STUDENTS HONORED AT FOOTBALL AWARDS BANQUET AT SMITH CENTER CHAPEL HILL— A number of student-athletes and other individuals with direct ties to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association were honored on Tuesday night at the Bill Dooley Triangle East Chapter of the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame awards dinner. …
NORTHEASTERN RUNNING BACK MAKES NCHSAA RECORD BOOK A running back from Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City who graduated in 2007 has had some rushing totals verified for inclusion in the NCHSAA Record Book in football. Charles Alston of northcarolina.ihigh.com submitted information for Deronte McNeill, who played for Northeastern from 2003 through the ’06 seasons….
Coaches EarnHomer Thompson Sportsmanship Awards From NCHSAA CHAPEL HILL— Eight “coaches who make a difference” by virtue of their exemplary sportsmanship will be honored by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association at the NCHSAA Annual Meeting. The coaches have been selected for the Homer Thompson Memorial Eight Who Make a Difference award. The…
VETERAN FOOTBALL COACH RON MASSEY TO RETIRE KANNAPOLIS — According to reports in the Independent-Tribune newspaper, veteran head football coach Ron Massey of A.L. Brown High School in Kannapolis has announced his retirement. Massey came to Kannapolis from Kings Mountain in 2000, taking over from Bruce Hardin. Hardin had come to the post following the…
NORTH CAROLINA CHAPTER OF NATIONAL WRESTLINGHALL OF FAME TO HONOR SIX INDIVIDUALS CHAPEL HILL— The National Wrestling Hall of Fame, North Carolina chapter, will honor a number of individuals for their “lifetime service to wrestling.” Six will be recognized at the annual Hall of Fame Day banquet, this year scheduled for Sunday, May 15, at…
NCHSAA HALL OF FAME INDUCTION SATURDAY CHAPEL HILL– The 24th induction class of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame will be honored on Saturday at the Friday Center. The seven new members in the class of 2010-11 have combined for hundreds of years of service to the the student-athletes of North…
CAMERON— Union Pines High School worked its way into the North Carolina High School Athletic Association record book with a thunderous home run barrage on Wednesday night. Union Pines slammed 11 home runs to set a single game team record as the Vikings defeated East Montgomery 16-9 in a game at Viking Field at Union…
GENE DANIELS PASSES AWAY APEX–Gene Daniels, who coached at Apex High School, died suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 47. Daniels, who was the athletic director at Salem Middle School in Wake County, was the head coach of the junior varsity women’s soccer team at Apex and assisted with the varsity. He was involved…
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER CAROLYN SHANNONHOUSE HONORED Joins NCADA Hall of Fame along with Guy Mendenhall and Joe Miller WILMINGTON– North Carolina HIgh School Athletic Association assistant commissioner Carolyn Shannonhouse was among three individuals inducted on Tuesday night into the North Carolina Athletic Directors Association Hall of Fame. The banquet was held at the Wilmington Hilton Riverside…
CHANGING OF GUARD WITH WHITE OAK BASKETBALL JACKSONVILLE — Chris Grimes has been named the new men’s head basketball coach at White Oak High School, according to the Jacksonville Daily News, now that veteran head coach Greg Grantham has stepped down. This is Grimes’ first varsity head coaching job in basketball,…
