NCHSAA release
CHAPEL HILL-- The North Carolina High School Athletic
Association will be recognized by the University of North Carolina this
Saturday at Kenan Stadium.
The North Carolina-Boston College football game, which has a
kickoff time of noon, has been designated as the 24th annual NCHSAA Day. The
university actually spearheaded the founding of the NCHSAA in 1913.
Special halftime activities will highlight NCHSAA Day. The
winners of the Wachovia Cup for the 2007-08 academic year, symbolic of the
best overall interscholastic sports program in the state, will be honored.
The winners include Hendersonville in the 1-A classification, with a record
13th Cup; Cardinal Gibbons of Raleigh among 2-A schools; Charlotte Catholic
in the 3-A classification; and Myers Park High School of Charlotte in the
4-A class.
In addition, the newest members of the NCHSAA Hall of Fame will
be recognized. They include:
• Charlie Adams of Chapel Hill, the long-time executive director
of the NCHSAA who has been on the Association staff for 42 years and
executive director since 1984
• the late Bill Bost of Catawba, whose teams won 614 games
during his basketball coaching career, primarily at Bandys High School,
where for years he coached the men’s and women’s varsities simultaneously
• Ken Browning of Durham, whose teams earned 214 victories
during his tenure as a high school football coach and since 1993 has served
on the University of North Carolina staff
• Richard Hicks of Durham, a former basketball coach who coached
Phil Ford in high school and later served as principal at Hillside; he is a
previous president of the NCHSAA Board of Directors
• Mac Morris of Greensboro, current co-executive director of the
North Carolina Coaches Association who compiled a brilliant record of
446-141 as head basketball coach at Greensboro Page
• Jan Stanley of Hendersonville, the head volleyball coach at
West Henderson High School who is the state’s all-time leader in terms of
coaching victories in that sport
• Tim Stevens of Raleigh, one of the nation’s most prominent
prep reporters who has been with the Raleigh Times and then the News and
Observer since 1973
• Billy Widgeon of Morehead City, who enjoyed great success as
an coach at Bailey and then West Carteret; at one point his women’s
basketball teams won 107 consecutive games
This is the 22nd group of inductees to join the prestigious
hall, bringing to 118 the number of individuals enshrined.
These eight will formally be inducted into the NCHSAA Hall of Fame next
spring during the Hall’s annual banquet and induction ceremonies at the
Watts Alumni Center in Chapel Hill.
“We are certainly appreciative of the university and its
willingness to recognize the North Carolina High School Athletic Association
on this special occasion,” says Charlie Adams, executive director of the
NCHSAA.
