CRAMERTON—Carl Cecil “Cotton” Bolick, a coach and athletic director for many years, died on Saturday at the age of 91. A native of Lincoln County, Bolick was an outstanding athlete at the old Cramerton High and later enlisted in the Army Air Corps and fought in World War II. He was…
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April 27, 2005 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Ashe County and North Surry completed the longest recorded fast-pitch softball game in NCHSAA history when their 26-inning marathon spread out over the course of five days. The game started on April 22 and, after being suspended twice on April 22nd and April 25th,…
a quick question concerning rules, regulations and policies of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Q: What are some of the requirements for the school’s Emergency Action Plan? A: Details may be found in the NCHSAA Handbook under rule 2.5.4(c). Each school should have a venue specific Emergency Action Plan (EAP) that…
APEX—One of the new schools that will be joining the North Carolina High School Athletic Association has turned to a veteran coach to be its first women’s basketball coach, according to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer. Scott Campbell is returning to coaching, having been named the new coach…
HICKORY–Dr. Walter Hart, superintendent of the Hickory Public Schools has announced his retirement, according to a variety of media reports. He will be leaving the system at the end of July. Dr. Hart made the announcement at a recent Board of Education meeting and then told his cabinet members and principals…
A former North Carolina High School Athletic Association state women’s tennis champion has died at the age of 49. Mary Lloyd Hodges Barbera, who won the NCHSAA open classification women’s champion under her maiden name in 1981 and ’82 while playing for Vance High in Henderson, passed away on Wednesday….
INDIANAPOLIS— The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Spirit Rules Committee revised several rules for the 2015-16 season, all of which focused on minimizing risk to participants. At its March meeting in Indianapolis, the committee made changes in the sections on inversions, non-release stunts, release stunts/tosses, suspended…
April 23, 2004 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Southern Nash’s Kymberly Lamm had a record day for the Firebirds’ softball squad. Lamm blasted three grand slams and drove in 12 runs in a 21-1 defeat of rival Nash Central. Not only were both marks NCHSAA records, but at the time of the…
FOUR QUESTIONS—A CONVERSATION WITH JOHNNY SOWELL Johnny Sowell of Monroe High School has been at his high school for over 20 years after a brilliant athletic career there. Sowell has been an administrative assistant at Monroe High and prior to that he was attendance counselor. He graduated from Monroe…
