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Recent Hunt High graduate Tatiana Smith will continue her academic and basketball careers at Catawba Valley Community College in Hickory.
Second chance takes Hunt’s Smith to Catawba Valley
An ankle injury in the girls championship game of last year’s Farris & Farris Holiday Tournament threatened the basketball career of senior Hunt High point guard Tatiana Smith. Aided by … more
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Head of the class
Rachel Cox never saw it coming. The Hunt High graduate, who will continue her soccer career at NCAA Division II Barton College as a goalkeeper, headlined the inaugural Wilson Youth Soccer … more
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The Region 1 team finished second in the high school baseball tournament at the Powerade State Games of North Carolina at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte on June 12-16. Fike head coach Buck Edmundson was the assistant coach for Region 1, which had eight players from 3-A Big East Conference teams. From left are Edmundson, Fike’s Hunter Stokely and Chad Bean; Southern Nash’s A.J. Jones; Hunt’s Chase Waddell, Gavin Huff, Blaize Keen and Tyson Bass and Rocky Mount’s Evan Hart.
Area players help Region 1 to silver medal
The Region 1 team, representing Northeastern North Carolina from Wilson to the Outer Banks, captured a silver medal at the Powerade State Games of North Carolina high school baseball tournament last … more
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Area calendar, June 18-19
Tuesday, June 18 No events scheduled.   Wednesday, June 19 American Legion Baseball more
Greenfield's Nathan Woodard, throwing a pitch during a 2-1 win over Wilson Christian on March 22 at WCA, was named the 1-A/2-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference Player of the Year. Woodard was also named to the NCISAA 1-A All-State team with teammate Justin Holland.
Greenfield’s Woodard hurls way to CPIC Player of the Year
Sophomore catcher Justin Holland persuaded sophomore right-handed pitcher Nathan Woodard to join him in the Greenfield School varsity baseball program this past season. A championship complexion … more
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Fike teammates, from left, Garrett Browder (15), Hunter Stokely (19), Colton Moats, Zach Pittman (12) and Tanner Sullivan (18) walk to the dugout during an April 20 game against Raleigh Cardinal Gibbons in the Golden Leaf Invitational. The Demons parlayed a 22-win season into a Big East championship, one of three for Fike in capturing its third straight Wells Fargo Conference Cup from the league.
Demons on a winning streak
The Wells Fargo Conference Cup for the 3-A Big East will remain where it currently resides — off Harrison Drive. On the heels of a spring season that saw Fike High win a pair of conference … more
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Carl Smith, former SouthWest Edgecombe defensive coordinator and most recently defensive backs coach at Rocky Mount High, has been named Beddingfield's new head football coach.
Beddingfield hands it off to SWE product Smith
As a young boy growing up in Pinetops, football saved Carl Smith and paved the way to a playing career as a running back at Campbell University. Now, at the tender age of 29, he’ll sink his … more
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Greenfield's Creighton Lebo drives into the paint against Fayetteville Northwood Temple's Charles Page during the NCISAA 1-A boys basketball championship game won by Greenfield on Feb. 23 at North Raleigh Christian. The Knights, with the aid of two state championships, won their third NCISAA 1-A Wells Fargo Cup in school history.
Greenfield’s Cup runneth over
If Greenfield School is on the verge of transitioning out of the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 1-A ranks, then the Knights will take at least one more piece of hardware … more
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North Johnston's Amberlyn Pearce, pitching against Bertie in the second round of the NCHSAA 2-A playoffs against Bertie on May 9 in Kenly, shared the 2-A EPC Co-Player of the Year honor with teammate Blayke Batten.
North Johnston sweeps EPC’s top honors on the diamond
A sweep of the 2-A Eastern Plains Conference Player of the Year honors headlined the end-of-season accolades for the North Johnston High softball and baseball teams after a pair of deep runs into the … more
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Ready to work hard
Growing up, there was a saying my father frequently told my brothers and me, particularly as it related to homework and chores, but also to life — work hard and play hard, but in that … more
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Juniors Tyson Bass of Hunt, left, Hunter Stokely, center, and Chad Bean of Fike were named to the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association 3-A All-State Team on Thursday. Bean is a repeat selection.
