WT – School Sports

KINSTON — Not even the largesse of 18 free passes by Bethel Christian pitchers could save the Wilson Christian varsity baseball team from its first loss in NCCSA 2-A East Region play as the Chargers fell 12-6 on Monday at Bethel Christian. Wilson Christian, now 8-8 overall, stands 5-1 in region contests and still leads District 3 while the Trojans […]

Kailynn Williams scored a hat trick and made two assists as her Elm City Middle girls soccer team stayed unbeaten with a 6-3 home win against Springfield on Monday. Addie Lentz netted two goals and an assist for the Vikings, who led 3-1 at the half. Sophia Foula scored the other goal for Elm City. Foula and Kylie Fassnacht each […]

MATTHEWS — With no North Carolina Christian School Association track and field championships to run in, Wilson Christian seniors Lin Scott and Brett Walston are still finding ways to finish their prep running careers in glory. Saturday at the Carolina Distance Carnival, a massive meet hosted by Weddington High, Scott continued his big week with a personal-best time of 9 […]

Wilson Christian junior midfielder Bri Little passed out six assists as the Lady Chargers blasted Living Water Christian of Jacksonville 10-1 on Friday at Turnage Athletic Complex. Freshman Maddie Reynell knocked in four goals to go with an assist for the Lady Chargers, now 6-5-1 overall and 4-1 in the NCCSA 2-A East Region. Reynell converted a pass from Little […]

A steady beat of hits and runs by the visiting Raleigh Hawks was too much for Wilson Christian in an 8-2 nonconference loss for the Chargers on Friday. The Hawks scored at least a run in each of the first five innings, including four in the third, as they piled up 10 hits to the Chargers’ five. Wilson Christian, now […]

Union Grove Christian of Lexington, the team that has ended Wilson Christian’s varsity softball season each of the last three years, visited Turnage Athletic Complex on Friday for a nonconference doubleheader that could foreshadow another postseason confrontation. The Patriots shut out the Lady Chargers 5-0 in the first game before Wilson Christian scored eight runs in the top of the […]

The red-hot varsity girls soccer team at Sallie B. Howard School extended its winning streak to nine games with a pair of shutout wins on the road Thursday and Friday. The Eagles, who lost their season opener at The Brittany XVIII and not since, got six total goals from Jimena Alvarez and four more from Yamile Aguilar as they won […]

GREENVILLE — Reagan Sherrod scored four goals, all in the first half, to spark her Wilson Christian girls soccer team to a 5-0 victory Friday, April 19, at Greenville Christian. The Chargers added an own goal by the Knights in the second half as they improved to 5-4-1. Wilson Christian will host Liberty Christian of Durham on Tuesday, April 23.

It’s a friendly rivalry, to be sure, but the girls soccer series this spring between Greenfield School and Wilson Christian Academy has been an entertaining one. The 2-A Knights of the NCISAA 2-A/3-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference, who pulled out a 4-3 win at Wilson Christian on March 19, had to scramble late to settle for a 3-3 draw in […]

The prospect of, arguably, the biggest match of the season ending in a tie did not appeal to Community Christian School girls soccer head coach Carl Bradshaw. However, talented CCS sixth-grader Haley Brown would have been OK with a deadlock. And Christ Covenant School head coach Paul Gibbs would not have minded. “Nobody wants to play 80 minutes of soccer […]

ROCKY MOUNT — Southern Nash got help from plenty of places as the Ladybirds crushed host Rocky Mount 16-0 to extend their season-long varsity softball winning streak to 15 games on Thursday, April 18. Sarah Ewers got the start in the pitching circle for the 3-A Ladybirds, now 10-0 in Big East game, and worked three innings to get the […]

Eleven different Elm City Middle baseball players got hits Thursday as the Vikings pummeled host Speight 24-2 in a game that ended via the mercy rule after three innings. Elm City totaled 17 hits, led by winning pitcher Lawson Boykin’s 3-for-3 showing. Ryan Deans and Cam Jones each went 2 for 2 while Rodrigo Viva and Elliott Wheeler went 2 […]

Just like last year, the Southern Nash boys and Hunt girls ruled the Scott Jones Memorial Classic as presented by The Wilson Times, but neither the Firebirds nor the Warriors got there the same way at the 30th edition of the meet held Tuesday, April 16, at Beddingfield High. Led by juniors Tylik Mitchell, the boys Most Outstanding Performer with […]

They came in as favorites for the Most Outstanding Performer honors for the 30th rendition of the Scott Jones Memorial Classic as presented by The Wilson Times and Rachel Key-White of Wilson Prep and Tylik Mitchell of Southern Nash did not disappoint — and they’re not done yet. Both performers won three individual events and were part of relay teams […]

With precious few opportunities to escape the confines of its 3-A Quad County Conference schedule, the Fike High varsity girls soccer team got some real value from adding a nonconference game in the middle of a busy conference week. The Golden Demons, ranked No. 3 in the NCHSAA 3-A East by MaxPreps.com, got a visit from No. 5 Greenville Rose […]

In an outcome that surprised few, if any, Fike High finished a third straight unbeaten boys tennis season in 3-A Quad County Conference play with an 8-0 win at Hunt. The Goldens Demons’ third 14-0 QCC season in as many will propel them into the NCHSAA 3-A dual-team tennis playoffs, but before that, they’ll play in the Quad County tournament […]

Yamile Aguilar slammed in four goals as her Sallie B. Howard School varsity girls soccer team routed visiting American Leadership Academy-Johnston County 7-0 on Tuesday. Sallie B, now 7-1, took 23 shots on goal in the win. Mina Reyes poked in the first of her two goals just three minutes into the match. Aguilar then scored three straight goals before […]