PROVIDENCE GROVE SOFTBALL PLAYER RED HOT AT PLATE CLIMAX— A Providence Grove High School softball player has earned her way into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Record Book with a torrid performance at the plate. Cassidy Brown of Providence Grove, her team’s second baseman who usually hits in the third slot in the…
CHAPEL HILL – Takeisha J. Smith of St. Pauls High School and Jaret Grady of South Lenoir High School have been named winners of the third annual Charles Adams Endowed Scholarships awarded by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The two outstanding student-athletes will be recognized at the NCHSAA’s Annual Meeting on…
May 1, 2003 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Anna Evans of Lumberton and Drew Williamson of Cummings received the Pat Best Memorial Awards as the NCHSAA Athletes of the Year for the 2002-03 academic year. Williamson was a top player in both football and basketball, throwing for 3,118 yards as a quarterback…
STATE AWARD WINNERS TO BE HONORED AT 2012 NCHSAA ANNUAL MEETING CHAPEL HILL — Coaches, administrators and media representatives will be among those receiving awards Thursday when the North Carolina High School Athletic Association holds its 2012 Annual Meeting. The event is scheduled for the Dean E. Smith…
MONROE— Veteran football coach Ron Massey has been named as the new head coach at Piedmont High School, according to media reports, including the Concord-Kannapolis Independent-Tribune. Massey, who most recently coached at A.L. Brown in Kannapolis, was out of coaching last year. The 54-year-old coach came to Brown from Kings Mountain in 2000. Massey has…
NORTH DUPLIN STUDENT EARNS NCHSAA’S SIXTH ANNUAL PAT GAINEY STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced today the winner of a special award established in the name of the late Pat Gainey. James Kornegay of North Duplin High School has been named this…
April 28, 1995 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, multi-record holder Shawn Gallagher blasted his way into the baseball record books in helping New Hanover defeat Southern Wayne 16-9. In the game, Shawn blasted five home runs in five consecutive at bats and totaled 11 RBIs. All three totals are NCHSAA records while…
Seventh Annual Clary Medal Winners Named For NCHSAA CHAPEL HILL – Nancy Ford of Smoky Mountain High School and Maddox Stamey of East Rutherford High School are the recipients of the seventh annual Clary Medals awarded by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. The two outstanding student-athletes will be recognized at the NCHSAA’s…
April 27, 2005 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Ashe County and North Surry completed the longest recorded fast-pitch softball game in NCHSAA history when their 26-inning marathon spread out over the course of five days. The game started on April 22 and, after being suspended twice on April 22nd and April 25th,…
WAYNESVILLE— Brandon Allen has been named as the new head football coach at Tuscola High School, according to multiple media reports. The 36-year-old coach has been approved by the Haywood County Schools and comes to Tuscola after one year as the head coach of North Buncombe. Allen, a graduate of Pisgah High School, served as…
