketball coach. He will take over the same job at Solon High School in…
LELAND— Longtime North Brunswick High School athletic director Gary Baldwin has announced his retirement, according to the Wilmington Star-News. Baldwin has been in education for 37 years and had served as athletic director at North Brunswick for over 25 years at North Brunswick. Randy Fennell, who has been the North baseball coach, will assume the…
NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTORS NAMED AT UNION COUNTY SCHOOLS MONROE– Union County Public Schools will have a number of new athletic directors serving in its schools for the 2012-13 academic year. The school system recently named four new athletic directors for its high schools. Mike Barfield at Cuthbertson High School, Kevin Allran at Marvin Ridge High…
JACK BRITT NAMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FAYETTEVILLE — Jack Britt High School has named its new head football coach, according to The Fayetteville Observer. Brian Rimpf is the new coach at the Cumberland County school, replacing Richard Bailey, who took the corresponding position at Scotland. Brian Rimpf said he deliberately went looking for big…
2011-12 Wells Fargo Cup Final Standings Announced CHAPEL HILL –Wells Fargo, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, today announced the final standings in the Wells Fargo Cup competitions for the 2011-12 academic year. The Wells Fargo Cup, formerly known as the Wachovia Cup, is sponsored by Wells Fargo and the NCHSAA. The…
June 20, 1968 On this day on history in the NCHSAA, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Control voted to raise the membership dues for the organization from five cents per student to 10 cents.
Cheyenne Warrick of Charles B. Aycock High School in Pikeville has been somewhat of a goal-scoring machine during her high school women’s soccer career. Warrick added to her totals this season with 68 goals, which is now the recorded state record for a junior and is tied for fifth-best all-time. The Aycock standout also scored…
TINA GUNN WILL BE NEW HEAD WOMEN’S HOOPS COACH AT GRIMSLEY GREENSBORO –Tina Gunn, who has been a successful women’s basketball coach at Eastern Guilford High School, is leaving that post to take over the women’s basketball position at Grimsley High School in Greensboro. Multiple media outlets, including the Burlington Times-News and Greensboro News…
