Big East 3-A Conference coaches to meet Aug. 12

The new Big East 3-A Conference will have its sports coaches meet for the first time on Wednesday, Aug. 12 at Hunt High School.

During the gathering the league's football coaches will meet with the media and talk about the upcoming season. They will also make the preseason picks on who will end up on top of the heap once the season is over.

There will be four new head coaches in the league this season - Rocky Mount's Dickie Schock, Wilson Fike's Kim Brown, Northern Nash's Mickey Crouch and Hunt's Randy Raper.

Southern Nash's Brian Foster and Nash Central's Kevin Crudup are the only coaches returning from last season. And perhaps there is nothing new about Raper. After all, he may be coming up on his 20th season at Hunt.