Sanderson High School and the Sanderson Athletic Club are set to induct the first class of the newly established Sanderson Athletics Hall of Fame.  The Sanderson Class of 2011 will be the forty-third class of students to graduate from the school that opened for the 1968-69 school year.  Although the Spartans have a rich tradition of excellence in athletics, they haven’t established a Hall of Fame until now.
 
The Sanderson Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2011 includes eight athletes, one coach, one team, one booster, two families, and one “happening” - the famous “Streak” of 103 consecutive soccer matches without a loss.

Harvey Brooks of Trenton and Princeton, Tunney Brooks of Lumberton, Tom Brown of Maiden, Bob Catapano of Raleigh, the late Joe Hunt of Hendersonville, Carolyn Rogers of Hertford, and Que Tucker of Chapel Hill have been named to the N.C. High School Athletic Association Hall of Fame.

Sanderson High football coach Tony Lewis also will assume athletic
director's duties on July 1 after veteran AD Bob Catapano steps down.

The hiring uncertainty with the terminating-contract employees is having an impact on high school athletics as well.

As noted in today's article by Tim Stevens, quite a few athletic directors and coaches are on terminating contracts. They, like all 1,496 terminating-contract employees, don't know if they'll be rehired after their contracts expire June 30.

"No one knows. Everyone has questions, but no one has many answers," said Bob Catapano, Sanderson High's athletic director and a person on a terminating contract, in today's article.

Because the county is not hiring new teachers, some athletic directors wonder where next year's coaches will come from if any current coaches decide to not coach.

Sanderson's Catapano, West Johnston's Shelly Marsh enter athletics director hall