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Southern Nash runners sprint out of the starting area during last Wednesday afternoon’s Big East Conference cross country meeting on the SNHS campus.

NASHVILLE -- A rare rebuilding year for the Nashville Hornets’ varsity football team is down to its final matchup.
The Hornets staged their home finale last Saturday morning and were defeated by long-time rival SouthWest Edgecombe by a 45-0 margin at The Hornets Nest at Glover Park.
One of the bright spots for the game was the fact that several former players were on hand as part of the organization’s annual gridiron homecoming festivities.

Nashville’s Ty Elam (with ball) advances on a kickoff during last Saturday’s Eastern Northern Carolina Football League home contest against rival SouthWest Edgecombe.

Nashville’s Thomas Engleking (with ball) prepares for contact with a SouthWest Edgecombe player during last Saturday’s Eastern North Carolina Football League meeting at The Hornest Nest in Nashville. The visiting Cougar Cubs won the event over the varsity Hornets.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated scores from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Fall Youth Soccer League:

WILSON -- Rocky Mount’s Chandler Brice and Eliza Fike came up with a doubles championship during last Thursday’s final day of the Big East Conference Girls Tennis Tournament.
The annual event was held at the Barton College Courts in Wilson County.
In the finals, Brice and Fike defeated Wilson Fike’s Liz Short and Kate Hanson by a score of 6-1, 6-1.

WILSON -- The final Big East Conference girls golf match this fall was held under beautiful conditions Monday at Wedgewood Country Club in Wilson County.
Southern Nash senior Alexis Barrett starred on the day and earned medalist honors with a strong 82 -- one shot better than Wilson Fike’s Meri Harris.

LAGRANGE, GA. -- Sophomore quarterback Dustin Midgett threw for a program-record six touchdown passes last Saturday afternoon to lead his North Carolina Wesleyan College Battling Bishops to their third straight win, 48-21, at LaGrange College.
In addition to topping Wesleyan’s record book, his six TDs tied the USA South record for TD passes in a game.

HORNETS ROOKIES VERSUS SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE. The Nashville Hornets tangled with the SouthWest Edgecombe Cougar Cubs in an Eastern North Carolina Football League Rookie matchup last Saturday morning at The Hornets Nest at Glover Park in Nashville. Scores are not kept during Rookie League games. (Above) Nashville’s Logan Saunders goes around the left side for a substantial gain.

HORNETS ROOKIES VERSUS SOUTHWEST EDGECOMBE. The Nashville Hornets tangled with the SouthWest Edgecombe Cougar Cubs in an Eastern North Carolina Football League Rookie matchup last Saturday morning at The Hornets Nest at Glover Park in Nashville. Scores are not kept during Rookie League games. (Above) SouthWest Edgecombe’s James Rodgers slides past a Nashville defender.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash boys soccer coach Kurt Bienias had high hopes that his Firebirds could achieve a victory Monday against rival Rocky Mount -- and take a key step toward qualifying for the four-team Big East Conference Tournament.
Rocky Mount had edged SN earlier in the season, but the Firebirds had the majority of the possession time, which gave Bienias cause for optimism.

Wilson Hunt’s Jose Anguiano (left) heads upfield during last Wednesday afternoon’s conference soccer match against the homestanding Southern Nash Firebirds in Stanhope.

A Wilson Hunt player tries to chase down a loose ball for his club during last Wednesday afternoon’s Big East Conference boys soccer match at Southern Nash.

ELM CITY -- County Line Raceway’s first event of the night, the Super Stock 4 cylinder division, lined up on Oct. 4 on the backstretch with Hunter Bailey on the pole and Bill Winstead on the outside.
Hunter Bailey would take the point out of turn 2 followed by Eric Hill, Damien Bryant, Bill Winstead and James Manning.

NASH COUNTY -- Both of the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s football programs were in action last weekend in their respective leagues.
Northern Nash continues to make an impact in the Johnston County Football League as the Knights took two of three of matchups against the Cardinals.

Two Nashville residents were among eight arrested last week during an on-going campaign targeting drug dealers in the area.
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office seized prescription pills, cocaine, marijuana, heroin and a firearm during the arrests last week.

A mission to help youth in need led to the first ever 5K race in Red Oak.
The Fruit of the Spirit 5K Fun Run was held on Saturday morning with close to 200 runners participating.
The race was sponsored by Red Oak United Methodist Church and the Town of Red Oak but several other local churches and businesses supported the event as well.

Northern Nash High School’s Class of 1994 will kick off its 20-year reunion by remembering a former classmate who was killed in 2009 supporting Operating Enduring Freedom.
Tara Whitaker Smith was killed on August 8, 2009 in Afghanistan. Though Nicole Rizzo went to school and graduated with Tara, she said she didn’t have classes with her or even know her all that well.

At the last Nash-Rocky Mount school board meeting held on October 6, school board members voted to appoint a new committee to help decide the fate of the former O.R. Pope Elementary school, which closed earlier this year due to health and safety issues at the school. The decision to close the historic school brought on a firestorm of controversy in the community and raised charges of racial prejudice, as well as bias against schools in the Edgecombe County portion of the school system.

Members of the Nash UNC Health Care Board met earlier this month to discuss major changes in the hospital’s economic situation including the pulling of over $100 million from a major investment firm and the continuing loss of revenues at a greater pace than projected. The news was presented at a meeting of the Nash UNC Health Care Board held on October 2.

When the volleyball team at Southern Nash Middle School takes the court on Monday, October 27, they will have on a different uniform, a uniform showing their support for a fellow classmate battling cancer.
This year’s annual Dig Pink game is in honor of that student and all money raised is going to help the student and the family with medical expenses.

ROCKY MOUNT  –- Robert Eric “J.R.” Arrington, Jr., 23, passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2014.

NASHVILLE - Glenn Person Burgess, 87, passed away on Sunday, October 12, 2014.

LOUISBURG - Gloria Ann Cooke, 66, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014.

ROCKY MOUNT –– Patsy Hargrove, 60, of Rocky Mount, passed away on October 10, 2014.