NEW CAREER SCORING LEADER AT WEST CALDWELL LENOIR — Guard Kendall Jones has become the all-time leading scorer in men’s basketball at West Caldwell High School. He eclipsed the school record in a recent 52-28 victory over Maiden in a Catawba Valley Athletic Conference game. The previous record of 1,734 points held by Matt Anderson….
WRIGHT NEW FOOTBALL COACH AT GIBBONS RALEIGH — Steven Wright has been named the new head football coach at Cardinal Gibbons High School, the school has announced. Wright will assume the coaching duties at Cardinal Gibbons after the departure of Henry Trevathan Jr., who left the school after one season to take over as head…
The Wilmington Star-News has reported that one of East Bladen High School’s all-time great women’s basketball players has had her jersey retired. East Bladen has retired the jersey of Dorothy Corbett. Corbett scored 1,577 points during her East Bladen career from 2002-2006, leading her team to its first-ever Eastern Regional appearance in 2005. She also…
BURGAW— Head football coach Tom Eanes of Pender High School is leaving his post there to become the head coach at Ashley High School in Wilmington. Eanes has guided the Patriots for the last seven seasons and this year helped lead Pender into its first North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championship football game….
SPECIAL SERIES ON WEBSITE WILL HIGHLIGHT BLACK HISTORY MONTH CHAPEL HILL — Coming soon to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association web site will be a special series highlighting African-Americans and their great contributions to high school athletics, in honor of Black History Month. Each work day during February, starting February 1, we will…
WATAUGA STUDENT-ATHLETEHAS UNIQUE ROLE BOONE— Junior student-athlete Julia Roberts of Watauga High School recently assumed a unique role. Roberts, who represents Region 7 on the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Student-Athlete Advisory Council, is one of two students who have recently joined the Watauga County Board of Education as ex-officio members. Roberts participates in…
SURVEY INDICATES NCHSAA STUDENT-SERVICESPROGRAM MAKING BIG DIFFERENCE CHAPEL HILL — Surveys of student-athletes involved in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s Student Services program indicate that the training they are getting is making a big difference. The Student Services division of the NCHSAA provides innovative opportunities such as the Student-Athlete Summer Institute…
NORTHERN DURHAM RUNNER CAPTURES AWARD FROM GATORADE CHICAGO— In its 26th year of honoring the nation’s best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, has announced Blake Williams of Northern Durham High School as its 2010-11 Gatorade North Carolina Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. Williams is the first Gatorade…
NCHSAA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN SWIMMING SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY10-12 CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina High School Athletic Association state championships in all classifications of swimming and diving will return to the Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary this year. The All American Swim Supply-NCHSAA 2011 State Swimming and Diving Championships are set for February 10-12, with different classifications on…
BURLINGTON — Cummings High School will recognize the five newest members of its Hall of Fame at halftime of a men’s varsity basketball game between Cummings and Western Alamance on Saturday, January 29. Cummings, with a rich athletic tradition, will honor coach Bob Paroli, Brandon Tate, Dwight Jones, coach Donald Davis Sr., and T.J. Gwynn….
