July 1, 2001 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, long-time North Carolina High School Athletic Association executive director Charlie Adams was inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame in Maui, Hawaii. Adams is also a member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame and the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, among…
COACH RETURNING TO DUTIES AT CLYDE ERWIN ASHEVILLE—Terry Gossett is back on the job as the Clyde Erwin High School women’s varsity basketball coach after some health issues during the winter, according to the Asheville Citizen-Times. He was hospitalized for more than a month in February due to complications from surgery. Gossett…
The NCHSAA and Special Olympics North Carolina have worked together over the past year to promote the theme of inclusion through the Project UNIFY initiative. Special Olympics Project UNIFY is built upon the premise that in order to have the greatest impact, the change process needs to start with young people. Project UNIFY brings youth…
APEX—Middle Creek High School has named its new head baseball coach, according to various media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer. Wesley King, who for the last four years has headed the baseball program at North Buncombe, has been named as the baseball coach to replace Jeremy Thompson, who gave up the…
WALLBURG—Ledford High School has announced that junior varsity women’s basketball coach Chris Doby has been named as the new women’s varsity head coach, according to the High Point Enterprise. Doby will take over for veteran coach John Ralls, who has 701 coaching victories and has won four North Carolina High School Athletic Association…
MOCKSVILLE—Longtime assistant coach Devore Holman has been named the new head football coach at Davie County High School, according to various media reports including the Winston-Salem Journal. Holman replaces Doug Illing, who resigned to take on the head coaching responsibilities at Socastee High School in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Holman, 46, worked with…
MONROE—Colby Barnette, one of the standouts who recently led Piedmont High School to a North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 2-A baseball championship, has earned a couple of spots in the NCHSAA Record Book. Barnette completed his Piedmont career with 127 runs batted in, good for a tie for sixth on the…
WEST CARTERET STANDOUT NAMED GATORADENORTH CAROLINA BOYS TRACK & FIELD ATHLETE OF YEAR CHICAGO— In its 28th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with USA TODAY High School Sports, has named John Crossley of West Carteret High School as its 2012-13 Gatorade North Carolina Boys Track &…
NCHSAA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION100 TO REMEMBER: COACHES CHAPEL HILL—As part of the celebration of the centennial of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, the NCHSAA has released the second list of its “100 To Remember” series. The list of “100 To Remember: Coaches” highlights one hundred of the top coachesin NCHSAA history, going back to…
WINSTON-SALEM—Johnathan Gainey is leaving Winston-Salem Prep to become head women’s basketball coach at R.J. Reynolds High School, according to a report in the Winston-Salem Journal. Gainey has been the head women’s basketball coach at Winston-Sale Prep for the past five years. The 44-year-old coach will replace Derrele Mitchell, who coached the R.J. Reynolds…
