PRACTICE FOR FALL SPORTS SET TO BEGIN The first date official practices are allowed for North Carolina High School Athletic Association fall sports is Monday, August 2. Fall sports include football, men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball, women’s golf, women’s tennis, and men’s soccer. Individual schools establish their own practice dates and schedules, but Monday…
ASSOCIATION SPOTLIGHT: WACHOVIA CUP The Wachovia Cup has become one of the great traditions the symbol of overall sports excellence among high schools in North Carolina. Since 1979 the Cup has gone to the schools which have the best overall interscholastic sports programs in each of the four classifications: 1A, 2A, 3A and 4A. The…
NCHSAA ATHLETES HONORED BY GATORADE AS STATE PLAYERS OF YEAR IN VARIOUS SPORTS CHICAGO — In its 25th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, has announced several Gatorade North Carolina Player of the Year awards in several different spring sports that are awarded to…
NCHSAA SOFTBALL COACHES HONORED A number of North Carolina High School Athletic Association softball coaches have been honored with induction into the North Carolina Softball Hall of Fame. The coaches were recognized during activities at the North Caroilna Coaches Association clinic in Greensboro. Among the five coaches in the inaugural class are former South View…
NCHSAA STAFF INVOLVED AT NORTH CAROLINA COACHES’ CLINIC GREENSBORO — A number of North Carolina High School Athletic Association staff members were involved with presentations during the just-completed North Carolina Coaches’ Assocaition clinic at the Greensboro Coliseum complex. Deputy commissioner Que Tucker, assistant commissioner for sports programs Carolyn Shannonhouse and assistant commissioner for student services…
FORMER NCHSAA ATHLETE IS HONORD ICARD — Recent East Burke High School graduate and North Carolina High School Athletic Association record holder Tanner Anderson has received an honor. Anderson has been selected to the first team on the All- USA Today track and field team. He finished the high school track and field season as…
COMMISSIONER SPEAKS AT ATHLETIC DIRECTORS’ BREAKFAST GREENSBORO — North Carolina High School Athletic Association commissioner Davis Whitfield addressed a large group of the state’s high school athletic directors on Tuesday morning, one of the events held as part of the week’s activities with the North Carolina Coaches Association. The breakfast is sponsored by the North…
WILLIE BRADSHAW NAMED TO NATIONAL HALL OF FAME SAN DIEGO — WIllie Bradshaw of Durham received a major honor earlier this month. He was among 12 individuals, and the only one in the category of administrator, who was inducted in the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame…
DAVE HARRIS CHARLOTTE — One of the legends of North Carolina high school athletics has passed away. Dave Harris of Charlotte died on Tuesday after a period of declining health, 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…
WACHOVIA CONFERENCE CUP The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia, a Wells Fargo company, and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications, primarily based on performance in postseason play. The Wachovia Conference Cup, formerly known as the Wachovia Trophy, is…
