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.
Area calendar, April 16-17
April 16, 2021Friday, April 16 College Baseball Barton at Chowan (DH), noon College Women’s Tennis Barton at Conv...
AREA ROUNDUP: Fike’s Council continues Big East dominance
Freshman Bree Council continued her march on the 3-A Big East Conference girls medalist as her Fike ...
Breaking ground: Fike’s Cardin to play lax at Warren Wilson
Fike High has played three matches in two seasons of girls lacrosse but the Lady Demons now have a c...
Area Calendar, April 15-16
April 15, 2021Thursday, April 15 High School Varsity Baseball Sanford Grace Christian at Greenfield, 4 p.m.; Berea...
Lady Warriors clip Fike with Cranford’s game winner, 2-1
Mistakes preceded each goal during Tuesday’s first meeting of 3-A Big East Conference varsity girls ...
AREA ROUNDUP: Demons deck Warriors to seize Big East lead
If the Fike High boys tennis team suffered any ill effects from a 12-day layoff, the Golden Demons d...
Lady Demons push past Hunt for 1st win
With a shot at the 3-A Big East Conference title and the accompanying automatic bid to the state pla...
Area Calendar, April 14-15
April 14, 2021Wednesday, April 14 High School Varsity Softball C.B. Aycock at South Central, 5 p.m.; Beddingfield ...
Last cut the deepest for Bruins
When the Beddingfield High players and coaches walked off the field Thursday after losing to SouthWe...
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Life
Deadheading's not a rock group
Elizabeth and I are spending our weekends in the dirt and briars of our many rose plants. And those ...
Mr. and Mrs. Etheridge celebrate 50th anniversary
Terry and Carolyn Etheridge of Wilson celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday with a cook...