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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...

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...

North Johnston’s Hayden Ballance signed with Methodist University in May to continue his academic and baseball careers.

Panthers' Ballance headed to Methodist

By Paul Durham
| June 17, 2022

As a member of the Methodist University Athletic Hall of Fame, North Johnston High baseball coach Br...

Fike High senior Tristan Little fires a pitch during a game against North Johnston in the Golden Leaf Invitational tournament April 16 at Fleming Stadium. Little was named to the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association 3-A all-state team.

Fike's Little, SN's High among area all-state selections

By Paul Durham
| June 17, 2022

Tristan Little worked hard to become Fike High's No. 1 pitcher by his senior season this spring. Sou...

Southern Nash’s Keegan Wallace runs to third base during an NCHSAA 3-A playoff game May 10 at Fike. Wallace was one of four Firebirds to be named to the 2-A/3-A Big East Conference all-conference team along with junior Landen Baker, senior A.J. High and sophomore Blake Strickland.

Firebirds' Baker dominates Big East honors

From staff reports
| June 17, 2022

Landen Baker dominated the 2-A/3-A Big East Conference baseball awards like the Southern Nash High j...

Southern Nash junior Landen Baker pitches the ball during an NCHSAA 3-A playoff game at Fike on May 10. Baker was named the N.C. Baseball Coaches Association 3-A Player of the Year after sweeping the top honors in the 2-A/3-A Big East Conference.

SN's Baker takes the cake: Firebirds star named top 3-A player by NCBCA

By Paul Durham
| June 17, 2022

Landen Baker had a tough decision to make about his athletic career as he approached his junior year...

C.B. Aycock shortstop Cameron Aycock, getting ready to throw the ball during a rundown in a game in the Golden Leaf Invitational tournament April 19 at Fleming Stadium, was named 3-A Quad County Conference Player of the Year.

CBA's Aycock, Gipson pace QCC baseball honors

By Paul Durham
| June 15, 2022

After eight years of battling Pitt County schools and 4-A New Bern in the 3-A/4-A Eastern Carolina C...

Beddingfield head coach Jody O’Neal draws up a play in a timeout during a game against Fike in the Farris & Thomas Holiday Tournament at Hunt on Dec. 26, 2021. O’Neal led the Bruins to the 2-A Neuse 6 Conference regular-season and tournament titles, their first conference championship since 2014.

Coach of 2 conference championships, O’Neal brings success to Beddingfield’s worst year

By Paul Durham
| June 15, 2022

While the 2021-22 school year was arguably the worst in the 44-year history of Beddingfield High in ...

Led by 2-A Neuse 6 Conference Player of the Year Drew O’Neal, left, Beddingfield won its second straight conference title after winning the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference in 2021. Nate O’Neal, center, and Noah Moore, right, were also named to the All-Neuse 6 team.

Golf, softball top Beddingfield All-Neuse 6 selections

From staff reports
| June 14, 2022

Behind the three-pronged assault of juniors Drew O'Neal, Nate O'Neal and Noah Moore, Beddingfield Hi...

Fike’s Oc Bolt (7), being congratulated by teammates after scoring a goal during a game against South Johnston on Oct. 15, 2021, at Fike, will play for the North Carolina team in the Clash of the Carolinas interstate prep all-star soccer match June 25 at WakeMed Soccer Complex in Cary.

Fike’s Bolt, Mizelle headed to Clash of the Carolinas

By Paul Durham
| June 14, 2022

Fike High senior Oc Bolt was whom boys soccer head coach Chris Mizelle depended on to anchor the Gol...

Wilson Prep’s Christen Battle, taking a shot during a home game Feb. 26, became the school’s first selection to the East-West All-Star Game when he was picked for the East side in the game July 11 at the Greensboro Coliseum.

WPA's Battle, Hunt's McKayhan-Jones head to East-West All-Star games

From staff reports
| June 13, 2022

After not having a single coach or player involved in the North Carolina Coaches Association's East-...

In these images provided by Johnston County Public Schools, the class of 2022 inductees to the Johnston County Athletic Hall of Fame in May were, from left, Al Evans, a Kenly native and MLB player for 12 seasons; sports writer Clay Best; former West Johnston state champion swimmer Sarah Henry; former Corinth Holders baseball and basketball star Glen M. Hinnant; Smithfield native LuLong Ogburn Medlin, who scored nearly 2,000 points in high school basketball and former Princeton three-sport star Rodney Ormond, who led the Bulldogs to two baseball state titles.

Former MLB catcher Evans headlines Johnston HOF induction

From staff reports
| June 13, 2022

Al Evans, a Kenly native whose 12-year Major League Baseball career was interrupted by World War II,...

Greenfield junior defender Anna Grace Beddingfield kicks the ball during an NCISAA 1-A playoff game against Pungo Christian on May 12 at Greenfield. Beddingfield repeated as an NCISAA 1-A All-State selection.

NCISAA NOTEBOOK

6 Knights earn NCISAA all-state in baseball, soccer

By Paul Durham
| June 13, 2022

Greenfield School entered the 2022 varsity girls season without a pair of its top scorers from the 2...

Fike’s Erin Pope became the school’s first sophomore to make the NCSCA 3-A all-state team since Sarah Winslow in 2004, the only other Golden Demons sophomore to make it.

Fike's Pope earns rare soph all-state distinction

By Paul Durham
| June 11, 2022

Fike High forward Erin Pope was simply relentless this spring as the Golden Demons' primary offensiv...

North Johnston junior Johanna Morales (8) prepares to take a shot during a game at Beddingfield on March 18. Morales scored a school-record 45 goals as she earned a spot on the NCSCA 2-A all-state team becoming the first girls player from North Johnston to do so.

NJ's Morales makes school history, all-state team

By Paul Durham
| June 11, 2022

Johanna Morales enjoyed one of the all-time breakout seasons in North Johnston High girls soccer his...

Hunt’s Mariah Polk (17) and Fike’s Ashlyn Brunetti (8) battle for control of the ball during a game at Hunt on May 9. Both players were named to the NCSCA 3-A All-Region 3 team.

Hunt, Fike place 10 on all-region squad

From staff reports
| June 13, 2022

Hunt and Fike each landed five selections on the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association 3-A All-R...

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