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Distraught and disappointed for senior athletes
I am really distraught and disappointed that our spring sports season was suspended. Distraught because of how I had to relay the message to our track and field teams after practice on that day, … more
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Beddingfield's Makayla Everette, backing down Alonee Smalllwood of SouthWest Edgecombe during a Feb. 14 game at Beddingfield, repeated as girls Player of the Year in the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference.
Beddingfield’s Everette, Pegram sweep major EPC girls hoops honors
Despite completing her career as the most imposing low-post presence in the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference, Beddingfield High senior Makayla Everette wasn’t sure if her performance would merit a … more
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Keishon Porter of SouthWest Edgecombe pulls up for a jumper during a Feb. 14 game at Beddingfield. Porter, who has signed with Radford University, is the 2019-20 2-A Eastern Plains Conference Boys Player of the Year.
SWE’s Porter adds to largesse, named EPC Player of the Year
In sharing a conference with a defending state champion, standing out individually amongst peers does not rank as the easiest of accomplishments. But SouthWest Edgecombe High senior Keishon … more
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SouthWest Edgecombe senior Keishon Porter (1), going up for a dunk during a game at Beddingfield on Feb. 14, is The Wilson Times Boys Basketball Player of the Year after leading the Cougars to a 19-7 mark while averaging 21.5 points per game.
SWE’s Porter leads boys All-Area cast
For the teammates of SouthWest Edgecombe High senior Keishon Porter, there was nowhere to hide. While the 6-foot-5 senior maintained a busy basketball schedule outside of the Cougars in his quest … more
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Beddingfield senior center Makayla Everette, working in the paint for a shot during a home game against SouthWest Edgecombe on Feb. 14, is The Wilson Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year after leading the Lady Bruins to 18 victories and the second round of the NCHSAA 2-A playoffs.
Lady Bruins’ Everette emerges as unstoppable force as girls player of the year
Once the gentle giant decided to assert her imposing presence and turn aggressive, she proved all but unstoppable. Makayla Everette, a 6-foot-4 senior described by her Beddingfield High head … more
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In this contributed photo taken in 2018, Creighton Lebo, then a sophomore at J.H. Rose High in Greenville, poses with North Carolina head coach Roy Williams. Lebo, now a senior at Greenfield School, was given a chance to walk-on for the Tar Heels, for whom his father, Jeff Lebo, played in the 1980s.
Knights’ Lebo follows familiar path to UNC
As Greenfield School senior Creighton Lebo suspected it would, life sometimes just sorts itself out. Despite two great seasons with the Knights, the 6-foot-1 guard had yet to attract any real … more
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Fike quarterback D.J. Daniels rolls out to look for a receiver downfield during a game against Hunt on Nov. 8, 2013 in Buddy Bedgood Stadium. With Daniels, a future MLB Draft pick, at the controls of the Fike offense, the Golden Demons were free to take vertical shots downfield frequently. That impunity has ebbed and flowed through the years under Tom Nelson depending on who is at the controls of the Demons' spread offense.
Finding a medium: Where does scheme meet personnel in high school football?
Recruiting is the lifeblood of any college football program. During what is now the month of December, hundreds upon hundreds of players sign National Letters of Intent to populate NCAA Division I … more
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Greene Central's Radford, Tingen earn NCHSAA’s 'Heart of a Champion' Award
Greene Central High seniors Perry Tingen and Madalyn Radford were two of 35 student-athletes from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association ranks to garner the association’s … more
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Wilson Prep senior Trinity Mobley signed this week to play basketball at Methodist College in Fayetteville.
Methodist fits into Wilson Prep senior Mobley’s plan
While she’s not currently running for president (although maybe someday she will), Trinity Mobley has a plan for her future at least. That plan became a step closer to reality this week when … more
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Wilson Christian’s Seth Quinn gets ready to throw a pitch during a game at Beddingfield on March 5. The N.C. Christian School Association announced Tuesday that is canceling the remainder of its spring sports season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Short season: NCCSA cancels remainder of spring sports
The North Carolina Christian School Association became the first state organization to cancel the remainder of its spring sports season Tuesday as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Citing … more
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Fike head coach Tom Nelson looks on during preseason scrimmage action at C.B. Aycock's Hardy Talton Stadium in August 2019 in Pikeville. Like the rest of the NCHSAA's football programs, the Golden Demons have had spring practice canceled due to COVID-19.