All-state triple play
The awards continue to pile up for accomplished junior baseball players Chad Bean of Fike High and Tyson Bass of Hunt. And Thursday, Bean’s teammate Hunter Stokely, also a junior, joined … more
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Southern Nash's Lamont Williams (50), closing in on Eastern Alamance quarterback Austin Bryant during the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs in Stanhope on Nov. 23, 2018 was the only area player selected to the East-West football game in Greensboro on July 17.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTEBOOK: Williams, Dodd the only East-West All-Star picks this summer
High schools in The Wilson Times readership area typically send several athletes each summer to the North Carolina Coaches Association East-West All-Star Games for football, girls and boys basketball … more
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North Johnston graduate Maira Teruel signed to play soccer at Johnson & Wales Univeristy on May 15. Teruel will study culinary arts. As a senior, she was all 2-A Eastern Plains Conference and North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association 2-A All-Region 3. The scholarship is worth $60,000 over four years.
NJ’s Teruel to play soccer while learning to be a chef at Johnson & Wales
KENLY — North Johnston graduate Maira Teruel faced a dilemma her senior year. She wanted to be a chef, but she also didn’t want to stop playing soccer.  “It was really hard … more
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Greene Central senior guard Kaliya Sutton signed to play basketball for the University of Mount Olive after averaging over seven points, nine rebounds per game this season.
GC’s Sutton signs with Mount Olive
SNOW HILL — Greene Central senior girls basketball player Kaliya Sutton thought it was coming. But when it did, she was still surprised. The “it” was an offer to play basketball … more
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Wilson Christian’s Christy Jones is the Thomas Law Attorneys Female Student-Athlete of the Year as presented by The Wilson Times. She finished No. 3 in her graduating class while playing a standout role on her volleyball, basketball and soccer teams for the Lady Chargers. P
Jones brought determination and hustle to Lady Chargers
From season to season, Christy Jones brought the same traits to each of her Wilson Christian Academy teams this year — determination, hard work, hustle and a joy for whatever sport she was … more
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Fike High’s Myles Cyrus is the Thomas Law Attorneys Male Student-Athlete of the Year as presented by The Wilson Times. With a 4.4 GPA and a No. 11 class rank, Cyrus was named NCSCA 3-A All-State in soccer and was a started on the baseball team, helping the Golden Demons win 3-A Big East Conferences titles in both sports.
Cyrus managed to do it all for the Golden Demons
With an armful of plaques and trophies following Fike High’s Awards Day on May 20, the usually sure-handed Myles Cyrus let one plaque slip through his hands but, before it hit the floor, the … more
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2019 Thomas Law Attorneys Academic All-Area
EMMA FATZAUN, Hunt High School A member of the Lady Warriors cross-country, swimming, track and field and soccer teams, she received the Coaches Award in cross-country. … Finished … more
Fike senior point guard Jaylen Ward signed with William Peace University on Tuesday after averaging 11 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game this season. The senior will receive more $90,000 in academic scholarships throughout his four years.
Fike’s Ward prepared to lead the Pacers of William Peace
Fike senior point guard Jaylen Ward was doing everything right. He was winning games, playing well and had a 3.8 grade-point average, but no college coaches had taken notice. Ward said he was … more
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Greenfield School rising senior Nicholas Sessoms was named the recipient of the school’s J. Christopher Gauss Memorial Scholarship Award for the 2019-20 school year on May 30. Pictured are, from left, Dr. Badie Clark III, Greenfield Class of 1983 and close friend of Christopher Gauss; Bud and Anna Jane Ruffin; Sessoms; Tav and Kim Gauss; Liza and Harry Gauss.
Sessoms earns Gauss Memorial Scholarship from Greenfield for 2019-20
Greenfield School rising senior Nicholas Sessoms was named as the recipient of The J. Christopher Gauss Memorial Scholarship Award at the school’s academic and spring sports assembly May 30. … more
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Wilson Prep graduate Cody Taylor will play basketball for Johnston Community College after signing with the National Junior College Athletic Association Division III program last month.
WPA’s Taylor gets a chance with JCC basketball
Wilson Prep Academy graduate Cody Taylor didn’t catch the eye of many college basketball coaches, but he did catch the attention of Johnston Community College second-year head coach Hollis … more
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