CHAPEL HILL– The North Carolina High School Athletic Association's fifth annual state lacrosse championships are scheduled for Friday and Saturday at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, with the first classified championships in NCHSAA history. Because of the growth of the sport, there are two men’s state finals this year with the 4-A schools…
INDIANAPOLIS— High school wrestling rules changes focused on changes in the definition of bad time and advancement of wrestlers in the consolation bracket. Changes to Rules 5-1-1 and 10-2-9 were recommended by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee at its most recent meeting in Indianapolis. The…
May 20, 2013 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, legendary football coach Jack Holley died in Teachey after a prolonged illness. Holley coached for 44 seasons and won a whopping 412 games, including successful stints at Tabor City and Wallace-Rose Hill.
MONROE– Monroe High School has announced the hiring of Leroy Osborne as its head women’s basketball coach, according to a press release from the high school. “We are extremely excited about entering into a new era of women’s basketball at Monroe,” said Tim Niedermeyer, athletic director at Monroe. “We look forward to…
A former Green Hope High School golfer and North Carolina High School Athletic Association state golf champion has added a PGA tour victory. Brendon Todd won the Byron Nelson Open over the weekend in Irving,Texas, finishing with a score of 14 under par of 266 and outdueling Mike Weir, the 2003 Masters…
RALEIGH—Jim Freeman has been named the new head volleyball coach at Broughton High School, according to a report in the Raleigh News and Observer. Freeman most recently has been the volleyball coach at St. Mary’s in Raleigh after a stint as the volleyball coach at Barton College in Wilson. …
May 19, 2012 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, R.J. Reynolds High School of Winston-Salem won its third consecutive men's state dual team tennis title, beating Raleigh Wakefield 5-0 at the Burlington Tennis Center. Jack Riazzi, the number-three singles player for Reynolds, was named the championship MVP.
MORGANTON—Joe Glass is leaving his position as head football coach at Patton High School in Burke County for a job in Cabarrus County. Glass has been named the head coach at Jay Robinson High School, which posted a record of 1-10 a year ago. He is a 1995 graduate…
GREENSBORO— Katlin Sherman led Winston-Salem Parkland to an impressive triumph in the women’s meet on Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A track and field championships at the Irwin Belk Track at North Carolina State A&T University. Sherman won both the…
BURLINGTON — The third time was the charm for Carrboro on Saturday in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s 24th annual state men’s dual team finals at the Burlington Tennis Center. Carrboro had earned its way into the 2-A championship match for the last two…
