RALEIGH—Broughton High School has named its new athletic director, according to various media reports including HighschoolOT.com. The school has tapped Aaron Minger as the new athletic director to replace the veteran Jack Spain, who retires at the end of August. Minger, a certified athletic trainer, has been the athletic trainer at Broughton for several years….
August 30, 1968 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Wilson’s Fike High School opened defense of its North Carolina High School Athletic Association state football championship but was shut out by Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds 9-0. Fike rebounded, however, under head coach Henry Trevathan and went on to win the ’68 crown.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL STANDOUT RECALLS DREAM TEAMTRAINING AT BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL KNOXVILLE, TN—A women’s college basketball standout at the University of Tennessee is still building upon lessons she learned as part of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Student Services program. The feature story was published on the govolsextra.com web site. Burdick…
INDIANAPOLIS— Major changes in substitution procedures in high school men’s lacrosse will take effect with the 2014 season. For stoppages of play due to an out-of-bounds ball, a horn will no longer be sounded to allow time for substitution. Instead, players may substitute “on the fly” as they can during normal play. This was one…
NEWTON—The Observer-News-Enterprise has reported that Billy Leeson, athletic director at Newton-Conover High School, is leaving the school and that position. Leeson, who was named to the post at Newton-Conover a little over a year ago, will take a job at a middle school in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg system. Leeson had formerly worked at Vance High School…
WINSTON-SALEM—Everett Hancock has been named as the new head baseball coach at North Forsyth, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. Hancock comes to North Forsyth after serving as the head baseball coach at Forsyth Country Day in 2012 and then an assistant baseball coach at Caldwell Academy in Greensboro in 2013. A native of Havelock, Hancock…
GRAHAM—Amy Surratt has been named the new women’s basketball coach at Southern Alamance High School, according to the Burlington Times-News. Surratt comes to Southern Alamance after serving as head coach at Wake Forest-Rolesville. She also has coached junior varsity basketball and assisted with the varsity men’s program at McDowell for five years. She…
August 27, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, former North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors president Bennie Higgins died at the age of 67. He was principal at Ben Smith High School in Greensboro for 14 years and then worked in the Guilford County Schools central office until his…
FULLERTON, Calif. — USA Baseball announced the 20 players named to the 2013 18U National Team immediately following play at the 2013 USA Baseball 18U National Team Trials in Fullerton, Calif. Players competed over five days for the final spots. One player from a North Carolina High School Athletic Association member school, lefthander pitcher and…
FAIRMONT QUARTERBACK EARNS RECORD BOOK PERFORMANCE LISTING FAIRMONT—Fairmont High School quarterback Jerrod Neal had a big night on Friday, earning a performance listing in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association football record book. Neal threw seven touchdown passes in a wild game, as Fairmont nipped East Bladen by the improbable score of…
