Sports

ROCKY MOUNT -- "He will play wherever Coach [Greg] Clifton needs him and he will bust his butt."
That's what Nash Central High School Head Baseball Coach Willie Langley had to say of his standout graduating senior, Tyler Bowen, who pledged his collegiate commitment to North Carolina Wesleyan University in Rocky Mount on April 3.
Bowen, a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs on the baseball diamond, has played an integral role in Central's program that has reached the Class 2-A State Playoffs in each of its last three seasons.

STANHOPE -- The 2024-25 athletic year marked quite the successful campaign for the Southern Nash High School Firebirds, highlighted by four Big East Conference championships and two teams reaching the fourth round of the Class 3-A State Playoffs.
Three of the school's four conference titles came in the fall, with the Southern Nash Volleyball, Boys Soccer and Girls Golf squads each registering a league championship.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Accepting the prestigious Dudley Whitley Award was a tremendous honor for Nash Central High School long-time Athletic Director Kyle Bain.
But how it came to fruition will always be just as memorable for Bain.
The Dudley Whitley is Nash County Schools' most prestigious award, given annually to only one teacher/coach in the county.
And in order to be considered, a coach must be nominated -- and that usually comes from a professional peer.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central will be hoppin' a train toward new frontiers this fall -- albeit with a relatively familiar group of fellow passengers.
Following the latest realignment by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, the Bulldogs will spend the next four years in the newly formed Quad County Conference, which will, along with NCHS, feature schools from Franklin, Johnston and Halifax Counties.
Three of those schools are no strangers to NCHS as Roanoke Rapids and Bunn have spent the last four years in the Big East Conference along with the Bulldogs -- while Louisburg is a previous Big East entrant.