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NASHVILLE -- Even after two early losses, there has been no quit in the Nashville Hornets’ varsity squad.
Instead, the Hornets have bounced back with consecutive wins to even their record at 2-2 heading into the final three weeks of regular season action in the Eastern North Carolina Football League.
Nashville’s comeback quest continued last Saturday as the Hornets used a dose of trickery to post a 49-0 home decision over Wilson-The SPOT at The Hornets Nest at Glover Park.

LOUISBURG -- Regardless of the sport, coaches are always interested to find out how their team responds to adversity.
For veteran NNHS skipper Joe McCarthy, that opportunity came last week after the Knights suffered a tough overtime loss on Wednesday against Big East Conference rival Wilson Fike.
One day later, Northern had a quick bounceback on the road at Louisburg, pulling away in the second half for a 6-2 decision.

DANVILLE, VA. -- The Battling Bishop football team of North Carolina Wesleyan College picked up its first win of the season last Saturday afternoon, holding on for a 27-24 victory over Averett University to spoil the Cougars’ homecoming.
Sophomore quarterback Robbie Lanier threw for a career-high 236 yards and three touchdowns to pace the Bishop offense.

ROCKY MOUNT -- For Nash Central High School, the good news is that one of the state’s most challenging non-conference schedules has finally come to a close.
The bad news is that the Bulldogs went 0-6 through the brutal stretch, including a 40-0 home loss Friday against Durham Hillside.

STANHOPE -- The Nash County Firebirds hosted the Wilson Boys and Girls Club Jets for a trio of contests last Saturday in Eastern North Carolina Football League action at Firebird Stadium on the campus of Southern Nash High School.
Here is a look at each of the matchups:

STANHOPE -- Patience has proven to be a virtue for the Southern Nash Firebirds as they make their way through the competitive Big East Conference boys soccer schedule.
First-year head coach Kurt Bienias preaches that matches -- especially against higher-caliber foes -- are won by consistent possession, and not by outmanned rush attempts or long passes up the field.

RED OAK -- When Patricia Haggerty was selected as Northern Nash’s Athletic Director, one of her first priorities was to make sure the school’s student-athletes became more involved in the community.
Haggerty, a long-time coach at NN, was named the school’s interim AD last spring -- and the ‘interim’ portion of the title was erased over the summer.

Southern Nash’s Ishmael Rodriguez heads into the box during last Wednesday’s home victory against Rocky Mount.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Northern Nash came up with a clutch road volleyball victorty last Tuesday as the Lady Knights swept rival Rocky Mount by scores of 25-10, 25-10 and 25-16 at the RMHS Gymnasium.
NN is now 7-5 overall and 3-2 in the Big East -- a mark that is good enough for third place in the competitive conference.

Ninth-grader Kaley Sharpe has made an instant impact this fall as the new member of the Nash Central High School girls tennis squad.

Nash Central’s Brianna Eley has made tremendous improvement this season according to NCHS girls tennis head coach Susan McCarthy.

NASHVILLE -- With their grind-it-out offense, the Nashville Hornets have found a way to overpower teams in the second half of junior varsity action this fall in the Eastern North Carolina Football League.
That intangible was evident once again as the Hornets remained undefeated last Saturday with a 21-6 home victory against Wilson-The SPOT.

Nashville’s Jimmandre Hilliard heads upfield during last Saturday’s junior varsity football matchup at The Hornets Nest at Glover Park.

Nashville’s Joshua Bullock (7) and Matthew Johnson (35) try to come up with a pass during last Saturday afternoon’s home decision against the Wilson-SPOT Warriors.

Nathan Lemons reels in a touchdown reception for Nashville.

Land recently purchased by the Town of Nashville is now considered a part of the city limits and in a light industrial district, which will pave the way for an Industrial Park in Nashville.
Nashville’s Town Council unanimously voted on Tuesday night to rezone and annex the property, which is on Cooke Road, off of Old Bailey Highway, just outside the city limits.

Nash County Commissioners met with the Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools Board of Education on Monday night to hear several presentations, including the school system’s 10-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP).
The 10-year plan was presented by Dr. Eric Cunningham, Associate Superintendent for NRMS, and is divided up into two phases.

When Amy Beasley thought up the idea to hold a dance competition at Nash Arts, she had no idea what the end result would be.
Today, she said she is still shocked at the success of the first ever Dancing With The Arts event.
The event was held on Friday night at Nash Arts and was held in front of a packed house.

This year’s Spring Hope Pumpkin Festival almost didn’t happen but thanks to community support, and volunteers stepping up to the plate, the 42nd annual event will take place this weekend.
The festival will kick off on Friday, October 4 with the Pumpkin Recipe Contest, Pumpkin Weigh-in competition and Pumpkin Creations Contest. The carnival will get started on Friday afternoon and the evening will end with the band Spare Change performing.

Three nurses from Nash General Hospital’s Labor and Delivery unit are taking their nursing skills to Haiti for a week.
Cindy Taylor and Robin Wheeler, both of Nashville, along with Lorrie Pipkin, of Ayden, will leave on October 11 for a trip with the group Midwives for Haiti, an organization that helps to educate and train Haitian nurses in prenatal care and skilled birth assistance.

Nash-Rocky Mount Schools  suspended 71 sixth-graders last week for not getting the Tdap vaccination prior to the state’s September 25 deadline.
As of Monday morning, however, the school system reported all but eight students had since gotten the vaccination.

On average, Nash-Rocky Mount Schools (NRMS) seniors continue to score below average on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), earning between an average combined score of 1323 to 1405 in 2013. The average SAT combined scores for NRMS seniors has dropped every year for the past three years, from 1383 in 2011, to 1370 in 2012, to 1355 in 2013.

Rachel Brinkley, RN, MSN, was recently appointed to the position of manager of the Case Management Department at Nash Health Care. In her new role, Brinkley will work closely with doctors, patients, families and insurance carriers to ensure the care patients receive best suits their needs.

UDC Bethel Heroes 636 member Donna Boykin (at right) was awarded five Supplemental certificates at the September meeting.  Her ancestors, who served in the War Between the States, were Van Buren Batchelor Co 1, 30th Regt, William Richard Batchelor Co H 12th Regt, William Burton Brown Batchelor, Co H. 12th Regt, Andrew Jackson Batchelor, Co I 30th Regt. and John Astor Batchelor, Co K 20th Regt.

The United Daughters of the Confederacy Bethel Heroes held their September meeting on September 4, 2013 at the Braswell Memorial Library.  Guest speaker for the meeting was Bethel Heroes member, Margaret Sink, who spoke on the Southern Cross of Honor.