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Thompson, Lady Bruins grab first EPC win by beating North Johnston
A little bit of patience and a whole lot of senior Di’ziya Thompson handed the Beddingfield High var...
AREA ROUNDUP: CCS conquers Grace Christian 70-60
SANFORD — Avenging a 20-point loss just over two weeks ago, the Community Christian School varsity b...
JUNIOR VARSITY RESULT: Edwards triggers Knights’ romp
GOLDSBORO — In what was quite a warmup act, Nik Edwards had 30 points and 13 rebounds as his Greenfi...
MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Purple Cyclones decked 58-42 at Grace
SANFORD — The Community Christian School Purple boys basketball team has just two losses, both comin...
Area Calendar, Jan. 23-25
January 23, 2021Saturday, January 23 College Women’s Basketball Lees-McRae at Barton, 2 p.m. College Men’s Swimming...
Lady Bulldogs whip Bobcats in first of 2
With 13 straight points in the first quarter, Barton College took control of its home opener and str...
No. 20 Clemson’s trip to FSU headlines ACC weekend slate
A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND No. 20 Clemson...
Herring named to TYGA All-State unit
With fewer opportunities to play in junior golf tournaments last summer due to COVID-19, Wilson resi...
Hank Aaron, MLB legend and one-time home run king, dies at 86
ATLANTA — His name is all over the baseball record book and, indeed, Hank Aaron could do it all. Su...
Where else to start but Brady and Rodgers?
More than 100 players will suit up for Sunday’s NFC championship game, so try to ignore all those ta...
Big offenses, overlooked defenses in Chiefs-Bills clash
Two teams so absent from championship history for so long until recently face off for the AFC champi...
Seven of state’s 9 minor league teams to be represented at 40th annual Wilson Hot Stove banquet
The long, rich history of minor league baseball in North Carolina would be celebrated at the 40th an...
Guess Who?
January 23, 2021"Guess Who?” is a weekly photo feature from The Wilson Times sports photo archives that will run eac...
School Sports
AREA ROUNDUP: CCS conquers Grace Christian 70-60
SANFORD — Avenging a 20-point loss just over two weeks ago, the Community Christian School varsity b...
Area Calendar, Jan. 23-25
January 23, 2021Saturday, January 23 College Women’s Basketball Lees-McRae at Barton, 2 p.m. College Men’s Swimming...
MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Purple Cyclones decked 58-42 at Grace
SANFORD — The Community Christian School Purple boys basketball team has just two losses, both comin...
JUNIOR VARSITY RESULT: Edwards triggers Knights’ romp
GOLDSBORO — In what was quite a warmup act, Nik Edwards had 30 points and 13 rebounds as his Greenfi...
Thompson, Lady Bruins grab first EPC win by beating North Johnston
A little bit of patience and a whole lot of senior Di’ziya Thompson handed the Beddingfield High var...
MIDDLE SCHOOL RESULT: Greenfield routs CCS 47-23
The Greenfield School boys basketball team used 17 points from Mattox McKeel in coasting to a 47-23 victory over crosstown opponent Community Christian on Thursday.
Area calendar, Jan. 22-23
January 22, 2021Friday, January 22 College Women’s BasketballLees-McRae at Barton, 5 p.m. High School Varsity Boys B...
Lady Panthers overwhelmed at Farmville
FARMVILLE — Tasked with a difficult start to 2-A Eastern Plains Conference play, the North Johnston varsity girls basketball team found the going arduous against host Farmville Central on Wednesday night in dropping a 67-27 decision.
Community Sports
Herring named to TYGA All-State unit
With fewer opportunities to play in junior golf tournaments last summer due to COVID-19, Wilson resi...
Pitfalls exist with tree stands
It’s nearly the end of tree stand season. I understand. Yet I am still going to write this column on...
WYSA sends 4 to North Carolina U12 Olympic Development Program
Wilson Youth Soccer Association will be represented by a total of four players on the North Carolina U12 Olympic Development Program Event Team following the completion of evaluations on Nov. 21-22.
We will get through this
In a world where the only constant seems to be change, perhaps it’s a good idea to keep moving as lo...
Coming together: Wilson youth football programs combine for postseason success
A season that began amid the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown this spring ended in unit...
North Carolinians have been fishing and hunting more in 2020
WINSTON-SALEM — State officials in North Carolinians say that hunting and fishing have increased thi...
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PRO Sports
Where else to start but Brady and Rodgers?
More than 100 players will suit up for Sunday’s NFC championship game, so try to ignore all those ta...
Big offenses, overlooked defenses in Chiefs-Bills clash
Two teams so absent from championship history for so long until recently face off for the AFC champi...
Hank Aaron, MLB legend and one-time home run king, dies at 86
ATLANTA — His name is all over the baseball record book and, indeed, Hank Aaron could do it all. Su...
COLLEGE Sports
Lady Bulldogs whip Bobcats in first of 2
With 13 straight points in the first quarter, Barton College took control of its home opener and str...
No. 20 Clemson’s trip to FSU headlines ACC weekend slate
A look at the upcoming week around the Atlantic Coast Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND No. 20 Clemson...
Capel gets best of mentor in latest meeting
The days of Duke basketball sampling ACC teams like horsd'oeuvres while awaiting the main menu against Virginia, North Carolina and an upstart or two, depending on the season, appears to be an old menu.
Home opener for Barton men's basketball postponed
The Barton College men’s basketball team will now have to wait until Tuesday to open the 2021 season.
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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 …
FIKE@50
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 …
FIKE@50
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 ...