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WCA’s spring cleaning effort carries it past Bethel, 9-0
After a losing seven-error performance Thursday night prompted the Wilson Christian varsity baseball...
Cougars swat Yellow Jackets 33-12
PINETOPS — SouthWest Edgecombe used stout defense early and some big plays to break open Friday’s st...
AREA ROUNDUP: Knights batter Wayne Christian to end skid
GOLDSBORO — Junior right-handed pitcher Jacob Wiggs struck out 14 batters in five innings as his Gre...
Area Calendar, April 17-18
April 17, 2021Saturday, April 17 College Softball Barton at Chowan (DH), noon College Women’s Volleyball Conferen...
USTA YOUTH TENNIS RESULTS
April 17, 2021pril 13 14U Lake Wilson 24, Greene County Tennis Association 3 Collins Pearson (LW) wins 6-0 Zach Hi...
Wilson Recreation Department Glance April 10-15
Youth soccer Results Games from April 10-15 Boys Ages 5-6 Sharks 8, Stars 3 Sharks: Axel Day: 4, Ar...
Barton’s Norlin, McMahon named to CC all-conference teams
Following a fifth-place finish at the 2021 Conference Carolinas women’s golf championships, Barton C...
Duke promotes former star Smith to assistant coach
Normally a full season plays out — if not more — for those outside the team to observe what the head...
Marquette basketball exodus: Theo John transferring to Duke
DURHAM — Forward Theo John says he’s transferring from Marquette to Duke, yet another player to leav...
NASCAR, motorsports approach to virus vaccine varies greatly
RICHMOND, Va. — Bubba Wallace says get the shot, like he did. Brad Keselowski says he hasn’t decide...
Mitchell exits with ankle sprain as Jazz beat Pacers 119-111
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points before leaving the game with a sprained ankle in ...
Teams drafting, changing QBs at dizzying pace
One after another, quarterbacks once believed to be franchise cornerstones after being top five draf...
Schwarber walk-off HR lifts Nationals over Diamondbacks 1-0
WASHINGTON — Kyle Schwarber hit a game-ending homer in the ninth inning, helping the Washington Nati...
Guess Who?
April 17, 2021"Guess Who?" is a weekly photo feature from The Wilson Times sports photo archives that will run eac...
Tobs open Class B Carolina loop slate at Danville
Minor league baseball was back in Wilson for the first time since 1952 as the Wilson Tobs launched t...
School Sports
WCA’s spring cleaning effort carries it past Bethel, 9-0
After a losing seven-error performance Thursday night prompted the Wilson Christian varsity baseball...
AREA ROUNDUP: Knights batter Wayne Christian to end skid
GOLDSBORO — Junior right-handed pitcher Jacob Wiggs struck out 14 batters in five innings as his Gre...
Cougars swat Yellow Jackets 33-12
PINETOPS — SouthWest Edgecombe used stout defense early and some big plays to break open Friday’s st...
Knights labor against Crusaders in 14-4 loss
If the Greenfield School varsity baseball team sees Sanford Grace Christian for a third time this season in the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 1-A playoffs, the Knights will have to find a way to get a more efficient performance from their No. 1 arm.
Cougars get Roanoke Rapids in 2-AA playoff opener
A bumpy road to open the Carter Varnell era at SouthWest Edgecombe High has eased somewhat, and now the Cougars will take their newly minted Eastern Plains Conference championship into the opening round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2-AA playoffs Friday night.
AREA ROUNDUP: Gossett nets 100th career goal in WCA rout
Senior Lea Gossett hit a milestone in her Wilson Christian varsity girls soccer career Thursday night, putting away her 100th goal in a Lady Chargers uniform en route to a hat trick and an overwhelming 10-0 victory over Fayetteville Berean Baptist Academy.
Community Sports
USTA YOUTH TENNIS RESULTS
April 17, 2021pril 13 14U Lake Wilson 24, Greene County Tennis Association 3 Collins Pearson (LW) wins 6-0 Zach Hi...
Wilson Recreation Department Glance April 10-15
Youth soccer Results Games from April 10-15 Boys Ages 5-6 Sharks 8, Stars 3 Sharks: Axel Day: 4, Ar...
Wilson Recreation Department Glance
April 2, 2021Youth Soccer Results Games from March 27 Boys Ages 5-6 Stars 6, United 10 Scorers Stars: Tatum Pur...
Inaugural Pickleball Doubles Championship is a dilly
With a field nearly twice as big as what was expected, the inaugural Wilson County Pickleball Double...
Breakfast Optimist to hold inaugural Long Bombers Home Run Bash
With its annual Christmas tree sale shelved, the Wilson Breakfast Optimist Club sought ideas from it...
AREA TENNIS ROUNDUP: Lake Wilson Otters win junior league opener
KINSTON — Collins Pearson, Zach Hill, Cyan Bonner and Brayden Jones each swept singles and doubles m...
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PRO Sports
NASCAR, motorsports approach to virus vaccine varies greatly
RICHMOND, Va. — Bubba Wallace says get the shot, like he did. Brad Keselowski says he hasn’t decide...
Teams drafting, changing QBs at dizzying pace
One after another, quarterbacks once believed to be franchise cornerstones after being top five draf...
Mitchell exits with ankle sprain as Jazz beat Pacers 119-111
SALT LAKE CITY — Donovan Mitchell scored 22 points before leaving the game with a sprained ankle in ...
COLLEGE Sports
Barton’s Norlin, McMahon named to CC all-conference teams
Following a fifth-place finish at the 2021 Conference Carolinas women’s golf championships, Barton C...
Marquette basketball exodus: Theo John transferring to Duke
DURHAM — Forward Theo John says he’s transferring from Marquette to Duke, yet another player to leav...
Duke promotes former star Smith to assistant coach
Normally a full season plays out — if not more — for those outside the team to observe what the head...
Area Calendar, April 17-18
April 17, 2021Saturday, April 17 College Softball Barton at Chowan (DH), noon College Women’s Volleyball Conferen...
TODAY IN TIMES SPORTS HISTORY
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FIKE @ 50
The quiet superstar: Unassuming Crumpler the central player of Fike dynasty
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 …
Wilson Fike: State champs of the 4-A football circuit
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 …
Plan of attack: Fike’s formations played a major role in championship seasons
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
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 …