Mack hired to lead Green Level cheerleading, STUNT programs - HighSchoolOT

March 27, 2019 at 02:35AM

By Nick Stevens, HighSchoolOT.com managing editor

Cary, N.C. — Green Level High School named its first cheerleading and STUNT coach on Tuesday.

April Mack has accepted the coaching position for the Gators, according to Green Level athletic director Colin Fegeley.

Mack moved to North Carolina in 2016 and has been a social studies teacher at River Bend Middle School and Holly Springs High School. While at Holly Springs, Mack served as coach of the cheer and STUNT teams. She started the cheerleading program at River Bend.

Mack grew up in Virginia Beach, Va., and graduated from Ocean Lakes High School. She was a high school gymnast and cheerleader at Ocean Lakes.

After high school, Mack attended the University of Virginia where she was a cheerleader for football and basketball season.

Green Level is currently serving as the temporary home for Apex High School while its school is renovated. The renovations will be completed this year, Apex will move back to its original location, and Green Level will become its own school with freshmen and sophomores.

Green Level is located on Roberts Road in Cary. It's a 322,888 square foot, four-story high school with a capacity of 2,262 students. According to Wake County Schools, the gymnasium will seat 2,300 people and the football stadium seats 2,500 fans.

Green Level, which won't field a varsity football team this fall but should field varsity teams in other sports, will join the Tri-6 Conference with Athens Drive, Cary, Green Hope, Jordan, Panther Creek and Riverside. Hillside will also join the conference next school year, making it the Tri-8.