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Red Oak’s Carresian Whitaker (left) drives toward the basket during last Thursday’s road triumph at Nash Central.

Nash Central’s Drifton Padgett (with ball) tries to find an open teammate during last Thursday’s home matchup with the Red Oak MS Tigers.

Red Oak Middle School’s Carresian Whitaker sends a pass to a teammate during last Thursday’s rivalry basketball matchup against Nash Central.

Northern Nash’s Demonte Johnson (12) speeds upcourt with the ball during last Thursday’s championship meeting with Rocky Mount at the Nash County Christmas Basketball Tournament. The event was held at Rocky Mount High School.

STANHOPE -- One of the most emotionally trying seasons of Brian Foster’s two-decades tenure as Southern Nash High School’s football coach would ultimately prove to be extremely rewarding.
Southern Nash, under Foster’s direction, claimed its first league championship since the early 1990s as the Firebirds picked up a Big East crown.

ROCKY MOUNT -- When the Dudley Whitley Memorial Award was established in 2010, its chief goal was to honor a Nash County coach who best displays the positive traits that characterized Whitley’s 35-year career in education.
Those traits include sportsmanship and character, along with serving as a quality role model for student-athletes.
Southern Nash Athletic Director Robbie Kennedy vividly remembers SN football coach Brian Foster accepting the inaugural award that year.

Nash Health Care was awarded a $124,663 grant from The Kate B. Reynolds Charitable Trust in support of its new Access Outreach Project.  This project is designed to increase understanding of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to target areas in Nash, Edgecombe, and Halifax counties that have a high percentage of low-income uninsured and low-income residents.

SBI Special Agent Dirk German (pictured fifth from the left) was special guest speaker for the Voice of Nashville November meeting that were held at the Town Council Chambers located at 114 Church Street Nashville NC. German shared his knowledge about his line of work as an investigator for matters of national security. He may be called upon to perform many functions, ranging from field duties that includes a list of functions to researching information.

STANHOPE -- Heading into the middle portion of December, the Bunn Ladycats have staked a claim to being one of the top girls basketball squads in the area.
That’s a fact Nash Central and Southern Nash found out earlier in the month, as both Nash County clubs suffered defeats against the Ladycats.

RED OAK -- Even though it’s still early in the season, veteran Red Oak Middle School boys basketball coach Jeff Dodrill can’t help but compare his current club to past championship squads in 2005 and 2013.
In each of those campaigns, Red Oak struggled the year before with a lineup dotted with seventh-graders. When those players returned the next season, the Tigers were able. Red Oak won’t be able to achieve that goal in 2014-15 after an early loss to Toisnot.

NASHVILLE -- Another game, another lopsided victory for the Nash Central Middle School girls basketball squad.
The Lady Trojans scored the first 18 points of the contest last Thursday and never looked back on their way to delivering a convincing 49-12 home conquest against Rocky Mount Middle.
Central is the defending Tri-County Conference champion, and the Lady Trojans have looked the part of a possible repeat team this winter in the early  portion of the campaign.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Over the past handful of seasons, Nash Central’s boys basketball squad would have been unable to compete following the loss of a key player -- lead alone the squad’s top scorer.
But that’s what happened last Tuesday when the Bulldogs hosted non-conference foe Bunn for a matchup at the NCHS Gymnasium.

STANHOPE -- After seeing one winning streak snapped two nights earlier, the Southern Nash Firebirds embarked on another one last Friday night at the SNHS Gymnasium.
Southern had opened the 2014-15 boys basketball campaign with five straight victories, but the Firebirds suffered their first setback last Wednesday on the road against the C.B. Aycock Falcons in Wayne County.

CHAPEL HILL -- Here are last weekend’s championship matchups in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s State Football Playoffs:

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats have unveil edtheir 2015 field staff as they prepare for their first season as the Advanced-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves.
Luis Salazar, who has 15-plus years of major league coaching experience, will helm the Mudcats this summer.
Carlos Mendez will serve as the team’s hitting coach, while Derrick Lewis joins the staff as the pitching coach.

Southern Nash’s Marquise Wright elevates for a stickback last Friday night against the Bunn Wildcats.

RED OAK -- Despite the loss of some key performers from last year’s conference runner-up team, the Red Oak Lady Tigers look primed for another successful campaign this time around.
The Lady Tigers are currently undefeated and  earned another Tri-County Conference victory Monday afternoon at the ROMS Gymnasium.

Red Oak Middle’s Kayla Richardson scores in the paint against rival Edwards during Monday’s game.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Up 55-45 with 5:34 to play, the North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishop women’s basketball team looked poised to pick up its second USA South win of the season on Sunday afternoon in Everett Gym.
Unfortunately for NC Wesleyan, the Cougars of Averett University had other ideas, using a 13-2 run over a two-minute span down the stretch to erase the deficit and secure an eventual 65-62 win.

ROCKY MOUNT -- With the outcome of the game in doubt at halftime, the Bunn Ladycats turned to a reliable ally to break open last Tuesday’s road basketball showdown at Nash Central.
Central led by as many as three points in the opening quarter and stayed to within six points of the Ladycats at the break.

Nash Central’s Kathryn Wilkins (left) scores in the paint for the Lady Bulldogs during last Tuesday’s home meeting with Bunn.

Red Oak’s Carresian Whitaker (right) scores in transition for the Tigers during Monday evening’s home boys basketball conquest against Edwards Middle School.

Red Oak’s Victor Ward (right) tries to claim a rebound Monday against rival Edwards Middle in Tri-County Conference boys basketball action.

GOLDSBORO -- The baseball clinic run by North Carolina High School Athletic Association Hall of Famer George Whitfield is set for its 43rd annual renewal.
The clinic is scheduled for Goldsboro High School on January 10, 2015, and features another tremendous lineup.
Registration is scheduled from 7:30-9 a.m., and then the clinic will run until 6 p.m.

BELTS AWARDED. The Nashville Academy of Martial Arts held a belt test on November 15, with nine students receiving belt advancements. Sensei Allen Clark, the owner/instructor of Nashville Academy of Martial Arts, presented the awards. Asher Nichols received his gold with white stripe belt. Nicholas is in the Tiny Nama Tots program for 4-6 year olds.