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Natasha “Pinky” Marshall’s progression from a pass-first freshman point guard to a do-it-all senior point guard in four seasons of varsity girls basketball at Beddingfield High has her prepared for whatever the next level throws at her. Marshall confirmed her future as she signed a National Letter of Intent on Friday morning, May 16, in the Beddingfield media center to […]

KERNERSVILLE — Sallie B. Howard School made a plate to go in its final athletic event as a Carolina Athletic Association for Schools of Choice member as the Eagles won their second CAA4SC girls soccer title in three seasons by taking both their games in the association’s round-robin tournament Thursday, May 15. Sallie B. Howard, the 2023 CAA4SC champion that […]

GREENSBORO — SouthWest Edgecombe sophomore A’Riyana Battle and Greene Central junior Deitrich Williams had the best finishes of any athletes from a Times readership area school Saturday, May 17, at the NCHSAA 2-A track and field championships.. Battle landed second in girls triple jump while Williams took second place in boys high jump at Marcus T. Johnson Track on the […]

GREENSBORO — Wilson Prep senior Rachel Key’s last day as a high school athlete was like a dream — that really did come true. Key not only repeated as state 1-A girls high jump champion, but tied a meet record and added the girls long jump crown Friday, May 16, at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 1-A track […]

The undefeated Southern Nash High softball team’s first appearance in the fourth round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs since 1996, the first year of NCHSAA fastpitch softball, not only proved unfamiliar but unfriendly on a pleasant Friday night before a turnout of some 400 — the largest of the 2025 season for the Ladybirds. Top-seeded Southern Nash, the association’s final […]

The careers of the dynamic girls soccer tandem of Hunt High seniors Mariah Polk and Madyson Brown are nearing an end, but the talented pair is not yet ready to separate. Polk and Brown combined for six goals and two assists in leading the Warriors of head coach Richard Frazier to a 9-0 triumph against Walter Williams High of Burlington […]

STANHOPE — At least for the current group of Southern Nash High softball seniors, the Ladybirds are in uncharted postseason territory after disposing of perennial NCHSAA 3-A powerhouse Eastern Alamance 5-2 in the third round Thursday evening, May 15. In a game twice postponed by rainy weather, the top-seeded Ladybirds hummed to their 24th victory without a loss behind the […]

Wilson Prep senior Rachel Key has her eye on a second straight state championship and maybe a few more in her final appearance at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association track and field championships. Key, the reigning state 1-A champion in girls high jump, is the favorite in that event again for Friday’s NCHSAA 1-A championships at Marcus T. […]

In less than 100 days, high school football teams will be hard at work preparing for the first game of the 2025 season that will see a drastic change for many North Carolina High School Athletic Association member schools. The NCHSAA has doubled its number of classifications to eight with a realignment that has some teams in completely new surroundings. […]

Fike High’s varsity girls soccer team only needed two goals in a shutout win over Croatan at The Brittany XIX on March 8 at Gillette Soccer Complex, but the Golden Demons could have used a couple more goals in the rematch Monday, May 12, in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs. The Demons, seeded 15th among 32 3-A […]

The onset of a massive weather system expected to bring heavy rain until mid-week did not claim as a victim Hunt High’s girls soccer playoff game. With their field on the way to being unplayable, if it wasn’t already, the Warriors moved their home field a few miles east to Gillette Soccer Complex for their first-round game against South Brunswick […]

ROCKY MOUNT — Greenfield School’s hopes of playing for the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 2-A girls soccer championship dissolved in the rain Monday, May 12, with a 6-0 loss at top-seeded Rocky Mount Academy in a semifinals match. The No. 4-seeded Knights (14-6) suffered their worst loss of the season as the Eagles (19-1) finally reached the 2-A […]

This story has been updated. The NCHSAA girls soccer and lacrosse playoffs will get off to a soggy start this week for five Times readership area schools. Hunt and Fike will host 3-A first-round girls soccer playoff games at Gillette Soccer Complex’s Field Nos. 2 and 3 on Monday evening. The Golden Demons will welcome Croatan at 6 p.m. while […]

“What you want a championship game to be,” described Wilson Christian Academy head coach Carrie Reynell following Saturday afternoon’s North Carolina Christian Schools Association 1-A/2-A softball championship game on the Turnage Athletic Complex diamond. Curtis Narron, one of the coaches of the Lady Chargers’ opponent, Bethel Christian of Kinston, echoed Reynell’s sentiments, saying: “This is what you want in a […]

Confidence in its defense kept Greenfield School’s varsity girls soccer team from worrying too much about its offense early in a game against Harrells Christian in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic 2-A quarterfinals Saturday afternoon, May 10. After more than 20 scoreless minutes at Forbes Field, the No. 4-seeded Knights finally broke through a goal by senior Darcy Dean […]

Scoring runs has not been a problem this spring for the Greenfield School varsity baseball team, as the Knights were averaging more than 8.5 runs per game going into Saturday’s game against Westchester Country Day in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 2-A quarterfinals. That didn’t help No. 4-seeded Greenfield against No. 5 Westchester Country Day’s freshman left-handed pitcher […]