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Fike’s Alabaster breaks ground in joining Barton men’s lacrosse
When Barton College started its men’s lacrosse program in the spring of 2019, there were no lacrosse teams in Wilson County high schools, so a goal of newly hired Bulldogs head coach Warren Shumate was to help change that. Three years — and a COVID-19...
AREA ROUNDUP: WCA girls get 20th win
GREENVILLE — For the seventh consecutive season, the Wilson Christian varsity girls basketball hit the 20-win plateau with their eighth straight victory — a 34-22 result Monday, Feb. 10, at Greenville Christian. The Lady Chargers, now 20-3, wrapped up North Carolina Christian School Association 2-A...
Area Calendar, Feb. 11-12, 2025
Tuesday, February 11 College Men’s Golf Barton at Matlock Collegiate Classic, Lakeland, Fla., all day College Women’s Golf Barton at Spring Kickoff Intercollegiate, Saint Augustine, Fla., all day College Women’s Tennis Methodist at Barton, 2 p.m. High School Boys Basketball Eastern Airborne Athletic Conference tournament...
AREA ROUNDUP: Barron sets WPA mark with 40 vs. NWH
Wilson Prep senior Keontae Barron took his perimeter game to a whole new level Saturday evening, Feb. 8, as the Tigers capped a 4-0 week with a 107-70 home victory over Northwest Halifax. Barron bombed in a career-high 40 points, touted as program record since...
Well-deserved recognition: Allen, Boles, Rose get tip of hat from Whitfield
Recognizing those who don’t seek recognition for what they do for others seemed like a good idea to George Whitfield in 1985 and 40 years later, that idea is still running strong. Whitfield, the legendary longtime high school, American Legion and college baseball coach, observed...
Prepare to win in life and don’t worry about the rest
Writing is a fickle thing. It’s so hard to know when it may come easily — when the words flow from our hearts and through our fingers. Often, it can come easier during challenging times, but some moments, it just comes on an ordinary morning...
In sports and life, the ‘next-play mentality’ works
“A surefire way to make a bad situation worse is to continue replaying it in your mind. The damage is done. The only thing that matters now is making the best choice given your current position. Next-play mentality.” This sentiment was in a newsletter that...
Tobs’ College Baseball Classics upcoming at Fleming
Regardless of spring’s timetable, baseball is just around the corner at Fleming Stadium with the first of three College Baseball Classics to start Friday, Feb. 21, the annual early-season series sponsored by the Wilson Tobs summer collegiate baseball franchise. Nine NCAA Division II teams, most...
Tar Heels get much-needed win, revenge vs. Pitt
CHAPEL HILL — Hubert Davis needed a win Saturday afternoon in the worst possible way. Not only to stop the bleeding — his North Carolina basketball team had lost four of its last five prior games coming into the rematch with Pittsburgh — but also...
No. 2 Duke finishes strong to overtake NC State
No one would be surprised to learn that second-ranked Duke beat N.C. State at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Monday night, but that was about the only aspect of the evening that turned out as expected. The Wolfpack played perhaps its best half of basketball in...
Peppers doesn’t forget roots and his ‘root people’
During his induction speech Saturday into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Julius Peppers made sure to thank his family members and his “root people” — the ones who are rooted in his tree of life, unlike a leaf or a branch. Besides his best...
Man City-Celtic clash brings different football to Kenan
CHAPEL HILL — Just as we’re starting to think about the coming football season, Tuesday evening a pair of teams from “across the pond” gave the fans at Kenan Stadium a dose of the “football” played over there. As part of the now annual summer...