GREENSBORO— Long-time Atlantic Coast Conference football official and conference administrator Bradley Faircloth died Sunday after a long battle with a brain tumor which was inoperable. Faircloth, 82, was inducted into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame in 2009 on the basis of his great career in officiating. A native of Fayetteville,…
HOGGARD’S NEW BASKETBALL COACH NATIVE OF SENEGAL WILMINGTON— The new women’s basketball coach at Hoggard High School is a native of Senegal who may be familiar to basketball fans, according to The Wilmington Star News. Boubacar Aw, who is from Senegal and played at East Columbus High School before his collegiate playing career at Georgetown…
DURHAM – The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics has announced the hiring of Greg Jarvis as its new athletic director. Jarvis takes the helm of NCSSM’s 21 varsity sports as well as to oversee the Physical Activity and Wellness program. Jarvis previously served until July 2012 as Meredith College’s Assistant Athletics Director and…
Arden Christ School 47, Union Academy 10 Edenton Holmes 37, Riverside Martin 0 North Brunswick 26, Rocky Point Trask 14 North Pitt 54, South Creek 6 Richlands 29, Jacksonville White Oak 6 South Robeson 33, West Bladen 10 Wilmington Hoggard 38, Fayetteville Seventy-First 6 Wilmington Laney 21, Rose Hill Union 14 ^POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS= Creswell…
August 27, 1999 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, former North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors president Bennie Higgins died at the age of 67. He was principal at Smith High School in Greensboro for 14 years and then worked in the Guilford County Schools central office until his retirement…
Albemarle 70, West Stanly 0 Apex 18, Durham Riverside 13 Asheville Erwin 49, Black Mountain Owen 26 Avery County 21, West Wilkes 7 Ayden-Grifton 37, Greene Central 18 Belmont South Point 49, Lincolnton 8 Boonville Starmount 14, East Surry 7 Camden County 14, Currituck County 6 Cameron Union 33, North Moore 6 Canton Pisgah 28,…
PFAFFTOWN— Gary Nail will lead the Reagan High School baseball program as interim head coach, according to a report in The Winston-Salem Journal. Nail, who was an assistant at Reagan last spring, was elevated to the position when Jamie Mabe resigned earlier in August. Nail coached 13 seasons at South Stokes and guided the Sauras…
SURRATT NEW COACH AT WF-R WAKE FOREST— Wake Forest-Rolesville High School has announced that Amy Sarratt will be the new women’s basketball coach at the school, according to a report on HighschoolOT.com. Sarratt had coached the previous five years at McDowell High School, serving as the head junior varsity coach for the men’s basketball program…
NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AT FUQUAY-VARINA FUQUAY-VARINA— James Mountford has been selected as the new athletic directors at Fuquay-Varina High School, according to the Raleigh News and Observer. Mountford, who is a 1995 Fuquay-Varina graduate, has coached both men’s and women’s soccer at the school for the last seven seasons but will be giving up those…
August 23, 2007 On this day in history in the NCHSAA, Jennifer Wiker of South Mecklenburg drilled home 22 service aces in a women’s volleyball match in a 3-0 victory over Olympic. Wiker’s 22 aces is a NCHSAA record and ranks among the elite national performances. August 23, 1996 On this day in history…
