ROCK HILL, SC – Hertford County High School hoops coach Charles Simmons recently served as an assistant coach at the North Carolina versus South Carolina All-Stars basketball game.

The game was played March 20 here at Winthrop College. With the North Carolina All-Stars prevailing to take a 5-2 lead in the series.

&uot;It was a good opportunity for me to coach 10 of the better high school players in North Carolina,&uot; Simmons said. &uot;We wanted to make sure we had good kids, not only good basketball players.

&uot;We had 10 young men from different parts of North Carolina who came together as a team and played extremely well,&uot; he added. &uot;It was good to have this opportunity and to give exposure to Hertford County High School.&uot;

The head coach for North Carolina’s team was Rich Sizemore of T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville. Simmons said both he and Sizemore took the approach that they wanted to have fun and win.

&uot;We both considered ourselves to be head coaches,&uot; Simmons said. &uot;Coach Sizemore was in charge of the offense while I was in charge of defense.&uot;

The North Carolina squad won 81-78 as both the boys and the girls (72-66 winners) swept South Carolina this season.

In the past Simmons has also served as head coach at the East vs. West All-Star game in Greensboro.

Simmons, the varsity basketball skipper at HCHS, also serves as Athletic Director.