North Carolina High School Football News

In a city and county that has produced coaching greats with names like Paul Jones, Bill Grice, Frank Mock, Amos Sexton, George Whitfield, Jimmy Smith, Jim Montague, Troy Eason, Bill Rowe and Hugh Pollock, the young Wells Gulledge has found a place among them.

Roach will be recognized at worship services this morning at Orange UMC, where he also will receive a grant of $1,000. The scholarship comes from the fund established by family and friends in memory of Avery Coy Maddry, a 1990 graduate of Chapel Hill High School.

Editor Not only is it a historical event that The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is starting its football program up this fall, but it's a historical day in the life of Red Springs High School football player Nick Locklear as well.

CHARLOTTE, NC The LeMay family just held a news conference here in Charlotte announcing the college decision of their son, four-star wide receiver, Uriah LeMay.

By Danny McDowell Sports Writer Students of North Carolina geography may remember being taught that Murphy, North Carolina is actually closer to five other state capitals than it is to Raleigh.

Terry Barnes put on the football pads and helmet for the New Bern Bears in the early 1990s.

South Iredell linebacker LaChaston Smith became the fourth football player from Iredell County to commit to a scholarship Thursday.

The Raider football team, which finished last year with an 8-3 record and an appearance in the 4A state playoffs, will face seven teams which qualified for the postseason.

Former Charlote Latin basketball star Anthony Morrow, now a member of the Brooklyn Nets, will run take over the Pro-college summer league next month.

As Ashe County Habitat for Humanity draws closer to dedicating the group's first home this summer, the group celebrated the addition of solar panels on May 22, and the generous donation from the Mountain Dawgs, a local motorcycle club, on May 26.

A reported finalist for the North Iredell football head coaching vacancy in 2011 isn't in the running for the same job this time around.

The A.L. Brown Wonders are chomping at the bit for football season and they will play their first game a day earlier than the rest of their Cabarrus County rivals.

A Roseboro student at Davidson College, Clement Alexander Butler, was one of 449 seniors to graduate in commencement exercises on Sunday, May 20.

North Iredell received slightly more than 40 applications for its football head coaching vacancy and the school has already cut the candidate field by more than half, athletic director Nick Tomlin said Tuesday.

Sure it had been a couple of years since Carroll and the Vikings celebrated a state title, but it was if nothing had changed when White Oak claimed the NCHSAA 3-A championship with a 2-1 victory over Charlotte Catholic on Saturday.

Senior Jodi Barber scored both of the Vikings' goals and White Oak held off a late Charlotte Catholic surge to defeat the defending champion Cougars 2-1 on Saturday in the NCHSAA 3-A championship game at Curtis and Jackie Dail Soccer Stadium at N.C. State University.

Sixteen-year-old Jacob Spain was enjoying fellowship with a group he cared for greatly when he suddenly collapsed to the ground last Saturday.

That, he said, was the key to keeping your sanity and coaching high school football for more than 25 years.

Commencement Speaker: John Settle, assistant coach for the Carolina Panthers. Settle is a 1983 graduate of Rockingham County High School.

Miami did double damage with its 6-3 win over Wake Forest in the ACC baseball tournament on Friday night.