More than 70 players converged at Rotary Park’s pickleball courts Oct. 15-16 for the Wilson Parks and Recreation Department’s Hearts & Dinks II Pickleball Tournament. The second installation of what was the first open pickleball tournament in Wilson, sponsored by Wilson Energy and the City of Wilson. produced six division winners in the doubles event. Skylor Riley picked up his […]
2022-11-06
WATSON ELECTRICAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK: Terrell, O-line lead the way again for Bulldogs
Another outstanding performance by Barton College running back Jordan Terrell on Saturday left the redshirt sophomore as well as his blockers with Watson Electrical Player of the Week honors for the second straight week. Terrell, who ran for 224 yards in Barton’s 34-28 loss at Limestone, was joined H-back Raekwon Batts as well as the offensive line to share the […]
Lee learning from every experience
Having already overcome the biggest obstacle of his young life, there was no way Evan Lee wasn’t going to make it over the mountain ahead of him. The 24-year-old Wilson native put himself on a bicycle, riding up and down through and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on a planned jaunt of some 200 miles last weekend, Oct. […]
Morris rises to occasion for Wolfpack
RALEIGH — The No. 17 North Carolina State football team never planned on true freshman quarterback MJ Morris seeing the field in significant situations this season. Certainly never intended for him to start one of the biggest games of the season for the Wolfpack, ranked 21st last week, against then No. 20 Wake Forest at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday night. […]
BARTON ROUNDUP: Bulldogs drop five-set thriller in CC tournament
FLORENCE, S.C. — The Barton College women’s volleyball team fought to the finish, but saw its season come to an end with a 3-2 loss to Chowan in the first round of the Conference Carolinas tournament Saturday afternoon at the Smith University Center on Francis Marion’s campus. The fourth-seeded Bulldogs, who finished the season 8-17, dropped the first two sets […]
BULLDOG RUNBACK: Limestone loss illustrates thinner margin for Barton
The difference between a winning season and one with a few regrets might be a handful of plays or players for college football teams. Either might be the case for Barton College, which dropped to 3-7 with a 34-28 loss Saturday at Limestone University in Gaffney, South Carolina. With a chance for a fourth win at home this Saturday, the […]
Area Calendar, Nov. 7-8, 2022
Monday, November 7 High School Varsity Boys Soccer NCHSAA 2-A playoffs, third round — Greene Central at James Kenan, 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 8 No events scheduled.
AP Top 25: Georgia has No. 1 on lock, ‘Bama drops to No. 10
Georgia tightened its hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday, with TCU climbing up to No. 4 and Alabama dropping all the way to No. 10. The Bulldogs had their strongest support of the season after manhandling Tennessee in a 1-2 matchup on Saturday. Georgia received 62 of 63 first-place votes from the media panel […]
Logano wins at Phoenix to earn 2nd NASCAR championship
AVONDALE, Ariz. — Penske Perfect. From the first NASCAR race with the new Next Gen car, the Daytona 500, the IndyCar championship and now the NASCAR Cup title, it’s been about as close to a perfect season as possible for Roger Penske. Joey Logano won his second NASCAR championship on Sunday with a victory in the winner-take-all finale at Phoenix […]
Astros’ offseason involves Baker contract, free agents
HOUSTON — The Houston Astros may have won their second World Series in six years and been a consistent presence in the playoffs, but there are a lot of questions the team will need to address in the offseason. Manager Dusty Baker and general manager James Click aren’t yet under contract. Several top players are free agents. Despite all of […]
Panthers ponder QB situation after rout by Bengals
CINCINNATI — Just when the Carolina Panthers’ season seemed as if it couldn’t get any worse, they played the worst first half in team history — and another change at quarterback may be in their future. Facing a Cincinnati Bengals team playing on a short week after its own embarrassing 32-13 loss on Monday night at Cleveland, Carolina (2-7) went […]
