SOUTHERN ALAMANCE NAMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Henry Trevathan Jr., has been hired as the next football coach at Southern Alamance. Trevethan is leaving Cardinal Gibbons after one season to head the Southern Alamance program. Trevathan, 53, is a former offensive coordinator at Elon. He also served on the football staffs for one year at…
INDIANAPOLIS— In a re-affirmation of its longstanding opposition to national championships in high school sports, the membership of the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) defeated a proposed amendment to the NFHS Bylaws that would have allowed the NFHS to conduct national championships in golf and cross country. The North Carolina High School…
ANSON HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE® NORTH CAROLINA FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR Special To The NCHSAA from Gatorade CHICAGO — In its third decade of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, has announced Stephone Anthony of Anson High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade North Carolina…
The recognition will occur on Saturday as part of the four varsity basketball games which make up the Carver Classic. Carver’s 2001 women’s basketball team, which won the NCHSAA 3-A state title after a remarkable turnaround, will be honored along with its coach, Gerald Carter. Keith Wilkes, who led Carver to NCHSAA 3-A state football…
The Gainey Student Athlete Scholarship Award has been established to recognize “Athletic Achievement and Strength of Character” annually. 
 The award is named for North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Famer Pat Gainey fund was established through a private donation from his daughter, Barry Jo Shoen. The 2011 recipient will be the fifth…
Concussion Study Goes To UNC Researcher NFL Charities has awarded a $100,000 grant to the University of North Carolina to support research into concussions. The grant was given to the university’s Center for the Study of Retired Athletes. Heading up the research is Dr. Kevin Guskiewicz, Kenan Distinguished Professor and chair of the department of…
By Dave Krider | MaxPreps.com Special To The NCHSAA MaxPreps has a world-wide reach, according to SFC Keith Megginson, currently serving his third rotation in Afghanistan. Megginson’s son, Josh Megginson, is a 6-foot senior guard at Seventy-First High School in Fayetteville, and this is the first basketball season that his father has missed. “Josh first…
SOUTH JOHNSON SOCCER PLAYER ACHIEVEMENTS ADDED TO NCHSAA RECORDS A former South Johnston High School men’s soccer player has had his name added to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book. The school submitted documentation for Edgar Herrera of South Johnston, who played from 2006 through ’09. His career goal total of 158…
BROUGHTON WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYERHAS INSPIRATIONAL STORY RALEIGH— Emily Newton of Broughton High School in Raleigh has proven to be an inspiration for many. The Sunday edition of the Raleigh News and Observer had a front-page story about the 16-year-old junior athlete who is playing varsity basketball for the Lady Caps just eight months after getting…
CLEVELAND HIGH ANNOUNCES NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR CLEVELAND—Cleveland High School is making an athletic director change in its first academic year. Jamie Lee replaces Randy Jordan as athletic director, according to a press release from Johnston County Schools. Jordan was hired as the athletic director at Cleveland in April 2010. He will remain at Cleveland to…
