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Hunt's Davon Jones applies a stiff arm to a Raleigh Broughton defender during action at the Mojo Invitational at Warrior Stadium on Wednesday. The Warriors will again host the 7-on-7 tournament this year, alongside Cardinal Gibbons, New Hanover, Rolesville, Hillside, JH Rose, Northwest Halifax, Southeast Raleigh, Wakefield, New Bern, Overhills and Wake Forest.

Hunt to host second Mojo Invitational 7-on-7 football tournament

By Andrew Schnittker
| June 26, 2022

The start of the 2022 NCHSAA football season is still about two months away, but 12 high school team...

Jake Joyner (0) slides into third base during the Wilson City Little League Ages 10-12 all stars' victory over Person County in the North Carolina Little League District 6 tournament.

LITTLE LEAGUE ROUNDUP: WCLL Ages 10-12 all stars open District 6 tournament victorious

From staff reports
| June 25, 2022

The Wilson City Little League Ages 10-12 all stars opened the North Carolina Little League District ...

Tobs drop tight one at Marlins

From staff reports
| June 25, 2022

MOREHEAD CITY — The Wilson Tobs could not make an early 5-2 lead stand up Friday night in a key Coas...

Area Calendar, June 25-26

June 25, 2022

Saturday, June 25 Summer Collegiate Baseball Wilson Tobs at Florence Flamingos, 7 p.m. American Leg...

North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis points during practice at the men's Final Four on April 1 in New Orleans. National runner-up North Carolina, a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with four starters returning, will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30.

College Basketball

UNC-Indiana, Ohio State-Duke headline ACC/Big 10 Challenge

By The Associated Press
| June 25, 2022

National runner-up North Carolina, a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with...

Mississippi pitcher Hunter Elliott (26) walks to his teammates and cheering fans after being relieved in the seventh inning against Arkansas during a College World Series game, Monday, June 20 in Omaha, Neb.

College World Series

Underdogs Ole Miss, OU set for College World Series finals

By Eric Olson
| June 25, 2022

OMAHA, Neb. — Less than a month ago, Mississippi players and coaches didn’t know if they would make ...

Orlando Magic's No. 1 draft pick, forward Paolo Banchero, answers questions at an NBA news conference, Friday, June 24 in Orlando, Fla.

NBA Basketball

Banchero arrives in Orlando, a day after becoming No. 1 pick

By Tim Reynolds
| June 25, 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. — The secret about how Orlando was going to take Paolo Banchero with the No. 1 pick in...

Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford points during the second half of an NBA game against the Washington Wizards, on March 31, 2018, in Washington. Clifford has agreed to a multiyear contract to return as head coach of the NBA’s Hornets, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday, June 24 because the team has not yet announced the move.

NBA Basketball

Take two: Steve Clifford returns to Hornets as head coach

By Steve Reed
| June 25, 2022

CHARLOTTE — Steve Clifford is heading back to Charlotte. Clifford has agreed to a multiyear contract...

Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat (18) celebrates a goal against the Colorado Avalanche with Mikhail Sergachev (98) and Steven Stamkos (91) during the third period in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, Friday, June 24 in Denver.

NHL Hockey

Lightning win Game 5, deny Avs chance to take Stanley Cup

By Pat Graham
| June 25, 2022

DENVER — The Tampa Bay Lightning spoiled Colorado’s party to stay in the hunt for a third straight S...

Houston Astros' Justin Verlander pitches during the first inning of the team's baseball game against the New York Yankees, Friday, June 24 in New York.

MLB Baseball

Astros win 3-1, end Yankees' 15-game home winning streak

By The Associated Press
| June 25, 2022

NEW YORK — Justin Verlander pitched four-hit ball over seven innings, Kyle Tucker hit a three-run ho...

Hunt's Davon Jones applies a stiff arm to a Raleigh Broughton defender during action at the Mojo Invitational at Warrior Stadium on Wednesday. The Warriors will again host the 7-on-7 tournament this year, alongside Cardinal Gibbons, New Hanover, Rolesville, Hillside, JH Rose, Northwest Halifax, Southeast Raleigh, Wakefield, New Bern, Overhills and Wake Forest.

