WACHOVIA CONFERENCE CUP The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia, a Wells Fargo company, and the North Carolina High School Atghletic Association, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performance within each of the state’s four competitive classifications, primarily based on performance in postseason play. The Wachovia Conference Cup, formerly known…
ADJUSTMENTS MADE IN NFHS MEN’S LACROSSE RULES INDIANAPOLIS— The current 10-second count to return to the goal area in high school boys lacrosse will be eliminated beginning with the 2012 season. The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Boys Lacrosse Rules Committee, at its meeting last month in Indianapolis, also clarified rules regarding…
USA Football and FieldTurf today announced a multi-year partnership to serve America’s youth football community. USA Football is the sport’s national governing body in the United States, manages U.S. national teams in the sport and is one of 62 national federations spanning six continents dedicated solely to football. FieldTurf is the global leader in the…
CHAPEL HILL HIGH NAMES NEW TENNIS COACH CHAPEL HILL— Chapel Hill High School has hired Neil Alderman as its new men’s and women’s tennis head coach, according to the Chapel Hill Newspaper. Chapel Hill athletic director Tod Morgan made the announcement. Alderman will replace veteran head coach Nick Walker. Alderman won a North Carolina High…
Daniel Hall has been named the new head baseball coach at Panther Creek High School, according to HighSchoolOT.com. He comes to Panther Creek High School after 11 years as a teacher and coach in the Durham and Orange County school systems. A 1992 graduate of Jordan High School in Durham, Hall started his coaching career…
CONCORD—Dr. Barry Shepherd, superintendent of Cabarrus County Schools, has announced a new appointment in his school system. Gary Calamari, a long-time Cabarrus County schools employee, has been named county athletic director by the Board of Education. Gary joined Cabarrus County Schools in 1990 as a football and track coach at Northwest Cabarrus Middle School. In…
WINSTON-SALEM —West Forsyth has hired two coaches and lost one, and R.J. Reynolds has filled a vacancy on its staff, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. West Forsyth has hired Karen Duncan and Lindsay Deibler as varsity tennis coaches, athletic director T.R. Richards of West said. Reynolds has named Franny Apel to coach girls soccer, according…
Franklin Lowery has resigned as East Lincoln High School varsity women’s basketball coach to take the same job at Lincoln Charter, according to the Gaston Gazette. A 1975 East Lincoln graduate, Lowery led his alma mater to a 23-6 record and second-place finish in the Southern Piedmont Conference two season ago. During the 2010-11 campaign,…
CHAPEL HILL— Brooks Matthews, principal of Triton High School in Erwin, will serve as president of the North Carolina High School Board of Directors for the 2011-12 academic year. Allison Sholar, who will be moving from the Pender County schools as superintendent to Currituck County, will be the immediate past president….
SCOTLAND BASEBALL STAR TO PLAY IN UNDER ARMOUR ALL AMERICAN GAME LAURINBURG – Scotland High School baseball standout Curt Britt has been chosen to play in the 2011 Under Armour All-America Baseball Game. The contest is scheduled Aug. 13 at the Chicago Cubs’ famed Wrigley Field. Britt was selected from a field of more than…
