Congratulations to all 381 NCHSAA schools for a fine sports season. We can't wait for the 2009-10 sports season to begin! But high school sports news stories still go on after the schools are closed, so check here for the latest news!
With rising concerns about player safety and an increasing number of offseason practice opportunities for high school players, many schools seem to be abandoning the iconic baptism-by-fire sessions....More
Scandal-plagued Northern Guilford has hired a new athletic director and renewed the contract of football coach Johnny Roscoe, school officials said....More
As high school and college football practices begin in the summer heat, it has become especially important to monitor health and the effects of heat stroke, according to a report on catastrophic injuries in sports released Tuesday....More
Joshua Lovick, a rising senior catcher/shortstop at Kinston High School, verbally committed to East Carolina University last week. He was offered a spot on the nationally-ranked ECU squad Monday and made the decision to play for coach Billy Godwin's Pirates the next day....More
It might say "Home of the Wildcats" on the outside of Wilmington's Legion Stadium. But some of New Hanover High School's sports teams are feeling less than welcome at the stadium complex along Carolina Beach Road....More
Woody Huneycutt, head boys basketball coach at Thomasville, announced his resignation last Monday - ending one of the most highly successful prep coaching tenures in North Carolina history. He will remain on as the school's AD....More
Ray Swaney can remember years ago a time playing football for Dixon High School where he thought to himself how great it would be to eventually be the coach. Now, he is....More
Recent Union Pines graduate Robert Hoadley qualified this week for the 2009 U.S. Men's Amateur Public Links Championship, winning a sectional qualifier at Bryan Park Golf Club, site of next year's championship...More
A new award recognizing long-time North Carolina High School Athletic Association executive director Charlie Adams was approved by the NCHSAA Board of Directors at its spring meeting....More
Wachovia, a Wells Fargo Company, and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association today announced the final standings for the 2008-09 academic year after the spring sports seasons in the Wachovia Cup competitions....More
Las Vegas High's Bryce Harper, a potential No. 1 draft pick in 2010, may skip two years of high school. He's in Cary this week playing in the Tournament of Stars at the USA Baseball Complex....More
With some of the Carolinas' biggest high school football stars in town Saturday for the Carolina Panthers 7-on-7 High School Passing Tournament, it was the hometown Patriots from Independence who stole the show....More
Parkwood High School's "Rebel" is in the midst of another fight. The school's mascot, the subject of controversy for at least 20 years, has drawn the opposition of the Monroe chapter of the NAACP....More
The golf tournament named in honor of the former Rocky Mount High and UNC star will be held on August 1 at Birchwood Country Club. The Ambassadors' Black Tie Gala is set for July 31 at the Gateway Center in Rocky Mount....More
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