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The members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, Chi Omega Chapter, will proudly present nine young ladies to society at their biennial Miss Pink and Green Cotillion.
The Cotillion will be held on Sunday, November 13 at 4 p.m. at Rocky Mount High School. The theme for this year is" An Elegant Evening of Pearl-Fection."
The Cotillion is the culminating event of the 2016 Debutante Season.

Morris R. Wilder, a CPA financial planner located in the Taylor Financial Strategies' building in Rocky Mount, has been awarded the Personal Financial Specialist (PFSSM) credential by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, joining an elite group of professionals who have demonstrated advanced knowledge of tax, estate, retirement, investment and insurance planning.
The PFS credential, established in 1987 by the AICPA, is awarded only to CPAs with extensive training and experience in financial planning.

Friday, November 25 from 1 until 5 p.m. at Golden East Crossing Mall, 1100 N Wesleyan Boulevard
Monday, November 28 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Edgecombe Community College, 225 Tarboro Street, Rocky Mount
Wednesday, November 30 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Nash Health Care Systems, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount

WILSON -- Due to a backlog in scheduling from Hurricane Matthew -- and other factors -- Nash Central Middle School thought its regular season was over three weeks ago when the Trojans capped off an unbeaten campaign with a victory over rival Edwards.
It had initially been decided that a Tri-County Conference Football Championship would not be played.
That annual contest features the North Division champs (Nash Central this year) against the South Division winner (Forest Hills this time around).

ROCKY MOUNT -- Even though the program will be in its infancy next fall, familiarity won't be an issue with the Faith Christian School football team -- at least within the coaching staff.
The Patriots, who will field a gridiron program for the first time in 2017, will have a Northern Nash look as all of the coaches have either worked or attended NNHS in the past.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College's football team celebrated Senior Day with a 49-23 victory over LaGrange College last Saturday afternoon at home.
The Bishops outscored the Panthers 28-0 in the second half to pull away for the win.
The game looked to be a shootout at the start with both teams notching touchdowns on their respective opening drives of the matchup.

MARYVILLE, TENN. -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishop men's soccer team saw its 2016 season come to a heartbreaking end with a 2-1 loss to host Maryville College in the USA South Conference Tournament Championship last Saturday evening on the Scots' campus in East Tennessee.
North Carolina Wesleyan finishes with a 14-6 overall record, highlighted by a share of the league's regular season championship.

Northern Nash's Elijah Brockington falls forward for extra yardage while being tackled during the Knights' road contest last Friday night against rival Rocky Mount.

The Doug Sauls Barbecue team recently won the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department's Fall Soccer Ages 13-15 League Tournament.

The Green Monsters won both the regular season and tournament championships in the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department's Coach-Pitch Fall Baseball League. the Green Monsters are shown after winning the tourney recently at Ennis Park, which is located in Red Oak.

Forest Hills Middle School's Joshua Strickland (22) had a big game for the Bucks during Monday's Tri-County Conference Football Championship game versus Nash Central.

Nash Central Middle School's captains for Monday's Tri-County Conference Football Championship Game at Forest Hills were (l to r) Deanthony Joyner, Nikobie Hill, Brandon Ricks and Joshon Foster. The Trojans lost the season-ending contest but still finished with a 6-1 overall record. Nash Central also claimed the Tri-County North Division and Nash County football championships this fall.

STANHOPE -- For the third consecutive year, the boys from Southern Nash Middle School came out on top in taking the Tri-County Conference's Northern Division soccer championship with a perfect season record of 10-0.
Team captain and 8th grader Eric Hernandez said the secret to their undefeated winning streak was teamwork.
"We scored by building each other up on the field, pushing the ball all the way up," Hernandez said.

KERNERSVILLE -- Northern Nash capped off another strong distance campaign by taking part in the Class 3-A State Cross Country Championships at the Ivey Redmon Park in Guilford County.
Northern Nash's boys compiled a ninth-place team finish, thanks in part to an effective performance from senior veteran Daniel Belton.
Belton capped off his Fighting Knights' career by taking seventh place overall at the annual event with a sterling time of 16:18.98.

Decarlo Royster and the Northern Nash Knights will have their home gridiron finale today against undefeated Big East Conference rival Southern Nash. The contest will take place at Death Valley on the NN campus in Red Oak.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School will kick off its boys and girls basketball schedules on Nov. 22 with a home meeting against the Corinth Holders Pirates at the SNHS Gymnasium.
Southern's complete ledger is as follows, with home showdowns listed in CAPS:

The Cubs recently won the championship of the Rocky Mount Parks and Recreation Department's 2016 AA Fall League. The Cubs defeated the Giants (17-1) and the Marlins (9-8 in dramatic fashion) before topping the Marlins 9-8 in the title contest.

Northern Nash's Demario Nicholson comes up with a reception for the Fighting Knights during last Friday's road setback against the Rocky Mount Gryphons.

The Nash County Board of Commissioners will soon have a Republican-majority, as Dan Cone was elected to the District 3 County Commissioner seat.
Cone received 59.64 percent, or 3,697 votes, in Tuesday night's General Election. Cone's challenger, Democratic candidate Ed Bissette received 40.36 percent, or 2,502, of the votes.
Of the votes cast for the District 3 County Commissioner Race, a majority of them were cast during early voting.