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Wilson’s Jake Joyner, foreground, leaps in the air of his teammates, back from left, Stone Massey, Peyton Gardner, Mack Wiggins and Charlie Short celebrate after getting the final out of Wilson’s 3-2 victory over South Durham in the N.C. Little League Ages 8-10 District 6 championship game Thursday night at Southern Bank Stadium.
Back from the brink
Five days ago, after a 4-3 loss to South Durham, the Wilson City Little League Ages 8-10 All-Stars were one loss away from being bounced out of the North Carolina Little League District 6 … more
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Wilson City Little League Glance
RESULTS  Games from April 15-18    Single-A League Ages 5-6   Team R H Wilson County Shrine 10 19 Langley’s Landscaping 8 13 Leading Hitters- … more
The Wilson City Little League Ages 11-12 All-Stars pose at the Little League Southeastern Region complex in Warner Robins, Ga., on Thursday. Wilson, the North Carolina champion, will face Virginia champion Loudon in Friday’s opening round of the regional tournament.
Wilson City Little Leaguers ready for action in Georgia
The Wilson City Little League Ages 11-12 All-Stars pose at the Little League Southeastern Region complex in Warner Robins, Ga., on Thursday. Wilson, the North Carolina champion, will face Virginia … more
Jeremy Atkinson, left, dribbles as Brian McNair pursues during Sunday’s For the Love of the City beneft games at Fike. Atkinson, still Fike’s all-time leading scorer in boys basketball, played collegiately at UNC Asheville while McNair starred at Beddingfield and Greenfield before going on to Barton College.
Inaugural For the Love of the City is a slam dunk
The inaugural For the Love of the City basketball games drew a packed house in the Fike High gym Sunday afternoon as several dozen former Wilson high school player, many with collegiate experience, … more
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Connor Lewis leads the line of Wilson players exchaning high-fives with head coach Kevin Cash and his Clayton players following the Wilson All-Stars' 14-1 win in four innings in the District 6 tournament in Southern Bank Stadium on Tuesday afternoon.
Wilson 8-10s romp into district finals
Winning three consecutive North Carolina Little League District 6 baseball championships wasn’t supposed to be easy. Fighting for survival in the losers’ bracket, the group that … more
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Bill Howard
Tales from a catfish
Maybe 35 years ago, my family took a short vacation toward the coast of North Carolina. I was allowed to take one of my friends, who happened to be one who accompanied me on many of these types of … more
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Wilson Parks and Recreation Department director David Lee gives players from the Wilson City Little League Ages 10-11 team that won the District 6 championship last summer during Saturday’s WCLL Opening Day ceremonies at Southern Bank Stadium.
Time to play ball again for Wilson City Little League
Saturday morning started out damp and a bit chilly but there were plenty of smiles to brighten up Gillette Baseball Complex as Wilson City Little League celebrated its 13th Opening Day. From the … more
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Left back William Aycock of the WYSA ’08 Explosion Black Boys U-11 team sprints into position to take a drop pass from a teammate during Saturday’s match against Havelock YSA United Force at Gillette Soccer Complex. The Explosion won 5-1 to improve to 2-0 this spring.
WYSA ROUNDUP: ‘03 Explosion boys unbeaten through six spring games
Goals by Carlos Chavez and Hayden Edwards gave the Wilson Youth Soccer Association ‘03 Explosion Boys U-16 team a 2-0 victory on Saturday over North Carolina FC Red South. The victory at … more
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The Wilson Youth Soccer Association ’01 Explosion went 2-1 at the N.C. Youth Soccer’s Kepner Cup playoffs last weekend, April 27-28, to qualify for the Kepner Cup semifinals, to be played at Gillette Soccer Complex later this month.
WYSA ROUNDUP: ‘01 Explosion qualifies for Kepner Cup semifinals to be played at Gillette
ASHEVILLE -— The Wilson Youth Soccer Association ‘01 Explosion 18U Boys team traveled nearly 300 miles last weekend, only to earn a much shorter trip to the North Carolina Youth Soccer … more
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Post 13 clipped by Fuquay-Varina, 2-1, in season opener
FUQUAY-VARINA — The Wilson American Legion Post 13 baseball team posted a 11-7 advantage in hits Sunday afternoon, but stranded 13 base runners in opening its 2019 season with a 2-1 loss to the … more
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Area Calendar, June 3-4
Monday, June 3American Legion BaseballWayne County Post 11 at Wilson Post 13, 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4No events scheduled. more
Players for Manchester and Liverpool try to gain possession of the ball during their season-opening match in the Wilson Parks and Recreation Department’s Boys Ages 11-12 league at Gillette Soccer Complex.