Hunt to host second Mojo Invitational 7-on-7 football tournament

By Andrew Schnittker
| June 26, 2022

The start of the 2022 NCHSAA football season is still about two months away, but 12 high school team...

Southern Nash junior varsity baseball head coach Kwamaine Battle watches the action during a game this season. Battle, a 2007 graduate of Southern Nash, will lead the Firebirds varsity baseball program next season as he succeeds Todd Brewer, who held the job for the past eight seasons.

Battle takes over Firebirds baseball

By Paul Durham
| June 24, 2022

Football has played a big part of Kwamaine Battle's life, taking him from Southern Nash High to Virg...

Southern Nash junior Amber Patterson finished with 40 goals and 12 assists for 92 points, earning 2-A/3-A Big East Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors for the regular-season champion Ladybirds.

Ladybirds' top weapon Patterson earns Big East honor

By Paul Durham
| June 23, 2022

With its best girls soccer season in school history, Southern Nash High had an array of weapons it e...

Southern Nash freshman Anna Dickinson was named the 2022 NCHSAA 2-A/3-A Big East Conference Pitcher of the Year.

Dickinson wins Big East Pitcher of the Year; Ladybirds well represented on all-conference team

By Andrew Schnittker
| June 23, 2022

The 2022 spring softball season was the first season of Southern Nash pitcher/third baseman Anna Dic...

SouthWest Edgecombe graduate Jake Fuller, front, is committed to play baseball at Louisburg College. Pictured behind him, from left, are SouthWest Edgecombe head football coach Carter Varnell, baseball head coach Spiers Miller and Bobby Hawkins.

SouthWest Edgecombe’s Fuller heads to Louisburg College

By Andrew Schnittker
| June 21, 2022

As he began his high school baseball career at SouthWest Edgecombe High, Jake Fuller started to drea...

Wilson Prep football head coach Phillip Dickens talks to the group of prospective players at Friday’s summer workout session that concluded in the school gym. The Tigers will start their first season Sept. 2 at Warren County.

Tigers in training: WPA holds first football workouts

By Paul Durham
| June 18, 2022

The future is coming fast for the start-up football program at Wilson Preparatory Academy but the pr...

Jake Joyner (0) slides into third base during the Wilson City Little League Ages 10-12 all stars' victory over Person County in the North Carolina Little League District 6 tournament.

LITTLE LEAGUE ROUNDUP: WCLL Ages 10-12 all stars open District 6 tournament victorious

From staff reports
| June 25, 2022

The Wilson City Little League Ages 10-12 all stars opened the North Carolina Little League District ...

Area Calendar, June 25-26

June 25, 2022

Saturday, June 25 Summer Collegiate Baseball Wilson Tobs at Florence Flamingos, 7 p.m. American Leg...

Brothers Drew, left, and Nate O’Neal finish their round at the 2021 Larry Pittman Memorial/Wilson County Junior Golf Championship. The O’Neal brothers are part of the field for the 2022 tournament that starts Monday at Wedgewood.

Council, O'Neals headline Jr. Golf Championships field

From staff reports
| June 24, 2022

All 11 age-group champions from 2021 are in the field for the 43rd Larry Pittman Memorial/Wilson Cou...

Players from the Wilson City Little League Ages 8-10 all stars team celebrate their victory over Bull City in the North Carolina Little League District 6 championship game.

WCLL 8-10 All Stars bring home District 6 pennant

By Andrew Schnittker
| June 24, 2022

It’s been a banner week for Wilson City Little League in the North Carolina District 6 tournament, a...

Area Calendar, June 24-25, 2022

June 24, 2022

Friday, June 24 Summer Collegiate Baseball Wilson Tobs at Morehead City Marlins, 7 p.m. Saturday, J...

The Wilson Bulldogs captured the North Carolina Junior Team Tennis championship last weekend in Raleigh, earning a trip to Macon, Georgia, in August for the Sectional JTT Championships. Team members are, front from left, Blythe Crocker, Holland Ellis, Caroline Adkins and Snyder Pearson. Back row: assistant coach Brent Pearson, Breanna Stewart, Henry Austin, Armando Perez, Eric Bass and Kathryn Adkins. Not pictured: head coach Jake McCartney.

