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Bulldogs march over Saints 45-7
GAFFNEY, S.C. - It wasn't quite perfect but the performance of the Barton College football team Satu...
Warriors D flexes in 35-0 romp at SSS
SMITHFIELD – The Hunt High varsity football team's offense struggled in the first half of Friday's 3...
Firebirds trounce Yellow Jackets for Big East lead
STANHOPE – As Southern Nash arrived at the midpoint of its varsity football season still unbeaten, f...
AREA ROUNDUP: Inspired Lady Chargers rally past Friendship for sweep
With five seniors on their class trip and high-jumping junior Jocelyn Bailey sidelined, there was no...
JUNIOR VARSITY ROUNDUP: Lady Chargers blitz Friendship
With the second leg of Friday’s volleyball double duty awaiting Wilson Christian sophomores Emma Mer...
Area Calendar, Sept. 25-26
September 25, 2021Saturday, September 25 College Football Barton at Limestone, 7 p.m. College Men’s Soccer Barton at ...
2021 Football Forecast Week 6
September 24, 2021Vick overtakes Hayes for the lead while Durham slips into further irrelevance. ...
No. 9 Clemson visits NC State in ACC divisional matchup
No. 9 Clemson (2-1, 1-0 ACC) at North Carolina State (2-1, 0-0), Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EDT (ESPN). L...
Georgia Tech hosts Tar Heels at NFL’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium
No. 21 North Carolina (2-1, 1-1 ACC) at Georgia Tech (1-2, 0-1), Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (ACC Netw...
Week 4 Preview: Hogs-Aggies, Badgers-Irish featured games
The Southwest Classic between longtime rivals Arkansas and Texas A&M has been one-sided, with the Ag...
Injuries to McCaffrey, Horn sour Panthers’ 3-0 start
CHARLOTTE — Normally teams would be fired up after starting the season 3-0. But there is plenty of c...
Young U.S. team puts Europe in its biggest hole
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Americans haven’t opened with a lead this large in the Ryder Cup since Jack Ni...
Yankees top Red Sox 8-3, snap Boston’s 7-game win streak
BOSTON — Gerrit Cole took a two-hit shutout into the sixth inning and Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-...
Guess Who? Sept. 25, 2021
September 25, 2021"Guess Who?" is a weekly photo feature from The Wilson Times sports photo archives that will run eac...
Firebirds trounce Yellow Jackets for Big East lead
STANHOPE – As Southern Nash arrived at the midpoint of its varsity football season still unbeaten, f...
AREA ROUNDUP: Inspired Lady Chargers rally past Friendship for sweep
With five seniors on their class trip and high-jumping junior Jocelyn Bailey sidelined, there was no...
JUNIOR VARSITY ROUNDUP: Lady Chargers blitz Friendship
With the second leg of Friday’s volleyball double duty awaiting Wilson Christian sophomores Emma Mer...
Warriors D flexes in 35-0 romp at SSS
SMITHFIELD – The Hunt High varsity football team's offense struggled in the first half of Friday's 3...
Area Calendar, Sept. 25-26
September 25, 2021Saturday, September 25 College Football Barton at Limestone, 7 p.m. College Men’s Soccer Barton at ...
MIDDLE SCHOOL ROUNDUP: Elm City club tennis wins opener
Comprised of students from Elm City Middle, the Lake Wilson girls tennis team opened its season Thursday with a 7-2 conquest of Red Oak.
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WYSA ‘06 Explosion closes in on Piedmont Conference crown
A 2-0 showing on a rare home weekend in National League Piedmont Conference play for the Wilson Youth Soccer Association ‘06 Explosion has the club on the verge of a history-making precedent.
Godwin outduels Abrams for county golf crown
The marquee (final) threesome on Sunday in the — 43rd annual H.W. Weatherford Memorial/Wilson County...
County golf championship registration ends Friday
Entries are still being accepted for the annual H.W. Weatherford Memorial/Wilson County Men’s and Wo...
Chuck Finklea State Farm foursome claims NCBM Celebrity Golf win
A pair of former collegiate stars helped the Chuck Finklea State Farm Insurance foursome to victory ...
Lake Superior: Michigan beats Ohio for Little League title
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. — Twice, Jackson Surma walked to the plate with runners in scoring position in the biggest game of his young life. Both times he delivered.
WCC captures record 11th Wilson Cup championship
The 2021 turnout for the Seniors and Super Seniors division somewhat disappointed Kent Williams, a Wilson Cup interclub golf founder and a mainstay in the Wilson Country Club lineup for more than two decades.
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Injuries to McCaffrey, Horn sour Panthers’ 3-0 start
CHARLOTTE — Normally teams would be fired up after starting the season 3-0. But there is plenty of c...
Young U.S. team puts Europe in its biggest hole
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — The Americans haven’t opened with a lead this large in the Ryder Cup since Jack Ni...
Yankees top Red Sox 8-3, snap Boston’s 7-game win streak
BOSTON — Gerrit Cole took a two-hit shutout into the sixth inning and Giancarlo Stanton hit a three-...
Bulldogs march over Saints 45-7
GAFFNEY, S.C. - It wasn't quite perfect but the performance of the Barton College football team Satu...
Week 4 Preview: Hogs-Aggies, Badgers-Irish featured games
The Southwest Classic between longtime rivals Arkansas and Texas A&M has been one-sided, with the Ag...
No. 9 Clemson visits NC State in ACC divisional matchup
No. 9 Clemson (2-1, 1-0 ACC) at North Carolina State (2-1, 0-0), Saturday at 3:30 p.m. EDT (ESPN). L...
Georgia Tech hosts Tar Heels at NFL’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium
No. 21 North Carolina (2-1, 1-1 ACC) at Georgia Tech (1-2, 0-1), Saturday at 7:30 p.m. EDT (ACC Netw...
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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 …