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ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash County athletes are often traveling upstream when it comes to earning a scholarship to compete in swimming on the collegiate level.
The area simply doesn't have the infrastructure to afford swimmers that opportunity to improve.
Strides have been made to upgrade those intangibles, but it's still a big thing when a county high schooler is recruited to swim in college.
But Nash Central's Jenn Jackson bucked the odds through hard work, natural ability, perseverance and academic excellence.

RED OAK -- Mike Cook keeps cooking up the challenges at his homemade ninja course in Nash County.
After hosting a Ultimate Backyard Warrior event over Labor Day Weekend, Cook opened his property again to ninja competitors last weekend.
Once again, the event was well-received as 58 athletes showed up to test themselves against Cook's self-designed backyard layout.
"Everything went great,'' said Cook, who was among the competitors. "We couldn't have asked for it to go any better. We just didn't have the number of spectators we wanted.''

Eli Bell reaches for a ring as part of last weekend's Mike Cook Ultimate Backyard Warrior Event, which took pace in Red Oak.

Kristin Tortorici engages a bar as part of the Mike Cook Ultimate Backyard Warrior Event last weekend in Nash County. Tortorici has appeared on the American Ninja Warrior television program.

Devin Harrelson is happy after closing out this obstacle in successful fashion at the Mike Cook Ultimate Backyard Warrior competition. The event was held last weekend in Red Oak.

WARREN COUNTY -- Even though he just celebrated his 16th birthday, there is a sense of finality about Christian Buffaloe's upcoming appearance at the National Teen Kyokushin Karate Championships in Tokyo.
Buffaloe, who resides in Warren County, is making his third appearance at a tournament in Japan, but this will be his first and final entrance into the teen event, which happens every four years.

LOUISBURG -- For the second consecutive season, Nash Central High School alum Abigail Ross has been saluted as the Region X Keeper of the Year.
Ross, a sophomore at Louisburg College, earned the honor after helping the Lady Hurricanes to an 11-6 overall record.
Ross gave up just 16 goals while making 96 saves for the season. Ross also secured six shutouts.
Ross claimed the same award last fall in Region X.

STANHOPE -- Strange as it may sound, there will be a bit of familiarity in the air Friday when Southern Nash travels to Eastern Alamance for a second-round matchup in the Class 3-A State Football Playoffs.
Though they are far apart geographically, Southern and Eastern have a history as several of the players from both teams were part of a Nash County-Mebane rivalry when they were youngsters taking part in the Statewide Athletics Committee State Championships.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops wrapped up their 2015 football season last Saturday at home, picking up their fourth straight victory by a 42-33 score over Ferrum.
Coach Jeff Filkovski honored his 2015 senior class prior to kickoff. Playing their final games for the Blue & Gold were Dustin Midgett, John Young, Kenneth Newsome, Robbie Lanier, Cordell Gibbs, Shabre' Judkins, Martin Brazwell, Zach Gibson and Kenneth Flowers.

NASH COUNTY -- Two Nash County standouts have been selected for honors by the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association's Class 3-A Region 3 Boys Soccer Team.
Southern Nash forward Cody Vazquez and Northern Nash's Tyler Jones, both seniors, were saluted by the NCSCA after voting by region coaches.
Jones, a midfielder, paced Northern Nash in goals (17) this fall while also finishing second on the club in assists with 10.

GOING FOR GOLD. The Nash County Parks and Recreation Department 10-Under Boys All-Star Team took first place recently at the Statewide Athletics Committee State Tournament in Hickory. Pictured are (back, l to r) Mason McClain, Shebari Henderson, Gamiel Mendoza, Jonathan Page, Greer Stevenson and Liam Sellers; (middle, l to r) Coach Richard Wells, Bryson Jenkins, Wells Hutson, John William Bulluck, Adan Flores and Coach Ricky Wells; (front) Carson Richardson.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the first-round results and second-round pairings for the Class 3-AA and Class 3-A State Football Playoffs, which began last Friday night:

WILSON -- The Wilson Tobs baseball team want to help you with your Christmas shopping.
Starting now, the Wilson Tobs have Stocking Stuffer Tobs 12 Packs on sale.
This plan makes the perfect stocking stuffer for friends, family and co-workers.
Stocking Stuffer Wilson Tobs 12-packs include:

Henry Clegg Coggin, Jr. was found not guilty of taking indecent liberties with a child, following a two-day trial in Nash County Superior Court.
Coggin, 66, who is known in Nashville as Hank, was charged with four counts of taking indecent liberties with a child last July after it was reported that he had touched an 11-year old girl inappropriately.
Coggin had his day in court this week and the 12 jurors unanimously reached the not guilty verdict after around two and a half hours of deliberating.

Rooted in Community.
That was the theme for the Community and Rural Development Council's annual banquet, which was held on Saturday, November 14 at the Nash County Agricultural Center in Nashville.
Representative Bobbie Richardson was the guest speaker for the event and talked about how the seven community groups, which make up the Community and Rural Development Council, are rooted in their communities.

Threats allegedly posted to social media over the past weekend regarding Nash Central High School caused some parents to pull their children out of school early on Monday but Nash-Rocky Mount School officials said the threats were found to not be credible.
Though the threats were posted over the weekend, parents were unaware of the threats until Monday.
The threats were allegedly posted on Instagram over the weekend and referenced "shooting up" Nash Central High School.

Nash County 4-H is preparing for its annual Shopping Extravaganza but has changed things up a bit.
Sandy Hall, Nash County 4-H Extension Director, said the event has been mostly the same over the years and the committee decided that a change needed to be made to make the event more attractive to customers.
"We decided to make a change since we had so much going on in a two-day event," she said. "We decided to give the light show it's own event and make it a family friendly event."

Officers with the Nash County Sheriff's Office began work on Monday with a new look.
The Sheriff's Office unveiled its new gray uniforms, getting rid of the brown uniforms officers wore for many years.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the change in uniforms was "to adapt to current times in order to provide more professional service to the people."
According to Sheriff's Office, there are only a handful of Sheriff's Offices in North Carolina who still wear the tan uniforms. The Nash County Sheriff's Office was one of the last few still remaining.

Nan Strickland loves to smile. And smiling is something she's been doing most of her life.
Strickland said smiling is contagious.
"If you smile at someone, they are going to smile back and make both of you happy," she said.
On Saturday, Strickland will celebrate her 100th birthday, something she said will definitely make her smile.