TEACHEY— Jack Holley, one of the state’s most successful high school football coaches, died at his home on Monday after a prolonged illness at the age of 74. Holley wound up his career with the most victories ever of any high school football coach in the state with an amazing record of 412-96-9. A 1957…
CHARLOTTE – As the official television partner of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA), Time Warner Cable SportsChannel production on Time Warner Cable channel 520 will exclusively televise live women’s soccer championship games for sports fans across the state. The games will also be available live online at www.news14.com. Women’s soccer games will…
NCHSAA HALL OF FAMER JOE EBLEN PASSES AWAY ASHEVILLE—Joe Eblen, a member of the North Carolina High School Athletic Assocation Hall of Fame, passed away recently after a period of declinining health at the age of 87. A member of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame class of 1995, he will go down as one…
INDIANAPOLIS— Effective with the 2013-14 season, forfeits in high school wrestling will no longer count toward a wrestler’s daily match limit. Currently, wrestlers are limited by rule to five matches in one day. This change in Rule 1-4-2 was one of five rules changes made by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)…
NFHS LAUNCHES ONLINE HIGH SCHOOL CAREER CENTER INDIANAPOLIS— High school administrators across the country are now able to conduct nationwide searches for athletic department job openings with the launch of the NFHS High School Career Center. In addition, job seekers can post a rèsumè and search the listing of jobs free of charge. The NFHS…
LEXINGTON—Lexington City Schools and Lexington High School has announced that Jon Weavil is the new men’s head basketball coach. Weavil is a graduate of North Davidson High School who received an academic scholarship to Pfeiffer College, where he was a walk on with the basketball team. He has been an assistant coach at East Forsyth…
May 20, 1975 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Frank Acker of Fayetteville Terry Sanford took top individual honors and South Mecklenburg captured the team title in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state golf championships in Chapel Hill.
CLASS 4-A: RALEIGH MILLBROOK 5, WINSTON-SALEM R.J. REYNOLDS 4 GREENSBORO—Raleigh Millbrook stopped the Winston-Salem R.J. Reynolds bid for a fourth consecutive North Carolina High School Athletic Association state 4-A men’s dual team tennis championship on Saturday with a hard-fought 5-4 decision. The match began Saturday morning at the Burlington Tennis Center…
MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Normal.dotm 0 0 1 183 1046 NCHSAA 8 2 1284 12.0 SWEET’S FINAL SECOND GOAL LIFTS APEX TO DRAMATIC NCHSAA LACROSSE TITLE CARY – Senior attackman Derek’s Sweet dramatic goal in the final second lifted Apex to a 12-11 triumph over Lake Norman for the North Carolina High School Athletic…
KNIGHTDALE WINS THIRD STRAIGHT NCHSAA STATE 4-A TRACK CROWN,SOUTHEAST RALEIGH OVERCOMES WAKEFIELD FOR WOMEN’S TITLE GREENSBORO—Knightdale capped off its third consecutive North Carolina High School state 4-A men’s track and field team championship with a record setting performance in the four by 400 relay on Saturday afternoon at the Irwin Belk Track at North…
