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Elm City High School — Elm City, North Carolina

Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on December 22nd, 2009

Elm City High School building
(click photo for Google Street View)

Elm City, ,NC
Wilson County
population: 1,374 (2003 est.)

Elm City was incorporated as Toisnot in 1873. The name was changed to Elm City in 1913. (Town of Elm City website)

Elm City, NC on Facebook
– Elm City, NC is the place to be….
– Windsor Lake subdivision in the 1980s

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Elm City High School
215 E. Church St.
Elm City, NC 27822

mascot: Bears
colors: Red & White

Elm City School opened in 1922. In 1970, it became Elm City High School. In 1978, ECHS consolidated with Ralph L. Fike High School in Wilson, NC and the building became Elm City Middle School.
 
Elm City Bears Athletics

Baseball
1964 – State Champs (def. Cobb Memorial, 6-1)

Track
1974 – State Champ – Roundtree, 100-yard dash

Women’s Basketball
Eddie Summerlin, who passed away in 2006, was a graduate of Elm City High School. He later coached the Elm City women’s basketball team and led them to a state 2A title in 1977. He followed that up with a state 4A title in 1979 as the Wilson Fike coach.

Men’s Basketball
Head Coach Harvey Reid led the Elm City High School men’s basketball team to three state 2A championships.
He still holds these records:
– Most victories – 818
– Most victories at one school – 751 (Wilson Frederick Douglas / Elm City / Wilson Fike)
– State Championships at one school – 7 (Wilson Fike)

John Virgil is Elm City’s all-time leading scorer. He scored 46 points in a state semi-final game against Avery County, still the second highest point total in tournament history. In his high school career, Virgil scored 2,100 points to put him 22nd on the all-time NC scoring list.

Elm City High School State Finals appearances:
– 1974 – State Champs; (def. Fairmont, 79-66) Mike Cherry scored 38 points in a state quarter-final game against West Henderson, still the eleventh highest point total in tournament history. He also scored 37 points against Scotland Neck in the semi-final game. In the finals aganst Fairmont, Rod Griffin pulled down 17 rebounds, 13th most rebounds ever in a state tournament.
– 1975 – State Champs; (def. Hallsboro, 95-68) 163 total points still stands as the highest scoring State Finals game. Elm City’s 95 points is also still the state record for one team in the finals.
– 1976 – State Runner-up; (def. by Clayton, 71-66) In the state semi-final game, Elm City defeated Union 102-101. The 203 combined points still stands as the second highest point total in state tournament history.
– 1977 – State Champs; (def. Northampton, 80-70)

Links
– Elm City High School on Classmates.com.
– Class of ’78 on Facebook.