Shelby and Reidsville
- Thread starter tarheel fan1
- Start date
A key to look at also is how many of those schools that played in the WNCHSAA found immediate success in the NCHSAA when the WNCHSAA disbanded. How many of those former members have actually won NCHSAA state championships? Lots of good schools in that WNCHSAA. Some say it was tougher to win that title than the NCHSAA title.
Ok. Wnchsaa gurus. Tell me this. Where are the wnchsaa records. I am legitimately working on a project. I am wondering if Reidsville won ‘state’ titles in any other sports while in the wnchsaa.
Where are records for the black high schools? I also wonder if BT Washington in reidsville won a ‘state’ title.
Where are records for the black high schools? I also wonder if BT Washington in reidsville won a ‘state’ title.
Reidsville High, coached by Hoy Isaacs (NCHSAA hall of fame, mostly for basketball), won a state baseball title in 1955. Gene Overby, who later became a famed sports announcer, was on that team.
Booker T Washington won a state baseball title in the 1957. Herman Hines, also a NCHSAA hall of fame member, was the coach. I don't think Booker T. Washington High did anything special in football.
Check this link: https://www.newsadvance.com/rocking...cle_35e5782a-d209-11e2-b9f7-0019bb30f31a.html
Last edited:
That’s actually a pretty good point. One could argue that there really weren’t any state champions until all public schools were united under one umbrella.
I’m okay with that.
1973 NCHSAA realignment placed 67 schools in 4A, 97 in 3A, 95 in 2A, and 82 in 1A with about 40 playing football. The last year of the the WNCHSAA there were 38 teams in four conferences.
Over the years teams had left with some re-entering due to enrollment shifts. Lexington and Salisbury left and played 4A before returning. Hickory was apparently forced out due to their enrollment growth. Some consolidated and moved on. For several years Newton Conover, a single high school city system, was the only Catawba County school in the WNCSAA but left in the early 1970's. In 1977 most schools remained 3A and some went to the 2A classification.
The WNCHSAA had teams in 14 counties. Three of those counties had one school. The NCHSAA had schools in 92 counties including six of the counties that had WNCHSAA teams.
The most western school was Rutherfordton (now RS Central). At one time Marion High School (now McDowell County) was probably the most the western school.
The most eastern school was Asheboro. The northern most was Watauga and Wilkes Central. The southern most would have probably been Kings Mountain after Monroe left for the NCHSAA 2A in the mid 1960's.
Over the years teams had left with some re-entering due to enrollment shifts. Lexington and Salisbury left and played 4A before returning. Hickory was apparently forced out due to their enrollment growth. Some consolidated and moved on. For several years Newton Conover, a single high school city system, was the only Catawba County school in the WNCSAA but left in the early 1970's. In 1977 most schools remained 3A and some went to the 2A classification.
The WNCHSAA had teams in 14 counties. Three of those counties had one school. The NCHSAA had schools in 92 counties including six of the counties that had WNCHSAA teams.
The most western school was Rutherfordton (now RS Central). At one time Marion High School (now McDowell County) was probably the most the western school.
The most eastern school was Asheboro. The northern most was Watauga and Wilkes Central. The southern most would have probably been Kings Mountain after Monroe left for the NCHSAA 2A in the mid 1960's.
I believe at one time the NCHSAA had a lot of information but they had some damage to the building several years ago that ruined some records. This was still in the day of paper only files. They do have lists of all the state champions.
Not sure but I think the director of the WNCHSAA was Earl Clary. I do believe he lived in the Triad area. Touch base with some old high school coaches and you may can track down a relative. Surprisingly, I found out that when NCHSAA Hall of Famer was moved to a nursing home at about 90 years old the children set many of his scrapbooks, tape reels, playbooks, programs, and other items outside. They were salvaged to some degree but heavily damaged.
https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/FB State Champions 01062017.pdf
This link will provide a list of football champions of the NCHSAA.
https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/WNCHSAA Football.pdf
This link will provide the football champions of the WNCHSAA.
https://www.nchsaa.org/sites/default/files/attachments/NCHSAC Football Champs.pdf
This link will provide a history of the Black high school football champions.
Reidsville was never in the WNCHSAA.
Last edited:
Cheerduck, as an interesting aside, Randolph County had no school for black students, so they attended Church Street School in Thomasville in Davidson County. Guess they were one of the first “non-traditional” schools and would have been accused of recruiting today
.
Cheerduck, as an interesting aside, Randolph County had no school for black students, so they attended Church Street School in Thomasville in Davidson County. Guess they were one of the first “non-traditional” schools and would have been accused of recruiting today
Sorry to the folks that started this thread but the history of N.C. football and the way things have transpired to where we are today is a grand topic to me.
I was helping a fellow doing a documentary for Brevard High School's 1963 football team as a project. In it his plan was to give that team credit for being the 1st team in WNC to have an integrated team. I had another friend that had played for Glen Alpine in a game in 1963 and we interviewed him. During the interview he mentioned that his older brother had told him about playing against black players from East Yancey High School near Burnsville. It was hard to believe, but through NC Preps I located a fellow whose Father in law played on that team and he sent me a scanned picture of 2 Black players that actually were on the 1961 team. It turned out those students had been riding a bus all the way to Asheville to get an education previously. The parents of the local black students had petitioned the Yancey County school board to allow them to attend the local schools. It was approved and the rest is history.
My friend had to change his approach to his documentary on Brevard High's team, but it worked out well. I then realized that many black students traveled far to get an education. The more rural students were the first students to integrate rather than students in the urban areas. It was an interesting awakening.
I read somewhere that W.C. Clary (could that be the same as Earl Clary?) served for many years as executive director of the WNCHSAA. He coached at Children's Home in Winston-Salem in the 30s and 40s and had some great football teams.
Question: Was Children's Home a.k.a. Methodist Children's Home?
Note: Nice that this thread changed into a discussion of history. I'm still researching.
Yes to Children’s Home.
His name was W. C. Clary. He was also an ACC football official. He ran a very successful sporting goods store in downtown Winston-Salem. It was on the property where the WS convention center sits. When they expanded the convention center in early 90’s he moved out to Cloverdale Ave and his sons took over after his death. As with many local sporting goods store, big box and internet caused them to close in mid 2000’s.
The NCHSAA has a scholarship name after him.
https://www.nchsaa.org/news/2018-4-24/nchsaa-awards-two-student-athletes-wilburn-clary-medal-2018
Wilburn Clary pretty much had the market cornered on team apparel for schools in the Piedmont back in the day. If you wanted any kind of uniforms, he was your source.
It’s funny that, just this morning, I was having a random conversation with my brother, who coached at Thomasville under Cushwa. In making a point, he quoted Wilburn Clary. He had a lot of influence in high school sports at one time.
A perfect example of all of this is the Nature Boy Ric Flair. He is a self proclaimed 16 time World Champion. He won championships in two different organizations. Nobody argues with Ric over this. Anyway congrats to Reidsville for their championship and Merry Christmas to all their fans. Go Lions
Last edited:
right back at you bud....congrats to Shelby again....and Merry Christmas..........
Similar threads
