Yall! @ChristianTours1 kicked my 77 and 72 year old parents, who were celebrating their 50th anniversary, off their bus for “being too slow” and ABANDONED THEM AT A GAS STATION ALONE. This is unacceptable! My father is in a wheelchair and they knew it he was! #ADAviolation
Here are the nominees for Reader's Choice @theobserver girls HS Mecklenburg County girls coach of the year
Meet them and vote for your favorite here: https://t.co/d4KpPzBGDY
JENNIFER BAKER, NORTH MECKLENBURG GIRLS BASKETBALL: Queen City girls coach of the year and District coach of the year, Baker is NCBCA president and assistant coach on the East-West all-star team. Her Vikings reached the regional semifinals this year.
KEVIN HINDE, CHARLOTTE CHRISTIAN SOFTBALL: Guided the Knights to their first ever softball state championship in 2021. Repeated as state champs in 2022. Record of 13-4 this year. The #1 seed in the NCISAA 4A playoffs as they seek to 3 peat as state champs.
KRISTY BOYLES, CHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY GIRLS LACROSSE: founded and led Queen City Stars and now serving as Charlotte Director of Ultimate Charlotte Lacrosse Club. Above and beyond she’s an inspiring mother, raising three children with her husband. The CCDS Varsity Girls Lacrosse Team with a record of 11-7 is #2 in NCISAA D1 State Playoffs and likely heading to the State Championship game again to face Latin.
KARLYN DIXON, MALLARD CREEK GIRLS BASKETBALL: led young team to 2nd round of the playoffs, conference championship
LAUREN GALVANI, INDEPENDENCE GIRLS BASKETBALL: Southwestern 4A coach of the year and coached the conference player of year (Kam Kitchen). Galvani led the Patriots to their first league title in more than 10 years and also to the the third round of playoffs, despite missing a top NC junior K. Carson.
MIKE WEISS, CHARLOTTE LATIN GIRLS CROSS-COUNTRY: As the head of the cross country program since 2004, Coach Weiss has led the girls’ team to six NCISAA titles and nine CISAA Conference championships, including one each this year. The Hawks defeated the 2nd place finishers by 24 (CISAA) and 22 (NCISAA) points, drawing on Coach Weiss’s training methods and approaches to teamwork. Senior Helen Hurden had a breakout season, winning the conference championship in 18:35.2, a time nearly 2 minutes faster than her junior-year best of 20:28.