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 Topic: Athletic NewsThe new items published under this topic are as follows.
CHAPEL HILL - Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association have announced the final standings for the 2007-08 academic year in the Wachovia Cup competitions after the spring sports seasons. The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performances within each of the state’s four competitive classifications. The Wachovia Cup program has concluded its 29th year. Charlotte Catholic remained first in the 3-A classification on the strength of a men’s dual team tennis state championship and a finish in the top eight in women’s soccer for a total of 470 points. Three-time defending Wachovia champ Asheville T.C. Roberson had 402.5 points and tied for second with Asheville High School. Roberson had state runner-up finishes in both women’s soccer and women’s outdoor track while Asheville placed third in men’s outdoor track and sixth in women’s outdoor track. Read full article: 'Asheville Finishes in Tie for 2nd Place in 3A 2007-08 Wachovia Cup'
Posted by CougarSportsNet on Sunday, July 06, 2008 (581 Reads)
Congratulations to the following Asheville High athletes who earned All-Conference in the Mountain Athletic Conference in their respective spring sports for 2008:Baseball - William Head, Jordan Benton, Zach Hall, Andrew Patterson, Ryan Carlton Women's Soccer - Leah Downey, Jess Hetzel, Gibby Grasso, Courtney Kubitschek, Liz Elmore Men's Tennis - Leon Paplowski, Zack Cobb, Will Lewis Men's Track - Rahkeem Morgan, Logan Tarleton, John Harwell, Isaac Presson, Giovanni McKnight, 400 meter relay, 3200 meter relay Women's Track - Tyler Jeffries, Sophia Treakle, Shanarra Wallace, 1600 meter relay
Posted by CougarSportsNet on Sunday, June 08, 2008 (547 Reads)
Chapel Hill, April 9, 2008 - Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the North Carolina High School Athletic Association today announced the standings after the winter sports seasons in the Wachovia Cup competitions for the 2007-08 academic year. The Wachovia Cup award, sponsored by Wachovia Bank, N.A., and the NCHSAA, recognizes the high schools that achieve the best overall interscholastic athletic performances within each of the state’s four competitive classifications. The Wachovia Cup program is in its 29th year. Chapel Hill moved past fall leader Charlotte Myers Park to take over first place in the 4-A standings while Charlotte Catholic and Asheville continue their battle in the 3-A ranks, with Charlotte Catholic holding a 55-point lead. Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons continues to pace the 2-A classification while Kernersville Bishop McGuinness holds the top spot among the 1-A schools. Charlotte Catholic remained in first in the 3-A classification on the strength of winning two swimming championships for a total of 362.5 points. Asheville finished second among 3-A schools in the men’s indoor track championships, placed sixth in men’s swimming and tied for fifth in men’s basketball to earn 307.5 points. Three-time defending Wachovia champ T.C. Roberson, with a pair of fifth-place finishes in swimming, is in third at 242.5 points. Wachovia Cup points are determined by a system based on performance in state-championship events. All schools that finish in the top eight positions (plus ties) earn points. In the playoff events involving teams from more than one classification, Wachovia Cup points are awarded based on the school’s standing against other schools in its own classification. If fewer then eight schools from a classification compete in a sport, only those schools that are represented are eligible to receive the Wachovia Cup points. Points are awarded for all sports as follows: 50 for first, 45 for second, 40 for third, 35 for fourth, 30 for fifth, 25 for sixth, 20 for seventh and 15 for eighth. In the event of a tie, the schools receive an equal number of points based on the number of teams that tie and the number of teams that finish higher in the standings. Five points are awarded for each sanctioned sport in which a school competes. Wachovia Cup standings are announced three times each school year: once after the fall and then the winter sports, and concluding with the winner after the spring sports season ends in June. The engraved silver cups are presented during NCHSAA Day activities at UNC-Chapel Hill each fall. (Click Read More for complete 3-A standings) Read full article: 'Asheville High Performs Well in Wachovia Cup Race'
Posted by CougarSportsNet on Thursday, April 10, 2008 (746 Reads)
Congratulations to the following Asheville High athletes who were named to the All Mountain Athletic Conference teams in their respective winter sports for 2007-08:Men's Basketball: Wakefield Ellison, William Ray Women's Basketball: Shermia Forney Men's Swimming: Dylan Wolhart, Michael Walden, Nick DePaolo, Austin Lechner Women's Swimming: Kayla Wolhart, Maggie Anderson
Posted by CougarSportsNet on Sunday, March 23, 2008 (643 Reads)
Bill F. Hensley , a member of Asheville's Lee Edwards High School Class of 1943, will be inducted into the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame on May 15, 2008. Hensley received his bachelor's degree in English from Wake Forest University in 1950. He has spent more than four decades writing and speaking about North Carolina and its people. After college, he was a sports writer for the Asheville Citizen and then an FBI agent. In 1953, he was named the first full-time sports information director at Wake Forest University and then went to N. C. State in a similar position. In 1960-65, he was director of public relations for R. S. Dickson Investment Co. and Wachovia Bank in Charlotte. Then Gov. Dan Moore named him to head the state's Travel and Tourism Division, a post he held from 1965-71. He formed his own public relations firm in 1977. Specializing in travel, he landed such clients as Pebble Beach, Pinehurst Resort, Boca Raton Hotel and Club and Grove Park Inn. The American Travel Writers named him to Marco Polo membership in 1990, the group's highest honor. Hensley is past president of the N.C. Sports Hall of Fame, the Charlotte Sportsmans Club, Charlotte Public Relations Society and the Travel Council of North Carolina. He was a two-term secretary-treasurer of the Society of American Travel Writers and a two-term director of the Travel Industry Association of America. The other 2008 inductees who will be enshrined in Raleigh on May 15, include UNC basketball coach Roy Williams (also an Asheville native), former Duke athletic director Tom Butters, NASCAR team owner Richard Childress, former Duke quarterback Leo Hart, ex-North Carolina football player Ken Huff, Guilford golf coach Jack Jensen and former Johnson C. Smith and Harlem Globetrotters basketball player Curly Neal. Hensley joins fellow Lee Edwards alums Charlie "Choo Choo" Justice (also Lee Edwards Class of 1943 and the Hall's first inductee in 1963) and Claude "Hoot" Gibson (Lee Edwards Class of 1957) who was inducted in 2007. Henry Logan of Asheville's Stephens-Lee High was honored as an inductee in 2000.
Posted by CougarSportsNet on Saturday, February 02, 2008 (1042 Reads)
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