Wilson Bulldogs seize NC JTT championship

From staff reports
| June 23, 2022

The Wilson Bulldogs tennis program stepped out of the North Carolina Junior Team Tennis Downeast Lea...

FARRIS & THOMAS LAW ATTORNEYS Student-athlete of the week

Farris and Thomas

Fike High senior Oc Bolt is the Farris & Thomas Law Attorneys Male Student-Athlete of the Year after playing key roles in the Golden Demons’ 3-A Quad County Conference boys soccer and boys tennis championships. He is ranked fourth in his graduating class academically.

FARRIS & THOMAS MALE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Fike's Bolt on the money on the pitch, court

By Paul Durham
| June 6, 2022

Playing different yet vital roles for his Fike High boys soccer and boys tennis teams, senior Oc Bol...

the life and times podcast

The Life and Times Podcast, Dec. 11, 2019

December 12, 2019

It's the state championship edition of The Life and Times Podcast as the boys discuss Southern Nash impending title game against Charlotte Catholic as well as a quick overview of what's happened so …

PRO Sports
Tampa Bay Lightning left wing Ondrej Palat (18) celebrates a goal against the Colorado Avalanche with Mikhail Sergachev (98) and Steven Stamkos (91) during the third period in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, Friday, June 24 in Denver.

NHL Hockey

Lightning win Game 5, deny Avs chance to take Stanley Cup

By Pat Graham
| June 25, 2022

DENVER — The Tampa Bay Lightning spoiled Colorado’s party to stay in the hunt for a third straight S...

Charlotte Hornets head coach Steve Clifford points during the second half of an NBA game against the Washington Wizards, on March 31, 2018, in Washington. Clifford has agreed to a multiyear contract to return as head coach of the NBA’s Hornets, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Friday, June 24 because the team has not yet announced the move.

NBA Basketball

Take two: Steve Clifford returns to Hornets as head coach

By Steve Reed
| June 25, 2022

CHARLOTTE — Steve Clifford is heading back to Charlotte. Clifford has agreed to a multiyear contract...

Orlando Magic's No. 1 draft pick, forward Paolo Banchero, answers questions at an NBA news conference, Friday, June 24 in Orlando, Fla.

NBA Basketball

Banchero arrives in Orlando, a day after becoming No. 1 pick

By Tim Reynolds
| June 25, 2022

ORLANDO, Fla. — The secret about how Orlando was going to take Paolo Banchero with the No. 1 pick in...

North Carolina head coach Hubert Davis points during practice at the men's Final Four on April 1 in New Orleans. National runner-up North Carolina, a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with four starters returning, will play at Indiana in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge on Nov. 30.

College Basketball

UNC-Indiana, Ohio State-Duke headline ACC/Big 10 Challenge

By The Associated Press
| June 25, 2022

National runner-up North Carolina, a strong contender for the No. 1 spot in the preseason polls with...

Tobs drop tight one at Marlins

From staff reports
| June 25, 2022

MOREHEAD CITY — The Wilson Tobs could not make an early 5-2 lead stand up Friday night in a key Coas...

Wilson Tobs base runner Trey Paige (29) has second thoughts about tagging up and trying to advance to third base as Tri-City Chili Peppers right fielder Nathan Humphreys gets ready to throw the ball back to the infield during Wednesday’s game at Fleming Stadium.

Tobs repel Chilis, hold onto division lead

From staff reports
| June 25, 2022

The Wilson Tobs are closing in on a first-half division championship after rallying to beat the Tri-...

Mississippi starting pitcher Dylan DeLucia (44) throws during the first inning against Arkansas in a College World Series game Thursday, June 23 in Omaha, Neb.

College Baseball

DeLucia shuts out Arkansas, sends Rebels to 1st CWS finals

By Eric Olson
| June 24, 2022

OMAHA, Neb. — Dylan DeLucia was really good in Mississippi’s first College World Series game. He was...

