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Team Scores:
1. Charlotte York Road 38.5
2. Raleigh Ligon 38
3. Durham Hillside 30
4. Winston-Salem Atkins 19
5. Fayetteville E.E. Smith 10
6. Jacksonville Georgetown 5
6. Wilmington Williston 5
8. Kinston Adkins 3
9. West Charlotte 2
9. Greensboro Dudley 2
11. High Point William Penn 1
11. Asheville Stephens-Lee 1

100 yards 1. Charles Copeland, Raleigh Ligon 9.8 2. Charles Stewart, Raleigh Ligon 3. Keating, Wilm. Williston 4. Hannon, Ashv. Stephens-Lee (Copeland ran 9.7 in the trials to tie record of 9.7 set by Albert Daniels, Hillside in 1962. Stewart also had a 9.7 in the trials.)	220 yards 1. Charles Copeland, Raleigh Ligon 21.4 2. Charles Stewart, Raleigh Ligon 3. Kirkley, Char. York Road 4. Culbreth, Char. York Road (Copeland ran 20.9 in the trials to set record. Old record 21.9 by Albert Daniel, Hillside in 1962.)
440 yards 1. Owen Coward, Durham Hillside 51.5 2. McAllister, Wilm. Williston 3. Walter Ellis, Raleigh Ligon 4. King, Char. York Road	880 yards 1. Donald Fozard, Durham Hillside, 2:02.6 2. Ricks, Durham Hillside 3. Perry, Durham Hillside 4. Walls, HP William Penn
One-Mile Run 1. Donald Fozard, Durham Hillside, 4:32.2 (record) (New Record; old 4:41.0 by Fozard in 1962) 2. Isiaah Massenburg, Raleigh Ligon 3. Hodge, W-S Atkins 4. Gaston, SW (both 1st and 2nd place runners broke old record)	120-yard High Hurdles 1. Harding Kirkley, Char. York Road 15.4 2. Cozart, Char. York Road 3. Bibby, Durham Hillside 4. Ford, Durham Hillside
180-yard Low Hurdles 1. Harding Kirkley, Charlotte York Road, 19.9 (New Record; old 20.0 by Levi Dawson, Hillside 1961) 2. Fozard, Durham Hillside 3. Phifer, West Charlotte 4. (tie) Cohen, Kinston Adkins 4. (tie) Sheppard, York Road	4x220-yard Relay 1. Raleigh Ligon 1:33.5 (Charles Stewart, David Styles, Larry Spence, Charles Copeland) 2. Charlotte York Road 3. Winston-Salem Atkins 4. Fayetteville EE Smith
4x440-yard Relay 1. Charlotte York Road 3:44.1 (Covington, Maple, King, Harding Kirkley) 2. Durham Hillside 3. Raleigh Ligon 4. Asheville Stephens-Lee	Sprint Medley Relay 1. Charlotte York Road 3:44.4 (Harding Kirkley, Culbreth, E. Kirkley, King) 2. Winston-Salem Atkins 3. Greensboro Dudley 4. Raleigh Ligon
Long Jump 1. Thomas, High Point William Penn 22-10 2. Harold Kay, Raleigh Ligon 3. Smith, Durham Hillside 4. Jones, Durham Hillside	High Jump 1. Horace Robinson, Raleigh Ligon, 6-4 (New Record; old 6-0 by Franklin of William Penn in 1962) 2. Massey, Char. York Road 3. (tie) Frank Turner, Raleigh Ligon 3. (tie) Ford, Fay. EE Smith
Pole Vault (not contested)	Shot Put 1. Grant, Jacksonville Georgetown 47-8 2. Wilkinson, Fay. EE Smith 3. Stanback, Durham Hillside 4. Duren, W-S Atkins
Discus 1. McAfee, Char. York Road 131-3 2. Ingram, HP William Penn 3. Stanback, Durham Hillside 4. Commons, Fay. EE Smith

York Road High School was led to the championship by junior Harding Kirkley, who scored 13.5 points, and was named the meet's outstanding performer. Kirkley won both the high and low hurdles setting new records, ran the second leg on the runner-up 4x220 relay team, anchored the winning mile relay, and led off York Road's record setting medley relay.

J.W. Ligon High School from Raleigh finished just 1/2 point behind York Road. Ligon was leading the final event, the Sprint Medley but placed 4th after a dropped baton. Ligon, coached by George Handy, was led by 5-11, 165-lb senior Charles Copeland, who won the 100 and 220 (running record times in the heats), anchored the winning 4x220, and 3rd-place 4x440. Sophomore Charles Stewart also tied the 100 record in the heats, placed 2nd in the 100 and 220, and led off the winning 4x220.

Ligon's Horace Robinson broke the High Jump record by 4 inches, quite a performance considering the facilities, shoes, and technique of the early-1960s.

1964 Article & Photo: Ligon Team | More Ligon & Charles Copeland Articles/Photos

Special thanks to Obataiye Akinwole for contributing photocopies of 1964 newspaper clippings from The News and Observer and The Carolinian.

NCHSAC Group 2 State Championships (1-A/2-A/3-A)
1. Nash Central, Lexington Dunbar 29 (tie)

(Only results known)

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Past champions - NCHSAC State Meet

NCHSAA champions

NC All-Time Top 25