MID STATE 3-A CONFERENCE MAKES DONATION TO FIGHT CANCER EDEN– The Mid-State 3-A Athletic Conference has once again made a donation in the fight against cancer. The conference voted to add a one-dollar surcharge to the admission to the conference basketball tournament back in February, and devotes one-half of the money taken in to the…
NORTHWEST CABARRUS STANDOUT NAMED GATORADE® NORTH CAROLINA BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR CHICAGO — In its 27th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, today announced Corey Seager of Northwest Cabarrus High School as its 2011-12 Gatorade North Carolina Baseball Player of the Year. Seager is…
NC high school students created and submitted videos about distracted driving. Jessica Kiraly and Will Polk received a iPad 2 for their winning entry.
A couple of potential national record listings and new single-season leaders are among the newest records listed in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association women’s lacrosse state record book. Dominique Fortunato of Topsail High School in Hampstead scored 20 goals in a single game and 12 in a single half, both of which have…
June 12, 1994 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Northside High School of Beaufort County completed a sweep of visiting Charles D. Owen and won its first ever North Carolina High School Athletic Association championship in any sport. Northside won the baseball title with victories of 10-0 and 6-2 to sweep the best…
HEPP NAMED PANTHER CREEK ATHLETIC DIRECTOR L.J. Hepp has been named as the new athletic director at Panther Creek High School, returning to a school where he had been a successful basketball coach, according to various media reports including the Raleigh News and Observer. Hepp will replace Todd Schuler, who has taken the athletic director…
EASTERN ALAMANCE WILL CELEBRATE 50TH ANNIVERSARY MCLEANSVILLE–Eastern Alamance High School will be celebrating its 50th anniversary during the 2012-13 academic year. According to the Burlington Times-News, September 14 will be one of the important dates for the school’s 50-year celebration. Events will be held on campus, with the Fred Brady Athletic Complex the main venue…
ALEXANDER CENTRAL PITCHER IN RECORD BOOK Chelsea Wilkinson of Alexander Central has finished her storied softball career with a number of state records and performance listings in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association record book. Wilkinson notched 112 victories during her four-year pitching career for the Cougars, which is the top mark in NCHSAA…
Wells Fargo, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, today announced the standings in the Wells Fargo Conference Cup competitions for the 2011-2012 sports season. The Wells Fargo Cup award, sponsored by Wells Fargo and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of…
EAST FLAT ROCK– East Henderson High School has named its new men’s basketball coach, according to the Hendersonville Times-News. East Henderson has tapped Bruce Gilliam, an alumnus of East and a former head coach of the women’s basketball team there from 2004 through ’07. Gilliam has previously coached at Flat Rock Middle School and coached…
