As the 2022 high school football season enters its penultimate week, several teams across the Times readership area are looking to improve their standing in their respective consequences or fight for NCHSAA playoff berths. In 3-A Quad County Conference play, Hunt will seek to extend its winning streak to four games with a visit from West Johnston, while Fike will […]
2022-10-20
Football Forecast Week 10
Wilson Christian athletic director and girls basketball head coach Brian Trull joins the panel for the penultimate week of the high school football regular season. Tom Ham still leads but by the slimmest of margins over second-place Mitch Hayes as only one game separates each of the top five. Defending champion Sheldon Vick enjoyed the best showing last week, pushing […]
Warriors get No. 3 seed as NCHSAA volleyball field revealed
The NCHSAA announced the brackets and first-round pairings for the 2022 volleyball playoffs, and several Times readership area teams are headed to the postseason. All first-round matchups will take place Saturday, Oct. 22, and be hosted by the higher seeds. In the 3-A field, Hunt High’s reward for another stellar regular season is the No. 3 seed in the East […]
WCA teams keep running ahead of NCCSA meet
A busy homestretch for the cross-country season continued for Wilson Christian girls and boys teams over the past week. The Chargers won the third annual By the Moon’s Light night race at WCA on Friday, Oct. 14, and then posted a spate of personal-record times Wednesday in breezing to first place in a four-team meet, also at Wilson Christian. The […]
Knights’ season ends in NCISAA second round
FAYETTEVILLE — Despite a hard-fought effort, the Greenfield School volleyball team’s 2022 season came to an end with a 3-1 loss at Northwood Temple Academy in the second round of the NCISAA 2-A playoffs Thursday evening. The Eagles (17-6) of the 2-A/3-A Sandhills Athletic Conference won the first two sets 27-25 and 25-14, but the Knights of the 2-A/3-A Coastal […]
Gamwell, Vasquez lead Beddingfield at Neuse 6 meet
GOLDSBORO — Led by senior Nolan Gamwell’s runner-up finish in the boys race at the 2-A Neuse 6 Conference cross-country championships Wednesday, Beddingfield High landed four runners on the all-conference team with top-7 finishes. With no team results charted, the top seven individuals were saluted. Gamwell was joined by Alex Reyes, who was fourth in the boys race before zipping […]
JV ROUNDUP: Lady Chargers end with a win
Wilson Christian concluded its volleyball season triumphantly Tuesday with a home sweep of Southside Christian. The 25-17, 25-16 victory left the Chargers with a final mark of 11-8. Emily Moore was the top server with 12 points, including three aces, to go with a dig. Melia Hughes served eight points with an ace while adding two digs and two kills. […]
BULLDOG LOOKAHEAD: Beating Wingate not easy but it’s been done
As Barton College tries to wrest itself from its worst losing streak since breathing life into a football program gone dormant for 71 years, the Bulldogs might look to the past for inspiration. Not the recent past, which consists of four straight losses to NCAA Division II South Atlantic Conference foes, but a little more than a year ago is […]
Boone Bigfoots join CPL for 2023, replacing Bananas
The Wilson Tobs will have a new opponent in the 2023 Coastal Plain League season, as the collegiate summer league announced Tuesday that it will add the Boone Bigfoots to its group of teams for next season. Prior to joining the CPL, the Bigfoots were a 501 non-profit independent baseball organization. The team plays its home games at Appalachian State’s […]
Area Calendar, Oct. 21-22, 2022
Friday, October 21 College Women’s Volleyball Lees-McRae at Barton, 7 p.m. High School Varsity Football Beddingfield at Princeton, 7 p.m.; Southern Wayne at Fike, 7 p.m.; West Johnston at Hunt, 7 p.m.; Rocky Mount Prep at Wilson Prep, 7 p.m.; Smithfield-Selma at C.B. Aycock, 7 p.m.; Southern Nash at Northern Nash, 7 p.m.; Washington at SW Edgecombe, 7 p.m.; Eastern […]
The unbeatens: Syracuse at Clemson highlights ACC’s Week 8
Here are things to watch in the Atlantic Coast Conference in Week 8: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 14 Syracuse (6-0, 3-0 ACC) at No. 5 Clemson (7-0, 5-0) Possibly the last hurdle for the Tigers as they pursue another Atlantic Division title, having already beaten the other division contenders. Clemson also can set a record for longest home win […]
CFP expansion ‘not finished,’ still working toward 12 in ’24
DALLAS — The third in-person meeting of conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff since an August directive from their bosses to expand the postseason format ended without a resolution, but not without optimism. “There’s a will to try and that will is still there,” Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Thursday. The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 […]
Beddingfield picks up 2nd win at E. Wayne’s expense
FREE AREA ROUNDUP FOR OCT. 15-19, 2022GOLDSBORO — After Monday’s 10-1 loss to North Johnston left Beddingfield High boys soccer players frustrated, the Bruins rebounded nicely Wednesday with a 6-2 victory at Eastern Wayne at Bryan Multi-Sports Complex. Their second win against the Warriors left the Bruins 2-6 overall and in 2-A Neuse 6 Conference after going 0-10 last fall. Eastern Wayne remained winless through seven […]
Wildcats march into Tricounties volleyball semis
FREE MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUNDUP FOR OCT. 17-19, 2022Needing only to beat rival Forest Hills to clinch a berth in the Tricounties Athletic Conference girls volleyball semifinals, host Springfield wasted no time Wednesday. The Wildcats won in three sets — 25-19, 25-21, 25-22 — to grab the TAC South Division runner-up spot. Springfield (9-2) will visit North Division champion Nash Central on Monday while South Edgecombe faces Red […]
Quad County champs again: Warriors sweep Wildcats to repeat
The matches get bigger in importance, but the crowds seem to become smaller. However, the Hunt High varsity volleyball team has no time to worry about that scenario. The mission of the Warriors of head coach Tiffany Rowe is to keep winning. And impressive Hunt was in turning back No. 2-seeded West Johnston 25-21, 25-15, 25-23 in the championship game […]
Fike girls win QCC XC title
On a chilly, clear-skies October day at J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex Wednesday afternoon, the eight schools of the NCHSAA 3-A Quad County Conference gathered, as they had at the start of the season, in September, for a cross-country meet. The stakes were just a little higher this time. Fike hosted the second Quad County championships Wednesday at Gillette, with […]
Demons down Croatan in 3-A playoff opener
It’s been a few years since head coach Lee Matthews took a Fike High girls tennis team to a dual-team state championship match, but the more recent memory for most of the current players was losing in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A dual-team playoffs last season. The Golden Demons erased the latter with a 7-2 win over Croatan […]
Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week: Wyatt Aycock, C.B. Aycock High
Wyatt Aycock has been a big reason for his C.B. Aycock High varsity football team’s success this season, making him the Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week. Wyatt, a 6-foot-0, 260-pound senior offensive lineman, has helped the unbeaten Golden Falcons win their eighth straight game, their longest winning streak since starting 7-0 in 2009. Playing mostly right […]
Wilson Recreation Glance, Oct. 19, 2022
FREEYouth soccer RESULTS Games from Oct. 15, 2022 Boys Ages 5-6 Dragons 2- Anthony Juarez 1, Logan Moody 1 Hornets 5- William Skinner 1, Maceo Alices 1, Emmett Sisk 3 Lizards 4- Mateo Mena 1, Elias Foula 2, Anthony Robles 1 Coyotes 4- Manning Hare 4 Frogs 9- John Carr Gibson 1, Teagan Mayo 4, Wesley Deans 1, Alex Jimenez […]
