Southern Nash hoops teams optimistic, but now face longer wait
When basketball teams from Southern Nash High take the floor this season, they will do so with a sch...
Lady Panthers sweep interstellar clash from Ladybirds
KENLY — Varsity volleyball teams from North Johnston High and Southern Nash conspired to commit an a...
Ladybirds fall to Lady Warriors at home
A season defined by adaption around COVID-19 protocols hasn’t caused the Hunt High varsity volleybal...
Ladybirds fall to Lady Demons in 4 sets
Perhaps the first set came a bit too easy for the Fike High varsity volleyball team Monday night and...
Southern Nash Roundup: Ladybirds blank Nash Central in final March game
ROCKY MOUNT — With a shutdown of all sports imminent due to the threat of an outbreak of the coronavirus, varsity girls soccer teams from Nash Central and Southern Nash moved their scheduled game …
Ladybirds get 3rd Big East win
FRANKLINTON — Southern Nash continued its best varsity girls basketball season in more than a decade with a come-from-behind 41-33 victory at 3-A Big East Conference opponent Franklinton on Friday …
Peppers to join NC Sports Hall of Fame
Southern Nash High graduate Julius Peppers is one of the headliners in the North Carolina Sport Hall of Fame’s 2020 induction class announced Jan. 22. Peppers, who went on to become one of the …
Firebirds’ Cooley named to AP all-state team
RALEIGH — Seniors Quinton Cooley of Southern Nash and Jaquaez Powell of SouthWest Edgecombe were among the 30 high school football players named to The Associated Press all-state team for North …
Southern Nash powers past Greenville Rose
In its first varsity football meeting with Greenville Rose, Southern Nash piled up 572 yards of offense and steamed to its fifth straight win to start the season with a 55-21 triumph at Firebird …
Demons edge Firebirds in conference clash
The road to the 3-A Big East Conference varsity boys soccer regular-season championship still runs through Fike High. After an 0-2 start to their season, the Golden Demons won their sixth straight …
Cooley named to Shrine Bowl roster
Southern Nash High senior Quinton Cooley has no problem following in the footsteps of his former Firebirds backfield mate Zonovan “Bam” Knight, now the leading rusher at N.C. State …
Cooley’s 5 TDs boost Firebirds past Bunn
Jackson Vick started the deluge for the Southern Nash High varsity football team. Quinton Cooley emphatically finished it. Vick broke away for a 57-yard scamper to open the scoring Sept. 4, and …
Ladybirds stymied at Northern Nash: Bunn ambushes Ladybirds in 3 sets
SOUTHERN NASH ROUNDUP ROCKY MOUNT — For the second straight match to open 3-A Big East Conference play, the Southern Nash High girls tennis team was handed a 9-0 defeat, this time at the hands …
Bam’s debut: 1st TD, leading rusher
RALEIGH — It took all of one collegiate carry for N.C. State freshman and Southern Nash High product Zonovan “Bam” Knight to visit a place he was all too familiar with during his days with the …
Southern Nash Firebirds storm past Nash Central
The Southern Nash High varsity football team, irked by a pair of first half blunders, stormed to a 59-14 nonconference victory against county rival Nash Central Thursday evening. The Firebirds, …
Firebirds steamroll Warren County, 65-14
If there was any doubt as to whether or not Southern Nash High senior running back Quinton Cooley was prepared to become the feature back for the Firebirds this season, consider Friday night’s …
Southern Nash wins NC Wesleyan Invitational: Ladybirds beat weather, Lady Cougars
FIREBIRDS ROUNDUP ROCKY MOUNT — Led by the exploits of senior Hunter Issette, the Southern Nash High boys cross-country team coasted to victory Saturday in the North Carolina Wesleyan …
Mudcats come up short in series opener
ZEBULON — The Mudcats loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Wes Rogers and Payton Henry both struck out with the bases loaded in the final frame as Carolina failed to score again in a 4-3 …
Mudcats drop last 2 of series vs. Dash
WINSTON-SALEM — Despite hitting a pair of late home runs, the Carolina Mudcats fell 7-5 to the Winston-Salem Dash in Sunday’s Advanced-A Carolina League series finale at BB&T Park. The …
Firebirds feeling good on first days
BAILEY — Much cooler temperatures and a slight breeze greeted prospective Southern Nash High football players on the second of six mandatory conditioning practices Friday morning, making for a good …
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Governor extends coronavirus orders, says more vaccines coming
Gov. Roy Cooper extended the state’s modified stay-at-home order Wednesday in an effort to slow the ...
Snow expected early Thursday
Snowflakes could replace raindrops in southern Nash County as Wednesday turns to Thursday and overni...
Highway Patrol: Bailey man flips propane truck
SIMS — A Bailey man was taken to the hospital after losing control of a propane delivery truck and f...