Wilson Recreation Department Glance
Youth soccer  RESULTS Matches from March 30 Girls Ages 5-6 Sounders 0, Orlando 2: Scorers: Orlando- Robi Shalabi 1, Tony Baza 1 Flamingos 5, Giraffes 10: Scorers: Flamingos- … more
Area Calendar, June 15-16
Saturday, June 15American Legion BaseballArea I vs. Area II Challenge (Pitt Community College) — Wilson Post 13 vs. Pleasure Island (S.C.) Post 129, NoonSunday, June 16American Legion … more
North Carolina Baseball Museum’s Luke Bedford threw a no-hitter against Breakfast Optimist as NCBM won the Wilson City Little League’s Major League championship game June 11, 2018, at Southern Bank Stadium.
WCLL hoping for ‘lucky’ 13th Opening Day
With a forecast of partly sunny and temperatures in the 70s for Saturday, Wilson City Little League is hoping for a “lucky” 13th Opening Day a year after foul weather wiped the festive … more
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Southern Bank Stadium was the site of four of the eight games in the seventh annual Dr. Jimmie R. Grimsley Highway 264 Challenge between teams from Wilson City Little League and Greenville’s North State and Tar Heel Little Leagues, which began play in the 1950s. For the first time in the Challenge, WCLL came out on top, winning five of the eight games played.
Wilson City Little League tops Greenville for 1st time in Highway 264 Challenge
Since its inception in 2006, Wilson City Little League has made considerable strides towards its older, more established neighbors to the east — North State Little League and Tar Heel Little … more
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Eric Barry of the WYSA ’01 Explosion, front, takes the ball from an FSC Force Blue player during the second half of Saturday’s N.C. Youth Soccer Kepner Cup semifinals at Gillette Soccer Complex. The Explosion saw its season come to an end with a 2-1 loss.
WYSA ‘01 Explosion melts in Kepner Cup semifinals
The oldest Wilson Youth Soccer Association team to reach the North Carolina Youth Soccer’s Kepner Cup final four, the ’01 Explosion, saw its postseason run come to a halt in the blazing … more
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Seth Evans scores a run for Wilson in Sunday’s 19-0 victory over North Ashesville in the second round of the N.C. Little League Ages 11-12 Tournament in Kernersville.
Rolling in Kernersville
KERNERSVILLE — After a pair of impressive victories to start the North Carolina Little League Baseball Ages 11-12 Tournament, the trick now for the Wilson City Little League All-Stars is to … more
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Joseph Speight, left, and Aaron Bancroft of Backyard Wrestling Club each won weight-class championships at the USA Wrestling Southeast Regional tournament in late May in Wilmington. Bancroft, the NCHSAA 3-A champion for Fike High this past winter, won both Greco-Roman and Freestyle titles at 170 pounds while Speight was the 182-pound Greco-Roman champ and took third in Freestyle.
Speight, Bancroft claim titles at USA Wrestling SE Regional
His dream of winning a state championship eluded Joseph Speight at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association wrestling tournament in February, but the recent Fike High graduate found … more
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Sisters, from left, Karsyn Roberts, Zada Lee and Ella June Hannant of Pikeville each finished first in their respective age divisions at the Drive Chip & Putt qualifier recently in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Last weekend in Pinehurst, Ella June won the girls ages 9-10 division at the U.S. Kids Golf World Championship as well as the team title while Zada Lee was part of the girls ages 8-under team champion.
The sisters of swing
Accomplished junior golfer Ella June Hannant has not only resumed her par-busting tear but is now starring in a sisters show in the sport. A Drive Chip and Putt national champion in 2018, the … more
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Brewer sets the pace at WLL golf outing
The Wilson Country Club trio of Priscilla Brewer, Debbie Keely and Barbara Biddle claimed low net honors in the three flights in the August golf outing of the Wilson Ladies League on Tuesday at … more
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