The Hunt Lady Warriors engaged in the practice of pressure softball Tuesday, and left the Fike High diamond with an 8-2 victory over its archrival in 3-A Big East Conference action.
The league-leading Lady Warriors stayed unbeaten through six …
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Demons get revenge on CBA in possible playoff preview
Area roundupPIKEVILLE — In what could be a second-round matchup in the state 3-A boys dual-team tennis playoffs, Fike evened the season series with host Charles B. Aycock with a 6-3 win Tuesday.
The Golden Demons (12-4), the No. 2 seed from the Big …
Bulldogs slip to 3rd-place finish
VASS — Special shotmaking in Tuesday’s final round was required if the Barton College men’s team was to successfully rally to its third conference tournament championship in the last four years.
Instead, the Bulldogs, ranked …
UNC’s Durham to step down after 40 years behind the mike
Fans of University of North Carolina football and men’s basketball teams will have to adjust to radio broadcasts without Woody Durham.
After 40 years as the play-by-play Voice of the Tar Heels, Durham will announce his retirement this …
Cougars fall 7-2 at Tarboro
TARBORO — Host Tarboro powered past SouthWest Edgecombe 7-2 in 2-A Eastern Plains Conference boys tennis action Tuesday afternoon.
The Cougars (6-4, 5-4 EPC) picked up wins at No 3 singles by Darrin Manning and at No. 1 doubles by Juan …
Firebirds beat N. Nash in non-conference tuneup
STANHOPE — With play concluded in the 3-A Big East Conference boys tennis season, Southern Nash turned to league rival Northern Nash for a spring break tuneup in the Firebirds’ 7-2 win Monday.
Southern Nash, ranked No. 6 statewide in …
Stokely drills 4 goals in Knights win
Katie Stokely scored four goals and had an assist as the Greenfield girls soccer team pounded visiting 1-A Coastal Plains Independents Conference rival Wayne Country Day by a 6-0 score Tuesday afternoon.
Stokely ripped in a pair of unassisted …
McDevitt scores 4 in CCS romp
Eighth-grader Landyn McDevitt netted a career-high four goals to go along with two assists as the host Community Christian girls soccer team thumped Cresset Christian 13-0 on Tuesday.
Seventh-grader Katelyn Newman scored her first career goal …
Bruins clinch share of EPC crown
KINSTON — Pitchers Jenna Pate and Brooke Jones combined on a one-hit shutout of host Kinston as the Beddingfield varsity softball team clinched at least a share of the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference regular-season championship with a 12-0 …
Golden Falcons roll past Northern Nash
NASHVILLE — The Charles B. Aycock High softball team concluded its iron-fisted rule of play at Nashville’s Glover Park on Monday, taking an 11-1, five-inning win over Northern Nash.
The 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference Golden Falcons …
Bruins golf drops match to Saints
MOUNT OLIVE — Taylor Springs’ 83 paced the Beddingfield boys golf team Monday, but a team score of 349 was unable to carry the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference Bruins past Southern Wayne in non-conference golf action Monday.
The 3-A …
Cyclones lose to Wayne Christian
GOLDSBORO — The Community Christian baseball team mounted a fifth-inning rally Monday on the road at Wayne Christian, but the five-run uprising wasn’t enough to erase an eight-run disparity en route to an 11-8 loss in 1-A Carolina …
Bradley has two RBIs in Greenfield return
Ben Bradley made his long-awaited return to the Greenfield School baseball lineup in style, going 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs in the Knight’s 11-6 victory over The Epiphany School on Tuesday at Fleming Stadium.
Bradley made his first …
Middle school roundup
Springfield blanks Darden, 15-0
Gregory Lamm struck out eight of 11 batters faced as the Springfield baseball team remained unbeaten in eight attempts with a 15-0 shutout of Darden on Monday.
Lamm helped his own cause at the plate, going …
Cheek-Wells
Patricia Ann Wells of Wilson and Zachary Clay Cheek of Raleigh were married in a 6 p.m. ceremony April 9 at First Presbyterian Church in Wilson. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Jeans Watkins and the Rev. James Hawley McKinnon Jr. officiated.
The bride is …
Signs of hope
Disaster declaration expectedAt exactly 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Wilson Police removed the orange cones, barricades and detour signs as city crews finished clearing debris.
The intersection of Forest Hills Road and Tarboro Street reopened three days after an F2 tornado tore a …