Losing time by the day: Shutdown kills spring football practice with summer already in doubt
Once upon a time, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association put football squarely in the same category as all its other fall sports. Any and all football activity was to begin on Aug. 1, … more
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Wilson Prep's Leo Giddens, right, signs his National Letter of Intent to Belmont Abbey as Tigers head coach Mahlon Mills looks on.
Tigers’ senior Giddens to join Belmont Abbey soccer program
When Wilson Prep Academy senior Leo Giddens heads off to Belmont Abbey College in August, he’ll be putting two of his talents to use for the Crusaders. Giddens recently signed his National … more
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Hunt senior Destiny Norris will see her softball career extended at the collegiate level after opting to attend Emory & Henry College of the NCAA Division III ranks.
Biscuits and all, Hunt’s Norris to become a Wasp
Destiny Norris is a self-made softball player, with the batter’s box vocals to match. The Hunt High senior spent her freshman and junior years in the Lady Warrior program exceeding the .400 … more
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Hunt's Brianna Tucker, center, pictured with Louisburg College assistant coach Sara Lippard, left and head coach Eric Lee, recently signed a National Letter of Intent with the Hurricanes.
Hunt’s Tucker sprints her way to Louisburg College
Opponents of the Hunt High varsity softball team could often correlate their won-loss ledger against the Lady Warriors on the basis of one simple question. How successful were they in keeping … more
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Fike High’s Jake Herring watches a fairway shot during the second of the NCHSAA 3-A championships May 14, 2019, at Foxfire Resort and Golf Club at Foxfire Village. Herring, now a junior, finished 11th at the state tournament last season and, with this season likely canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, won’t be to contend for the title again.
Championship dreams floating away?: Fike junior Jake Herring may never get chance at state title
Jake Herring, a 16-year-old junior at Fike High, possesses the competitive drive and certainly the talent to follow in the footsteps of John-Tyler Griffin and Bryson Boyette as Fike’s only … more
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Fike senior outfielder Lydia Hunt, a mainstay in the top of the batting order for the Lady Golden Demons, will play at Division III William Peace University.
Fike’s Hunt to extend softball career at William Peace
In the midst of an abbreviated sixth season as the head varsity softball coach at Fike High and beforehand as an assistant, Josh Jenkins has seen a few faces cycle through the outfield of the Lady … more
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Hunt senior Bria Griffith (1) dribbles as Rocky Mount freshman Caroline Thiel pursues her during an NCHSAA 3-A third-round playoff game Feb. 29 at Rocky Mount High. Both players were named to the N.C. Basketball Coaches Association’s All-District 3 first team.
Hunt’s Griffith, SWE’s Porter top area NCBCA All-District 3 picks
Seniors Bria Griffith of Hunt and Keishon Porter of SouthWest Edgecombe lead a contingent of eight players from The Wilson Times readership area to earn All-District 3 acclaim from the North Carolina … more
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Wilson Tobs infielder Chris Meyers steps into the batter’s box at Fleming Stadium during a Coastal Plain League game against the Edenton Steamers on July 30, 2019. Meyers, an All-CPL first-team selection last summer, is one of seven players returning to the Tobs for the 2020 season.
‘Lucky Seven’ back to chase Petitt Cup dreams
Chris Meyers, Jared Carr, Hunter Gore, J.T. Stone, Reese Farmer, Chase Wullenweber and Coleman Sawyer — call them the “Lucky Seven” They have been so dubbed because they are the … more
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NCHSAA extends athletic shutdown to at least May 18
The chance for high school sports to return this spring in North Carolina took another hit Monday when Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order closing all public schools in the state through May 15 … more
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Babe Allen has been a high school and college umpire for more than three decades. Allen, also an NCHSAA regional supervisor for umpires, said that the shutdown due to the coronavirus is taking its toll on game officials, many of whom rely on the additional income.
Sidelined: How COVID-19 affects umpires
In the days since the COVID-19 pandemic sidelined the sports world, Babe Allen’s phone has been blowing up with text messages. On March 13, the North Carolina High School Athletic … more
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