TODAY IN TIMES SPORTS HISTORY

TODAY IN TIMES SPORTS HISTORY

Cycs top Quakes; Bulldogs triumph 12-11

From the Wednesday, April 29, 1953, edition of The Wilson Daily Times
| April 29, 2021

The Charles L. Coon Cyclones kept their chances alive to win the Eastern AAA Conference baseball tit...

GUESS WHO?
"Guess Who?" is a weekly photo feature from The Wilson Times sports photo archives that will run each week in the Times sports section. If you know or would like to guess who is in the photo, please leave a comment below.

Guess Who? Dec 4 2021

December 4, 2021

"Guess Who?" is a weekly photo feature from The Wilson Times sports photo archives that will run eac...

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Former Hunt High football star Josh Joyner, right, poses with fellow Hunt graduates and current business partners Megan Coleman, left, and Cecilia Coleman at their new clothing store, Raw Heat, located at Gateway Plaza. Joyner, still the Warriors’ all-time leading rusher, teaches physical education at East Garner Middle School and is working on his doctorate degree in sports management. Contributed photo

Former Warriors great Joyner still seizing the moment

By Paul Durham
| December 15, 2020

When Josh Joyner was on his way to becoming the all-time leading rusher in the Hunt High football pr...

DUKE NOTEBOOK

Notre Dame's Juwan Durham (11) gets pressure from Duke's Jordan Goldwire during the second half of Wednesday's game in South Bend, Ind. Duke won 75-65.

DUKE NOTEBOOK

Duke’s freshmen take step forward in ACC opener

By Tom Shanahan Special to the Times
| December 18, 2020

They’re some of the top basketball recruits in the nation, but they also are essentially strangers in this oddest of seasons. The COVID-19 pandemic slowed their transitioned to highlighting individual skills in AAU ball to executing the Division I college game.

ECU NOTEBOOK

ECU NOTEBOOK

Coronavirus threat derails one of Pirates’ most promising teams under Godwin

By Stephen Igoe Special to the Times
| March 19, 2020

Sixth-year East Carolina head baseball coach Cliff Godwin appeared to have arguably his most balanced and deepest team of his tenure in Greenville this season. Unfortunately, Godwin will never …

NC STATE NOTEBOOK

N.C. State running back Ricky Person Jr. (8) and teammates head to the field to warmup before N.C. State’s game against Liberty at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh on Saturday, Nov. 21.

NC STATE NOTEBOOK

Despite Gator Bowl loss, sting of 2019 has vanished for Wolfpack

By Rob McLamb
| January 4, 2021

The Wolfpack did not get the Gator Bowl win, but there was a return to normalcy. Next up, an offseason to continue the pursuit to upper echelon status in the ACC and beyond. 

UNC NOTEBOOK

It’s Maui in the mountains for the Tar Heels

By Tom Shanahan
| December 1, 2020

Roy Williams is taking North Carolina on another trip to Maui, but the Tar Heels are riding a bus to...

FIKE @ 50

FIKE@50

The quiet superstar: Unassuming Crumpler the central player of Fike dynasty

By Paul Durham paul@wilsontimes.com | 265-7808
| December 30, 2020

Carlester Crumpler. Car-les-ter. Crump-ler. The alliterative rhythm of the name lends to the overall legend of its owner, who now in his late 60s possesses the same athletic grace he did some …

FIKE@50

Wilson Fike: State champs of the 4-A football circuit

From staff reports
| December 30, 2020

In the end, it was just like head coach Henry Trevathan said it would for his Fike High Cyclones football team in 1969. The veteran coach proclaimed that each week of the postseason would get …

FIKE@50

Plan of attack: Fike’s formations played a major role in championship seasons

By Paul Durham paul@wilsontimes.com | 265-7808 | Twitter: @PDsports
| December 30, 2020

Wedged among the layers that make up the remarkable tale of Fike High School’s three straight state ...

Cycs rally to stop E.E. Smith

From staff reports
| November 16, 2019

Even with state 4-A championships from the previous two seasons and nine victories in the 1969 regular season to their credit, the Fike High Cyclones had to fight for their lives against E.E. Smith …

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