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ROCKY MOUNT -- The fifth annual Spike Hyzer Invitational Championship Disc Golf Tournament will be held Nov. 14-15 in Rocky Mount.
Action will take place at courses at Sunset Park, Farmington Park and the Rocky Mount Sports Complex.
The tournament serves as a season-ending championship event for the Spike Hyzer Tour, which features a series of 10 tournaments across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

RED OAK -- Northern Nash High School, coached by Corey Mercer, will kick off its 2015-16 wrestling schedule on Nov. 25 with the annual I-95 Duals at the NNHS Gymnasium in Red Oak.
Eight teams will participate in the event, which will begin at 2 p.m.
Tickets will be available at the gate for the Pre-Thanksgiving tradition.

FAYETTEVILLE -- The USA South Athletic Conference has announced its 2015 All-Conference awards for women's soccer, with a total of 46 student-athletes earning recognition.
North Carolina Wesleyan College had a trio of players garner accolades.
Senior Sarah Olsowski picked up the third All-Conference Honorable Mention of her career after making the switch to defender midseason.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the first-round pairings for the Class 3-AA and Class 3-A State Football Playoffs, which will begin this Friday:

Alex Gardner of Rocky Mount YMCA Team Gymnastics, took second place all-around and won her 10-11 age division for level four at last weekend's Raleigh Capital City Meet at the Raleigh School of Gymnastics. Against 53 participants, Gardner was third in vault, third in beam, second in floor and first in bars.

Nash County's Board of Elections determined on Friday that Michael Coleman was the winner of the Town of Nashville's Town Council unexpired seat.

Provisional votes were counted during a Board of Elections meeting pushing Coleman ahead of opponent James "Butch" Mull. Coleman received six of the seven provisional votes in the race, while Mull received one.