NCHSTCA Board Recommends Realignment Principles
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- Written by: Vic Ramsey
The hot topic among coaches, athletic directors, and others interested in North Carolina high sports is "what will the 2025-26 realignment look like with eight classifications?".
The NCHSTCA Board of Directors held a lengthy discussion on this question at its June Board meeting, and adopted a "Statement of Principles" that we would urge the NCHSAA to consider as it addresses the 2025 realignment.
Those principles are:
- Broad Participation in State Tournaments - We would like to see playoff brackets that are as large as feasible.
- Equitable Access to the State Tournaments - We believe that every school should have roughly the same chance of making the playoffs as any other school, regardless of classification.
- Better Early-Round Experiences for All Schools - We believe the playoff brackets should be "staggered", such that elite teams receive early-round byes, while average teams play one another in better, more competitive contests.
- Conferences Based on Geography and Local Rivalry - We believe it's more important to group schools in conferences with nearby teams, with a lower priority being given to grouping schools in the same classification across a larger geographic area.
- Ending Preferential Seeding Based on Conference Standing - Because more schools will find themselves in split conferences, we believe that brackets should be constructed based on RPI ratings alone.
While we acknowledge that we have no authority over the realignment process, we do have direct experience in high school tennis, and have shared these principles with the various NCHSAA committees and task forces that are dealing with the realignment process.
Click here for the complete Statement of Principles as adopted by the NCHSTCA Board of Directors.
North Carolina Women's Tennis Most Coaching Wins All-time
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- Written by: Donald Clark
Current Rank | Name | School | Wins | Losses | Seasons | Notes |
#1 | John Frye | Union Pines | 640 | 70 | 42 | |
#2 | Jo Cabana | Charlotte Catholic | 630 | 77 | 31 | (55-1 at St. Thomas Aquinas in Florida, 164-7 at Cardinal Gibbons in Florida) |
#3 | Steve Spivey | Raleigh Enloe | 494 | 82 | 39 | Retired, 414-28 in 22 years at Raleigh Broughton |
#4 | Luke Vail | Charles B. Aycock | 483 | 69 | 30 | Retired |
#5 | Donald Clark | Charles B. Aycock | 462 | 202 | 28 | 437-186 in 26 years at Greene Central; 25-17 in two years at C.B. Aycock |
#6 | Barry Nethercutt | Faith Christian School | 438 | 120 | 33 | 370-90 in 27 years at Rocky Mount Senior High School |
#7 | Lindsey Linker | East Chapel Hill | 432 | 66 | 27 | Retired, 147-19 at Chapel Hill H.S. from 1981-91, 285-47 at ECHS from 1998-2013 |
#8 | Nick Walker | East Chapel Hill | 431 | 140 | 31 | (13-11 at Hillsborough Orange, 263-98 at Chapel Hill, 155-31 at East Chapel Hill) |
#9 | Andrew Tuttle | Cardinal Gibbons |
USTA North Carolina Ron Lee High School Tennis Coach of the Year Award Winners
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- Written by: Donald Clark
The North Carolina Tennis Association annually gives a North Carolina High School Tennis Coach of the Year Award in honor of former coach Ron Lee.
The deadline for nominations is Monday, August 31, 2024. Applications are available at https://www.nctennis.com/contentdetail.asp?ContentID=101.
Read more: https://nchighschooltennis.webnode.page/high-school-coach-of-the-year/
PAST WINNERS
Year | Coach | School |
2000 | Jeff Holcomb | Wilmington Hoggard |
2001 | Linda Collins | Charlotte Myers Park |
2002 | Luke Vail | Charles B. Aycock |
2003 | Lindsey Linker | East Chapel Hill |
2004 | Jim Sheehan | Swansboro |
2005 | Calvin Davis | Charlotte Country Day School |
2006 | Zachary Crutchfield | Ragsdale |
Donald Clark | Greene Central |
NCHSTCA 2024 MEN'S TENNIS 2-A ALL-STATE TEAM
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- Written by: Donald Clark
The following players have been named to the 2024 North Carolina High School Tennis Coaches Association Men's Tennis 2-A All-State Team.
William Drake (Greene Central) (senior)
Billy Mac Clement (Rutherford-Spindale Central) (senior)
Luke Borders (East Burke) (freshman)
Alphonso Sison (Franklin Academy) (junior)
Matthew Southern (Research Triangle) (senior)
Jackson Doyle (Research Triangle) (senior)
Aryan Vinay (North Carolina School of Science and Math) (senior)
Sid Gupta (North Carolina School of Science and Math) (junior)
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