School Sports
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.
Daniels accounts for 6 TDs as Demons outduel South Johnston
FOUR OAKS — The Fike High varsity football team came prepared for a high-scoring affair Thursday night.
AREA ROUNDUP: Greenfield stays unbeaten in CPIC play, sweeps Liberty
RICHLANDS — The Greenfield School varsity volleyball team won its third match without a loss in 1-A/2-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference play Thursday with a 25-9, 25-17, 25-22 win over host Liberty Christian.
JV RESULT: Greenfield drops first CPIC match at Liberty
RICHLANDS — The Greenfield School volleyball team fell for the first time against a 1-A/2-A Coastal Plain Independent Conference opponent Thursday with a 25-15, 25-23 loss to Richlands Liberty Christian.
Area calendar, Sept. 24-25
September 24, 2021Friday, September 24 College Men’s Tennis Barton at ITA Southeast Regional Championship, Sumter, S.C...
AREA ROUNDUP: Fike, Council add another Quad County notch to belt
SMITHFIELD — Fike High and sophomore Bree Council added to their respective leads in the 3-A Quad Co...
Area Calendar, Sept. 23-24
September 23, 2021Thursday, September 23 College Men’s Tennis Barton at ITA Southeast Regional Championship, Sumter, S...
MIDDLE SCHOOL: Lady Wildcats rally to beat Elm City in 5
Down two sets to none and on the road at Elm City, the Springfield volleyball team clicked into gear...
Area Calendar, Sept. 22-23
September 22, 2021Wednesday, September 22 College Men’s Soccer Lenoir-Rhyne at Barton, 6 p,m. College Women’s Volleyb...
AREA ROUNDUP: Bruins fall to Goldsboro in long-awaited return
With a team loaded with young players, many of whom hadn’t played in an interscholastic soccer match...
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Falls pose a greater danger as we age
We have a close friend from the wayback days of Fike High in 1963 who recently fell on his way to th...
Braswell-Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Shannon Carroll and Glenda Barnes Carroll of the Black Creek community announce...