RED OAK -- The Boys Basketball season came to a close in Nash County last Friday night as Northern Nash suffered a season-ending loss in the second round of the Class 3-A State Playoffs to Jacksonvile White Oak by a margin of 77-72.
The Fighting Knights were outscored by 11 points in the fourth period after carrying a 60-54 lead into the final frame, with Northern's season coming to a close at 20-6 overall, including a 14-game win streak that stretched from Jan. 3 through Feb. 25.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The past, present and future are all worth celebrating within the Nash Central High School girls basketball program -- and with good reason.
That past? That goes without saying as Terri Cash has overseen a slew of heroic during her 23-year stint as the only girls hoops coach the school has know.
The present? Well, Cash did it again this winter, leading the Lady Bulldogs to a Big East Conference Class 2-A portion crown (again).

RED OAK -- One of the top student-athletes at Northern Nash High School is in the midle of her final semester at the school before heading to St. Francis University in a few short months, as Nevaeh Ingram will continue her volleyball career as a member of the Red Flash beginning in the fall.
Ingram verbally committed to the St. Francis program, who competes in the NCAA Division I Northeast Conference, back in August and signed her National Letter of Intent in November.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Given his involvement with youth swimming in the area, Nash Central High School coach Kyle Bain usually has a good idea about the performers who will eventually join his program when they become teenagers.
But that wasn't the case with NCHS senior Maddie Hart, who literally burst onto the local pool scene as a freshman -- and has been a big-time headline swiper ever since.

WILSON -- Five Nash County schools -- including a double dip from Southern Nash -- will be in action this weekend as part of the 2025 Brittany XIX Girls Soccer Showcase.
The annual event, which is one of the most high-profile girls soccer events in North Carolina, will be held this Friday and Saturday at Gillette Park in Wilson.
Southern Nash, Rocky Mount, Northern Nash, Nash Central and Rocky Mount Academy will represent Nash County, with the Ladybirds competing on both dates.

NASH COUNTY -- Over the past few years, the Big East Conference boys golf season was similar to the recreation of an old movie -- there may be a few different plot twists along the way, but you know how the story will end.
And on the Big East golf scene, that ending would feature recent powerhouse Roanoke Rapids accepting the league's team championship trophy.
But with the Jackets in rebuilding mode, this spring's adaptation promises to bring fresh new ideas -- and probably a new champion.