GASTON COUNTY COACH HITS MILESTONE GASTONIA— A Gaston County basketball coach has achieved a coaching milestone, according to the Gaston Gazette. Butch Blaylock, the head men’s basketball coach at Highland Tech, earned his 300th career coaching victory last week when his Rams downed East Lincoln. According to the Gazette, Blalock became the eighth basketball coach…
A North Carolina high school softball team is the subject of a feature in a national magazine. The East Surry softball team was recognized for great community service in the November 2011 issue of High School Today, a publication of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The feature appears in a section entitled…
CHARLOTTE— Former Winston-Salem Carver football coach Keith Wilkes is now the new head coach at Vance High School in Charlotte, according to the Charlotte Observer. Wilkes, 48, is leaving a job at an Atlanta-area elementary school. From 1992 to 2007, his Carver teams were 139-62-1 with 11 conference titles and state championships in 1998 and…
HOLLY SPRINGS NAMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH HOLLY SPRINGS— Will Orbin has been named the new head football coach at Holly Springs High School, according to media reports. Will Orbin comes to Holly Springs from Leesville Road, where he served as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in 2011. He has 18 years of coaching…
TOBY WEBB COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD Established in 2005 through the NCHSAA Endowment Fund and generous donations from Toby Webb supporters, the Toby Webb Coach of the Year Award recognizes two outstanding coaches annually, one male and one female. This award seeks to honor coaches who have had an impact on the lives of…
LUMBERTON — Atlantic Coast Conference football referee and Lumberton native Brad Allen was among the North Carolina contingent that worked the 98th Rose Bowl football in Pasadena, Calif., on January 2. Allen, who has also been active in officiating circles with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, was the referee in a wild 45-38…
ROBINSON STEPS DOWN AS COACH FOR NEW ROLE AT CUMMINGS BURLINGTON— George Robinson, who in a dozen years directed Burlington Cummings High School to five North Carolins High School Athletic Association championships in men’s basketball, is stepping aside from the position to take another role at the school, according to the Burlington Times-News. Robinson, 42,…
CINDI SIMMONS EARNS 500TH CAREER BASKETBALL VICTORY SYLVA– Veteran Smoky Mountain High School head women’s basketball coach Cindi Simmons achieved a milestone last week, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. Behind a career-high 31 points from Sarah Henson, Smoky Mountain gave Simmons her 500th career win by beating East Henderson, 67-47, in Sylva. Simmons has been…
GRANITE QUARRY— Former East Rowan High School star athlete Danny Misenheimer has been named as head football coach at his alma mater, according to The Salisbury Post. Misenheimer will be East’s seventh head coach since 2002. This latest change in direction was made after East won a total of three games the last two seasons….
JOHN WORLEY TO RETIRE AT HICKORY HICKORY — John Worley is retiring after nearly 30 years in athletics at Hickory High, according to the Hickory Daily Record. Worley and the Hickory Public Schools have announced he’ll retire effective February 29. He will end a 28-year career that featured coaching girls’ softball, boys’ basketball and football…
