WT – School Sports

When Barton College started its men’s lacrosse program in the spring of 2019, there were no lacrosse teams in Wilson County high schools, so a goal of newly hired Bulldogs head coach Warren Shumate was to help change that. Three years — and a COVID-19 pandemic — later, there were girls and boys lacrosse teams playing at Hunt and Fike […]

GREENVILLE — For the seventh consecutive season, the Wilson Christian varsity girls basketball hit the 20-win plateau with their eighth straight victory — a 34-22 result Monday, Feb. 10, at Greenville Christian. The Lady Chargers, now 20-3, wrapped up North Carolina Christian School Association 2-A East Region play with an 8-1 mark, taking the No. 1 seed and earning a […]

Wilson Prep senior Keontae Barron took his perimeter game to a whole new level Saturday evening, Feb. 8, as the Tigers capped a 4-0 week with a 107-70 home victory over Northwest Halifax. Barron bombed in a career-high 40 points, touted as program record since Wilson Prep joined the NCHSAA in 2019-20, as the Tigers scored what is believed to […]

WENDELL — Behind the 1-2-3 punch of seniors Jamaria Freeman and Jewel Brewington and junior Emory Skinner, the Fike High varsity girls basketball team knocked out host East Wake early in the Golden Demons’ 68-53 road win that gave Fike at least a share of its third straight 3-A Quad County Conference title. The Demons, now 19-0 overall, remained perfect […]

A common saying in sports is that it’s hard to beat a team three times in a season, but don’t tell the Greenfield School varsity boys basketball team. The Knights woke up Saturday morning as the kings of the 2-A/3-A Coastal Plain Independent Conference for the second straight year after beating Wayne Country Day 88-50 in the CPIC tournament championship […]

As the top seed in the four-team 2-A/3-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference varsity boys basketball tournament, Greenfield School made short work of No. 4 John Paul II Catholic High of Greenville in Thursday’s first round at Greenfield. The Knights blitzed the Saints 86-31 to set up a third 2025 meeting with archrival Wayne Country Day, the No. 2 seed that […]

CARY — Fike High’s Kaci Collins earned a repeat trip to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A swimming and diving championships but she won’t be going alone this year. Collins qualified for the state meet in two events at the 3-A East Regional meet Saturday, Feb. 1, at Triangle Aquatic Center in Cary and teammate Kate Kopka also […]

Wednesday’s varsity boys basketball home game against North Edgecombe was one that Wilson Prep players and coaches couldn’t wait to play ever since the Warriors beat them 76-71 on Dec. 3 in Leggett. But the Tigers had to wait, two months as it turned out, through weather and construction postponements but the it was well worth it Wednesday night. Wilson […]

The Wilson Prep varsity girls basketball has grown up quite a bit since its 62-53 season-opening victory at North Edgecombe way back on Dec. 3. The Warriors proved to be a tangible measuring stick for the Tigers in the long-awaited rematch Wednesday night, Feb. 5, between the top two teams in the 1-A Tar-Roanoke Athletic Conference. Wilson Prep demonstrated that, […]

Onlookers among the light turnout in the Hunt High School gym Wednesday night might have suspected they were witnessing an intrasquad game in which the white-clad team was shamelessly taking it to the team in the dark attire. Actually, the occasion was a rare Wednesday night 3-A Quad County Conference varsity boys basketball game in which rampaging Hunt crushed West […]

The unpredictable Hunt High varsity girls basketball team completed the sweep of its two-game 2024-25 3-A Quad County Conference series against West Johnston with a turnover- and spill-filled 49-41 triumph in the Hunt HIgh gym before a small turnout Wednesday night, Feb. 5. And the second loss proved especially damaging to the Wildcats, knocking them out of sole possession of […]

GOLDSBORO — Sallie B. Howard School tried to play catch-up in Wednesday’s varsity boys basketball regular-season finale at Wayne Prep — and briefly did in the third quarter — before bowing 71-68. The Eagles, who won the Carolina Athletic Association for Schools of Choice B bracket championship last season, enter the postseason with a 14-7 overall record after going 13-2 […]

PIKEVILLE — Host C.B. Aycock High clawed past Fike 73-69 on Tuesday, Feb. 4, pushing the Golden Falcons into a temporary tie with the Golden Demons for third place in the 3-A Quad County Conference varsity boys basketball. Fike, now 13-6 overall, and CBA are both 7-3 in QCC games, a half-game behind Hunt, which had its game at first-place […]

In the second meeting of the 2024-25 high school varsity boys basketball season, neighboring 2-A Neuse 6 Conference rivals Beddingfield and North Johnston played on even terms in the Beddingfield gym on Tuesday night. The difference in the outcome was a hardwood “Beast” — namely 6-foot-2, 185-pound senior Jhion Ashby, who led Beddingfield to a 52-45 conquest of the Panthers. […]