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WEEK 1 | 2023-24 OrthoCarolina Performance of the Week
Each week two athletes in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association are selected for the Performance of the Week Award, Powered by OrthoCarolina. These athletes are nominated by coaches, media, and school administrators for their outstanding performance. The OrthoCarolina Performers of the Week for week one of the NCHSAA competition are Breanna Budzinski from…
Hoggard’s Bowen Hits Career Milestone
John T. Hoggard High School’s women’s tennis head coach, Michael Bowen, won his 300th match last week with a 6-3 win against Greene Central. Bowen has coached the women’s tennis team at Hoggard since the 2010 season and has an overall record of 148-57. He was the head coach of the men’s team as well from…
Leaders at Summit Discuss Solutions to Behavior Issues in High School Sports
This week, NFHS CEO Karissa Niehoff salutes the coaches, administrators, media members, state association directors and others who attended the NFHS Behavior in Sports Summit last week in Indianapolis in an ongoing attempt to change the culture at middle school and high school sporting events. She says a task force will be established and that…
2023 NCHSAA Hall of Fame Banquet
Cary, N.C. — The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Hall of Fame inducted its Class of 2023 Saturday, August 19, 2023, at the Embassy Suites in Cary. The 2023 Class is the 37th to be inducted into the Hall of Fame, which was founded in 1987. The Class of 2023 honored two members posthumously,…
Legendary Basketball Player, Henry Logan, Passes Away
Henry Lee Logan, 78, passed away peacefully in his home, on Tuesday, July 26, 2023. He was an Asheville native and was preceded in death by parents, Carrie Bell and Leroy Hall; aunt/sister, Mary Alston; daughter, Carrie Renee and son, Patrick Logan. Left to cherish his memory is his wife of 33 years, Barbara Hughes…
NCHSAA announces 2022-2023 Wells Fargo Cup and Conference Cup Champions
CHAPEL HILL – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association, in conjunction with Wells Fargo, is proud to release the final standings in the 44th annual Wells Fargo Cup competitions for the 2022-2023 academic year. The award recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive…
2022-23 Performance of the Week Winners
Week Winning Article Winning Photos 1 Zach Dezern and Madeline Sigmon 2 Isaac Weaver and Stella Kermas 3 Angus Weaver and Paige Sarver 4 Folger Boaz and Kevon Daniels 5 Elijah Tillery and Maddy Linares 6 Jamiel Davis and Erika Bailey 7 Stephan Zayaachkowsky and Sydney Kendall-Eason 8 Issac Mireless and Alyssa Smith/Katie Phillips…
NFHS Learning Center Releases New Courses on Student Leadership
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Dan Schuster INDIANAPOLIS, IN (August 10, 2023) — A two-course series focused on student leadership is the newest additions to the National Federation of State High School Associations’ (NFHS) online education platform, the NFHS Learning Center. All new offerings are available to users at no cost. “We are excited to introduce…
North Carolina Setting the Bar in Online Education
Since the pandemic in March of 2020, North Carolina has led the nation in online NFHS Learn, NIAAA Leadership Training Courses, and Webinars. With only 436 schools, North Carolina has almost doubled the numbers of other states around the nation with three times the number of schools and coaches (e.g., California, 1609 Schools, Illinois, 818,…