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Twins Drew, right, and Nate O'Neal are waging a good-natured sibling rivalry in not only the 41st annual Wilson County Junior Golf Championship this week but in the Ages 14-15 division of the Drive Chip & Putt competition.
Rivalry lives on for O’Neal twins
Nate O’Neal’s 2019 golf revenge mission — directed at his twin brother, Drew — encountered a slight snag in Monday’s opening round of the 41st annual Larry Pittman … more
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Wilson's Camden Efird, throwing during the NCLL Ages 9-10 championship game against Greenville Tar Heel, worked three innings Monday to spur his team to a win in Tournament of State Champions pool play, beating West Virginia 8-6 at Stallings Stadium in Greenville.
Wilson gets win to end Tournament of State Champions trip
GREENVILLE — The Wilson City Little League Ages 9-10 All-Stars will not walk away from the 2019 Tournament of State Champions empty handed. Playing in its final game of pool play without a … more
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Wilson Gladiators place third at NYAA cheerleading championships
The Wilson Gladiators, affiliated with Champions in Motion, turned in a third-place Division 4 finish at Sunday’s National Youth Activities Association cheerleading championships in Orlando, Fla. … more
Jones wins flight at Downeast Jamboree
SNOW HILL — Brayden Jones of the Lake Wilson Tennis Club Otters won his two singles matches at the No. 3 flight to win the division at Wednesday’s United States Tennis Association 12U … more
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WCLL suffers tough weekend at Elm St. Park
GREENVILLE — A heartbreaking 8-7 loss in extra innings Saturday night preceded a demoralizing 17-1 defeat at the hands of its archrival Sunday for the Wilson City Little League Ages 9-10 … more
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Seth Evans, center, meets Connor Radford (21) at home plate after Evans hit a three-run homer to give Wilson the tying and winning runs in the fifth inning of Thursday's NCLL Ages 11-12 championship game in Kernersville. Wilson won 6-5 to advance to its second Little League Southeast Regional.
Basics and bombs work well for Wilson Little Leaguers
In an era of analytics and permutations that manifest themselves in shifts and micromanagement at almost any level of baseball, the Wilson City Little League Ages 11-12 All-Stars are a … more
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In her final year of eligibiliy, Sarah Bunn attempts to bow out as the girls medalist in the Larry Pittman Memorial/Wilson County Junior Golf Championship for the third consecutive year. The 41st championship begins Monday and continues through Wednesday.
Bunn looks for one last Jr. Golf crown
Sarah Bunn, a recent Hunt High graduate, is returning for her final hurrah in the 2019 Larry Pittman Memorial/Wilson County Junior Golf Championship, scheduled for Monday through Wednesday at the … more
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Members of the Wilson City Little League All-Stars pose with the championship banner after defeating Lake Norman 6-5 on Thursday night in Kernersville to win the NCLL Ages 11-12 championship. Wilson will make its second-ever appearance at the Little League Southeast Regional in Warner Robins, Ga.
Champs again!
KERNERSVILLE — The Wilson City Little League Ages 11-12 All-Stars are heading back to the big stage. In come-from-behind fashion, Wilson completed an undefeated run through the NCLL state … more
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Bill Howard
From Craggy to Pico Coa
It was tough. Climbing mountains is hard work, especially during the summer in a North Carolina climate. Yet here we were, scaling the fourth-highest peak in the mountain range. Our muscles aching, … more
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Vasquez cards out-of-town ace
Wilson Country Club senior golfer Bill Vasquez took his game out of town and carded a hole-in-one in the Capital Area Senior Men’s Golf Association outing at Greenville Country Club on … more
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Wilson City Little League Ages 11-12 All-Stars head coach Chris Bass talks to his players after their 9-1 defeat of Lake Norman in the winners bracket final at the N.C. Little League tournament Tuesday in Kernersville.
Wilson to face Lake Norman again in NC Little League championship bracket
Wilson City Little League can clinch its seventh North Carolina Little League Baseball championship with one more victory in the Ages 11-12 state tournament. In order to do that, Wilson must do what … more
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Wilson’s Connor Radford makes contact during Tuesday’s game against Lake Norman at the N.C. Little League Ages 11-12 Tournament in Kernersville. Wilson scored nine straight runs in the fourth and fifth innings to win 9-1 to stay unbeaten in the tournament and advance to the championship bracket.
Just a win away
KERNERSVILLE -— After scoring 35 runs in their first two games and then taking a day off at the North Carolina Little League Baseball Ages 11-12 Tournament, the Wilson City Little League … more
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Taylor Lewis of City of Wilson pitches during a recent Wilson Parks and Recreation Department adult softball league game. The league will hold an all-star game at Fleming Stadium for the first time in more than three decades on Friday evening.
Wilson Rec All-Star Softball makes return to Fleming
For the first time in three decades, the Wilson Parks and Recreation Men’s All-Star softball game will be contested in Fleming Stadium. Scheduled for Friday at 7:30 p.m., the best-of-three … more
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Additional players needed for WCYSAA ages 13-15 summer basketball league
The Wilson County Youth Athletic Association is seeking additional players for its ages 13-15 summer basketball league. Players may register at Trophies By Design, 703 West Nash Street, or online at … more
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Wilson Post 13’s Tanner Sullivan watches the ball after it leaves his bat during an Area I East Division first-round playoff game against Farmville Post 151 on July 6 at Fleming Stadium. Sullivan was one of nine players on the Post 13 roster who persevered until the end of the season.
Final 9 leaves hope for Post 13
Sad. So, so sad. The description is hardly flattering in regards to the Wilson American Legion baseball season ending abruptly last Wednesday. Post 13, with a roster that had dwindled from 19 … more
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Joey Creech, a North Carolina Wiffle Ball Tournament Hall of Famer, hits a home run over the left-field fence for Uncensored during a second-round matchup against the Astros. Creech, who is playing in his 30th year, has been around since the tournament started and became a member of its all-decade team for the second time in 2019.
Tradition binds the sultans of swing
Don’t let the hollow yellow bat and plastic ball fool you — the competition that takes place every July at Smithfield Community Park is serious.  With fields measuring only 140 … more
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Uncensored's Jordan Adams, batting, played in his first North Carolina Wiffle Ball Tournament since Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, a rare liver disease, nearly took his life in 2018. Adams, a member of the tournament’s most recent all-decade team, said he was "blessed" to compete at Smithfield Community Park on July 13 after receiving a liver transplant on Jan. 1, 2019 that gave him the stability to return to normal life and playing Wiffle Ball with friends.
Return to Wiffle Ball ‘a blessing’ for Adams
SMITHFIELD — Returning to the game he loves in the 2019 North Carolina Wiffle Ball Tournament has been a blessing for Jordan Adams. “Every day I’m blessed,” Adams said. … more
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Wilson Co. Junior Golf tourney entries due July 17
The deadline for entries for the 41st annual Larry Pittman Memorial/Wilson County Junior Golf Tournament is Wednesday, July 17, at 5 p.m. Entry blanks are available at and may be turned into … 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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Wilson pitcher Camden Efird (14) and second baseman Josef Popowitch converge on a ground ball during Thursday's NCLL Ages 9-10 championship against Greenville Tar Heel at Keith Stadium in Charlotte. Wilson lost 10-0 in four innings.
One door closes, another opens
The same energy that the Wilson City Little League All-Stars mustered in marching out of the losers bracket of the North Carolina Little League Baseball Ages 9-10 Tournament with three straight … more
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