NORTH WILKESBORO— The Wilkes Board of Education has approved naming Chris Skabo to the new position of coordinator of county athletics and healthful living, according to various media reports. Skabo currently serves as athletic director and head men’s varsity basketball coach at West Wilkes High School, and he has served a four-year term on the…
HILLSBOROUGH—Two Orange County rivals will battle today (Wednesday) in both baseball and softball, but they will all be joining together for a great cause. Cedar Ridge will travel to Orange, with games starting at 4:30, with the cause all for cancer awareness. Orange baseball coach Dean Dease reports that players on all teams will be…
April 24, 2003 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Athens Drive launched five home runs in a single inning against Apex in high school baseball action. The Jaguars outlasted Apex 18-17 in a NCHSAA slugfest in which Athens Drive hit a total of eight round-trippers in the game. East Rutherford set the NCHSAA…
CENTRAL ACADEMY COACH WINS NORTH CAROLINA SPIRIT OF SPORT AWARD CHAPEL HILL—Tad Baucom, the head football coach at Central Academy of Technology and Arts in Monroe, is the third annual recipient of the North Carolina Spirit of Sport Award presented by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. …
CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s first annual Student Leadership Conference was a big success. The one-day conference was held Saturday at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro. The event was designed to help student-athletes further develop their understanding of positive leadership and gain knowledge and skills to assist them in…
MADISON SETS NCHSAA SOFTBALL HOME RUN RECORD MADISON– Madison High School’s softball team has established a new single-season mark for home runs, according to a report in the Asheville Citizen-Times. Madison, which is unbeaten on the 2013 campaign, slugged nine home runs on Monday in a doubleheader sweep of Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy, rolling to…
April 23, 2004 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Southern Nash’s Kymberly Lamm had a record day for the Firebirds’ softball squad. Lamm blasted three grand slams and drove in 12 runs in a 21-1 defeat of rival Nash Central. Not only were both marks NCHSAA records, but at the time of her…
A well-known North Carolina athlete and now head women’s basketball coach has written a book that could be of interest to coaches at NCHSAA member schools. Charlotte D. Smith, currently the women’ head basketball coach at Elon University, has written a sports devotional. Smith is the former All-American and two-time All-ACC player who made the…
April 21, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, there was no shortage of offense in a high school baseball slugfest between Charles B. Aycock and Greene Central, as they combined for 42 hits and 40 runs. Aycock produced 21 hits and Greene Central collected 20 hits in the 22-18 Aycock victory.
April 19, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Nicole Harris of North Wilkes and Bradley Hardee of South Caldwell were named the inaugural winners of the Clary Medal. They were presented their awards at the NCHSAA Annual Meeting, which was held in May at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts…
