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Northern Nash's Sam Page (with baton) competes in a relay event last Saturday for Northern Nash at the Class 3-A East Regional Track and Field Championships in Wilson. Page is only a ninth-grader but has made an instant impact on the distance level for Northern Nash.

Nash Central's Sarah Hicks soars over the pole vault during last Saturday's Class 3-A East Regional Track and Field Championships in Wilson.

Northern Nash's Stephen Whitehead (left) receives a handoff as part of relay action at last Saturday's Class 3-A East Regional Track and Field Championships at Wilson Fike High School.

RED OAK -- Progress can't always be measured in the form of a won-loss record.
Just look at the Northern Nash High School baseball program, which undertook a challenging non-league ledger this spring under first-year head coach Bard Collins.
Because of that, the Knights didn't necessarily boast the best overall record at 9-13.
But Northern Nash went 6-4 in the Big East Conference, which was good enough for a share of the league championship with two other schools.

Northern Nash's Silas Gonzalez executes a bunt during last week's contest against Corinth Holders High School in the Class 3-A State Baseball Playoffs in Red Oak.

Hunter Moore was a veteran this spring for the Northern Nash HS baseball squad.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Natalya Cannie has been a foundation for the resurgent Rocky Mount High School volleyball program the past two campaigns -- both on and off the court.
Cannie's talents as a hitter were evident as eh led the Lady Gryphons to the Class 3-A State Playoffs this past season -- along with a runner-up finish in the Big East Conference.

ZEBULON -- Lynchburg's Yu-Cheng Chang broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh with a solo home run off reliever Carlos Salazar and the Hillcats eventually held on for a 5-4 win against the Carolina Mudcats on Sunday afternoon at Five County Stadium in Class A Carolina League diamond action.
Chang scored three runs and was 1-for-5 in Sunday's game for the Hillcats (24-12).
He reached on an error and scored a run in the first and reached via an error and scored a run again in the fifth.

RED OAK: The annual Northern Nash High School Girls Basketball Camp will be held June 13-15 at the NNHS Gymnasium.
The event will run from 5:45-8 p.m. each day. All ages are welcome. Cost is $25 per person, which includes a T-shirt.
Pre-registration for the camp is requested, but participants can also show up on the first day.
NNHS head coach Grover Battle and his staff and players will serve as instructors for the camp.

NASH COUNTY -- Everything came down to spring sports competition during the first season of the State Farm Cup between backyard rivals Northern Nash and Nash Central.
The schools were tied at 9.5 points apiece heading into spring sports, but Northern Nash was the dominant program once the weather turned warmer.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the latest Nash County Parks & Recreation Department's Youth Baseball and Softball League Scores:

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Parks & Recreation Department Spring Youth Soccer Scores

LOUISVILLE, KY. -- The No. 10-ranked North Carolina State University baseball squad fell 6-1 against No. 5 Louisville on Sunday in Atlantic Coast Conference baseball action at Jim Patterson Stadium in the Bluegrass State.
The Wolfpack (32-17, 13-12 ACC) slipped into a 2-0 deficit in the bottom first.
Louisville (42-10, 19-8) added four more in the second.

Spring Hope Police are investigating a shooting that occurred last Thursday night at a home on West Nash Street.
Chief Anthony Puckett said a vehicle, which was occupied by several individuals, drove to a residence at 416 West Nash Street around 8:40 on May 12 and fired eight to 10 shots from the vehicle. Puckett said two victims, a 22-year-old and 27-year-old black male, were standing in the doorway of the residence when they were hit in the left ankle and right thigh.

Foster parents change lives.
Be one.
The Nash County Department of Social Services' Foster Care Unit is hoping Nash County residents will take the message to heart not only this month, National Foster Care Month, but every month, as the agency is in desperate need of foster parents.

Nashville Police are investigating a robbery at a Nashville L&L that happened over the weekend.
Nashville Police Chief Thomas Bashore said around midnight on Saturday, May 14, as the L&L at 920 Eastern Avenue was closing, a suspect came in the store with a rifle, demanded money and left.
"He didn't hurt anybody," Bashore said.

Nash County Commissioners were presented a lean budget for the upcoming year on Monday that includes no tax or fee increases for citizens.
Nash County Manager Zee Lamb presented the $91 million budget to commissioners, adding that it was a .69 percent decrease over the current year's original budget and a 4.17 percent decrease from the current year's revised budget.
"The budget provides sufficient funds to continue current service levels and requires no increase in any general fund taxes or fees," Lamb said in his budget message to commissioners.

Nashville's American Legion Post 110 will host its annual Memorial Day service on Sunday, May 29 at 6 p.m.
The service will be held at Forest Hill Cemetery in Nashville.
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died while serving in the United States military. It is observed each year on the last Monday in May.
General John Boyd will be the guest speaker for Nashville's Memorial Day service.

Meredith Davis is hoping to use her music to help fund a mission trip to Cuba.
Davis will be going to Cuba at the end of June with Dusty Change Ministries, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to guide all people into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Davis said she has always wanted to go on mission trips and has been on two others, including Cuba last year.

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from May 9 through 13.

Bailey's Chief of Police was arrested on Monday night and charged with driving while intoxicated.
According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, troopers responded to a single vehicle accident on Robertson Road around 7:20 p.m. on Monday, May 16. After investigating, troopers determined a 2007 Honda Civic, driven by John Arthur Ennis of Knightdale, was traveling west on Robertson Road when it ran off the right side of the road and overcorrected. The vehicle then overturned and came to rest upright.

Nash Central High School will present "Annie the Musical" on Thursday, May 19 through Saturday, May 21 at 7 p.m. and on Sunday, May 22 at 2 p.m. at the Imperial Centre in Rocky Mount. Set in the 1930s, Annie, played by Abbigail Bulluck, is a spunky orphan who believes her parents are still alive. She lives in an orphanage run by Miss Hannigan, played by Haley Brantley, but her life changes dramatically when she gets the opportunity to spend time at the mansion of billionaire Oliver Warbucks, played by Elijah Whitley.

Nash County Commissioners recently recognized graduates of an annual Citizen's Academy at a recent board meeting.
The academy has been hosted by Nash County for eight years now and has been a tremendous success.
I took one of the first academies, maybe the second annual one, and thoroughly enjoyed it. It's something that I think all Nash County residents could learn something at.

I recently read a story where a man received a prison sentence for being a Peeping Tom. Many people find it not a constraint, but a compelling urge to view/admire other people without consent, which is against the law in America. But wait a minute, I am a bit confused! Is my picture on your tablet or smart phone? Did I ask you, or did I just take your picture because I felt the urge to do so? How is this appropriate but being a Peeping Tom is a crime?
With the peeping Tom, touching nor sexual exploitation via technology is involved.

This photo of Nashville High School's 1966 graduating class was published in The Nashville Graphic in 1966. The class held its 50th Class Reunion last weekend which also included alumni from all classes attending Nashville High School.