TODAY IN TIMES SPORTS HISTORY
Lucama, Saratoga sweep berths on girls all-county team
Led by Lucama High’s Janie Pope, the only unanimous selection, the Daily Times unveiled its All-Wils...
Wilson stars scare opposition with point-making cage antics
The numbers kept adding up for Wilson co-captains Billy Lyles and Len Brooks, who combined for 278 p...
Broughton 12, Fike 10 in baseball marathon
The season opener for the Fike High varsity baseball team seemed like it lasted half the season as t...
Darden’s Trojans battle Ligon
A first-place finish in the North Carolina High School Athletic Conference 4-A District No. 1 boys basketball standings sent the Darden High Trojans directly into the tournament semifinals against Raleigh Ligon.
South Edgecombe plays for state title
RALEIGH — A missed free throw by Cleveton Arthur of Belhaven John Wilkinson High with no time left a...
Big time! Bulldogs fend off arch rival Mount Olive in instant classic
In front of a national television audience and a packed house at Wilson Gymnasium, Barton College su...
Locals’ string of victories snapped
The five-game winning streak of the Charles L. Coon High Blue and Gold Cyclone was snapped by an opp...
BC women denied 80-76
The Barton College women’s basketball team’s hopes for a first trip to the NAIA national tournament ...
Demons done in by South Central 77-57
WINTERVILLE — Fike High’s varsity boys basketball season ended in the third round of the North Carol...
Cycs visit Rocky Mount tonight
Arch rivals Fike and Rocky Mount were set to meet for a third time during the Eastern 4-A Conference varsity boys basketball season with a berth in the conference tournament semifinals at stake.
Hunt mat trio aims to achieve at state
Seniors Henry Coleman and George Daniels, along with junior Tommy Edmundson, weren’t satisfied just ...
‘Dogs bow to Bucs in finale, play Panthers in tourney
GREENVILLE — East Carolina’s Charlie Adams hit four free throws in the final 14 seconds as the Pirat...
Onward to CC tournament: AC loses to Newberry
Atlantic Christian College finished its men’s basketball regular season with a 92-87 loss to Newberry at Wilson Gym, but it established the Bulldogs as the darkhorses in the Carolinas Conference tournament that was set to start.
High sparks ‘Birds to victory
STANHOPE — Kimberly High was more than visiting Pender County could handle as the sophomore led her Southern Nash girls basketball team to a 64-49 victory in the first round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A playoffs.
Locals in final conference tilt
The Charles L. Coon High boys basketball team was set to host rival Rocky Mount in the regular-season finale as the Cyclones eyed a chance to share the Eastern Class A Conference title.
Back on top: Lady Bruins seal EPC’s No. 1 playoff spot
For the first time in four years, Beddingfield High ruled as 2-A Eastern Plains Conference girls basketball champion as the Lady Bruins crunched visiting North Johnston 63-30 to lock up at least a share of the title.
Fike girls denied by No. 1 SWE
PINETOPS — In a battle of super sophomores, Fike’s Roc Canady won the personal matchup but SouthWest...
Bulldogs’ title hopes lessen as Bears top Christians
The dream of a North State Conference championship for the Atlantic Christian College men’s basketba...
Deaths devastate sports scene
In his column, “Off The Record,” Daily Times sports editor Tom Ham lamented the recent loss of three...
Lucama rips Saratoga, 65-56, on early rally
Bill Langston scored 14 of his Lucama High boys basketball team’s 22 points in the opening quarter a...
Northern Nash sweeps past Fike
RED OAK — The first-place dreams of both Fike High varsity basketball teams were swept aside by host...
Hunt: Winner, still champion
Hunt High took the drama out of the 3-A Big Eight North Conference varsity boys basketball race with a dominant final 13 minutes to down host Beddingfield 76-61 in the final regular-season game.
Blackbirds-Cyclones mix in conference go
The Cyclones of Charles L. Coon High sought revenge for a one-point loss earlier that season to Rock...
Give him two!
CARY — Hunt High senior Shawn Hunter ended his high school swimming career with not one, but two sta...
Stantonsburg is defeated by Lucama in Wilson County cage activity
The home court wasn’t enough for the Stantonsburg High boys and girls basketball teams as Lucama swe...
Humor stokes Hot Stove coals
Featured speakers Al Forman, a former National League umpire, and J.T. Knowles, a Wake County histor...
Nine points separates Fike from tripleheader sweep
KINSTON -— It took a supreme effort from Kinston High senior star Charles Shackleford to upend visit...
Exchange Club to sponsor sale of Tobs season tickets
The Wilson Exchange Club announced it would sponsor the sale of season tickets for Wilson Tobs baseball home games for the 1960 Carolina League season.
Magnolia trims local sextette
Magnolia prevailed over the “local high school lassies” by a 40-25 score “in a one-sided and raggedl...
Lucama rallies for victory; Eagles top West in triple OT
Lucama High rallied late in the third quarter to stun host Lee Woodard with a 61-50 varsity boys bas...
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