VON RAY HARRIS DIES LINCOLNTON — Long time football coach and athletic director Von Ray Harris died on Sunday at the age of 86. Harris was the highly successful head football coach at Lincolnton High School for many years, where he coached starting in 1959 and then retired in ’87. Prior to that, he…
NCHSAA HALL OF FAME MEMBER GUS PURCELL DIES AT AGE OF 87 LAURINBURG— North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame member Gus Purcell died here on Friday at the age of 87. Purcell, who grew up in Laurinburg, graduated from Laurinburg High and then played football at the University of North Carolina,…
CHERRYVILLE BASKETBALL PLAYER IN NCHSAA RECORD BOOK CHERRYVILLE — Cherryville High School basketball star Terry Whisnant has earned his way into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association record book. Whisnant ended his career with the Ironmen with 2,561 total points, good for seventh on the all-time scoring list. His 950 points as…
CAPE FEAR NAMES NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH FAYETTEVILLE — Bryan Till has been named the new head football coach at Cape Fear High School, according to The Fayetteville Observer. The announcement was made Thursday by Lee Spruill, the principal at Cape Fear. Till goes to Cape Fear after serving as an assistant coach at Terry…
2010-11 Winter Season Wachovia Cup Leaders Announced Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association today announced the standings after the winter sports seasons in the Wachovia Cup competitions for the 2010-11 academic year. The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve…
2010-2011 Winter Season Wachovia Conference Cup Leaders Announced Wachovia Bank, a Wells Fargo Company, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, today announced the standings for winter sports in the Wachovia Conference Cup competitions for the 2010-2011 sports season. The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools…
WESTERN ALAMANCE TO STARTATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Western Alamance High School is starting an Athletic Hall of Fame. According to the Burlington Times-News, athletic director Carter Gerlach noted that the school hopes to have its first class of inductees for the Hall of Fame this fall. The start of the Hall of Fame will coincide…
FORMER NCHSAA BOARD PRESIDENT RICHARD MURPHY DIES CARY — Former North Carolina High School Athletic Association Board of Directors president Richard Murphy died on Saturday after a battle with cancer at the age of 62. Murphy was president of the NCHSAA during the 1987-88 academic year, while he was serving as the principal of Sanderson…
BUTLER’S CIERRA BURDICK IS GATORADE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR IN NORTH CAROLINA CHICAGO— In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, has announced Cierra Burdick of David Butler High School in Matthews as its 2010-11 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Basketball Player of…
• EAST vs. WEST: For the 11th time in 12 years, the Western representatives held the edge over the Eastern champions in the NCHSAA state basketball championships. In the 2011 championships, the Western representative took seven of the eight title games, with only Winterville South Central breaking through with a 61-58 overtime victory at Reynolds…
