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WYSA online registration is under way for 2019-20 season
Online registration has begun for the Wilson Youth Soccer Association’s 2019-20 season. Tryouts will begin Monday, May 13, and there will be a $10 fee for those who haven’t registered … more
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WYSA ROUNDUP: ‘07 Explosion tops Wake FC Fire for 1st win of spring
HOLLY SPRINGS — Madyson Brown scored two goals and Sarah Peters made 16 saves in goal as the Wilson Youth Soccer Association ‘07 Explosion picked up its first win of the North Carolina … more
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Williams returns to junior hockey national championship
Hunt High senior Hannah Williams will once again trade her softball glove for a hockey stick as she and her 19U Carolina Lady Junior Hurricanes return to the USA Hockey Girls Tier II National … 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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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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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
WYSA ROUNDUP: Salas’ goal propels ‘01 Explosion U18 boys
CARY — Rene Salas scored a goal in the 32nd minute that stood as the difference in the Wilson Youth Soccer Association ‘01 Explosion U18 boys’ 1-0 victory Saturday against North … more
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A Windy City oasis
I don’t know if I could handle big cities for more than a few days. The concrete jungle just wears me down. I know, a lot of people would disagree and think large cities are great. They like … more
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Lake Wilson thumps GCTA 24-8
The Lake Wilson tennis team captured all four matches Friday to stampede to a 24-8 victory over Greene County Tennis Association. The Otters picked up victories from Snyder Pearson at No. 1 … 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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We will miss you, ‘Mr. G’
Wilson lost a little bit of its soul Thursday with the death of Lee Gliarmis. Most people probably knew him from Dick’s Hot Dog Stand, the world-famous restaurant that his father, Socrates, … more
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Bill Howard
Did PETA finally go too far?
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals have been known to push the limits as an activist group in the past. Advertising campaigns featuring young actresses and models in the nude in protest … more
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Jody O'Neal, left, and David Lee of Wedgewood Public Golf Course survey the course during the Wilson Cup on Aug. 26, 2018. With the closing of Happy Valley Country Club, the Wilson Cup is now down to three teams, prompting changes in format.
New look on tap for 2019 Wilson Cup
After 25 years of memorable competition, Wilson’s top-tier golfers are embracing a new era for the Wilson Cup interclub golf competition. With the closing of Happy Valley Country Club last … more
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When animals, humans clash
There have been lots of stories about animal encounters recently. In one that gained national coverage, Travis Kauffman went mano a mano, or actually mano a pata (hand to paw) against an attacking … more
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Wilson County native Wiley Williams stands at the bronze plaque that commemorates his career and contributions to golf in New Jersey where he was honored by having the Nos. 10 and 11 holes at Weequahic Golf Course in Newark named “Wiley Williams Corner.”
A self-taught legend: Wilson native Williams honored as a golf pioneer in NJ
There was no way Wiley Williams could have envisioned what golf would come to mean in his life when he was trying to make some spending money as a 9-year-old caddie at Wilson Country Club in the … more
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Wilson Recreation Glance
Youth futsal Results Matches from Feb. 16 Coed Ages 5-6 Zebras 11– Tigers 2 Zebras- Marvin Alvarez 4, Graylee Propst 4, Ryker Evans 3; Tigers- Kyle Lalata 1, Taryn Vitale … more
Duke assistant coach Re’quan Boyette, a former Fike and Blue Devils standout, will be the featured speaker at the City of Wilson’s 48th Human Relations Commission awards banquet Friday, Feb. 22, at Darden Alumni Center.
Boyette to speak at Wilson Human Relations banquet
While he will always be a Wilsonian, Re’quan Boyette’s has found his home at Duke University. The former Fike High three-sport star played football for the Blue Devils for five seasons … more
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Thanks, Coach
Some people just have “it.”  You meet them for the first time and they are easy to like. For whatever reasons, their demeanor lets you trust them immediately. They just carry … more
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Wilson Recreation Department Glance
Youth futsal  Results Games from Feb. 9 Coed Ages 5-6 Monkeys 7 – Zebras 6 Monkeys- Kensie Rountree 2, Charlie Spiron 2, Braydon Wells 1, Emerson Hatch 2; Zebras- Ryker … more
Reaching again for the bow
This time of year used to bring a new kind of adrenaline rush for me. The last couple of years, things changed a bit due to work and health, leaving other things on my mind. This year however, a new … more
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