BENSON—Jimmy Williams, head football coach at West Johnston High School, will add the duties of athletic director this year, according to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer. Williams has been a teacher and coach at West Johnston since 2011 and before that was an excellent head football coach…
July 21, 2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Lexi Davis of Porter Ridge High School in Indian Trail was named the ESPNHS National Softball Player of the Year. Davis was 33-1 as a pitcher for Porter Ridge and led her team to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A…
AYDEN—Veteran baseball coach and athletic director Chris Ross retired from Ayden-Grifton High School at the end of June, according to a report in the Kinston Free Press. Ross had coached baseball at Ayden-Grifton for 29 years, including 28 appearances in the NCHSAA playoffs, and served as athletic director at the…
Alexander Central High School head softball coach Monte Sherrill has been named the National Softball Coach of the Year by MaxPreps. Sherrill led his team to a perfect 35-0 record and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A softball championship. Alexander Cetnral was actually ranked second nationally to Amador…
MORGANTON– Brandon Allen is leaving Tuscola High School to take over as head football coach at Freedom High in Morganton, according to various media reports including the Asheville Citizen-Times. Allen was the head coach at North Buncombe in 2011 and then guided the Tuscola program for the next two seasons. Allen…
CHAPEL HILL – Kayla Rae Montgomery of Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem and Christian Sidney Miles of Walter Williams High in Burlington have been named winners of the annual Jerry McGee Endowed Scholarships awarded by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The two outstanding student-athletes…
GARNER—A member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame has earned a prestigious community service honor from his hometown. Tim Stevens, a member of both the NCHSAA and the National High School Hall of Fame and the long-time prep editor of the Raleigh News and Observer, will…
CHICAGO — Trentavis Friday of Cherryville High School has added another prestigious award, this one national, to his long list of accomplishments. Friday has been named as the Gatorade National Boys Track and Field Athlete for 2013-14. He was earlier named the North Carolina Athlete of the Year in the sport….
CARY—John D’Agostin has been named as the women’s basketball coach at Green Hope High School, according to various media reports including HighSchoolOT.com. D’Agostin has previously been an assistant basketball coach at both Cary and Green Hope. He will take over for Mike Robinson. The new Green Hope coach began his coaching…
RED SPRINGS—Former Red Springs High School assistant coach Ron Cook is returning to Red Springs as head football coach, according to a report in the Robesonian. Cook was the defensive coordinator at Lumberton High School last year and then also served as the interim head coach for the final four weeks of…
