On the last Sunday in April, Peachtree folks gathered for worship. The sanctuary flowers were given by the Reid Vick Family in memory of their parents, Reid and Avis Vick, and their children- Randall, Cleon, Furman and Linda Vick Nozolino. Pastor Whitehouse led in the observance of the Lord’s Table, with the assistance of the deacons.
We enjoyed studying God’s Word in Sunday school today. For the call to worship, our choir sang “This is the Day.” Pastor Aycock welcomed everyone to worship and prayed the prayer of invocation.
Algie Jones Jr. led the congregation in singing “Love Divine” and “The Nail Scarred Hand.”
Girls, moms, and leaders had a wonderful time at the GA Mother/Daughter Overnight Camp at Camp Mundo Vista near Asheboro on April 26-27! Campers represented several churches including White Oak, Red Oak, Sunset Avenue, Proctors Chapel, Englewood, Sharpsburg, Corinth, West Edgecombe, Rock Creek, and Hickory in addition to Shiloh Baptist Church from Monroe.
Last week I mentioned to you that a really great event was being held. It was the annual Red Oak Alumni Banquet which was held at the Shriner Bldg. this week-end, Friday night, April 19. I saw a lot of my high school graduates. I also saw a lot of Red Oak graduates I had not seen since I graduated, which was in 1958, 55 years ago.
We were blessed with 77 in Sunday School including three visitors.
Pastor Aycock is beginning a Sunday School class for the College and Career students. He has talked with some who are interested in starting this class again. I think it will be an asset to our church. This is the age that often times the church loses.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- When Brad Joyner describes Southern Nash’s storybook boys tennis season as a ‘true team effort’, he isn’t just talking in coaching rhetoric.
That has truly been the case in 2013 for the Firebirds, who don’t have the star power of some of SN’s past powerhouse squads.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Spend any amount of time at Ennis Park in Red Oak, and you’re bound to catch a glimpse of Nash County’s First Family of Tennis in action.
Ever since the courts opened at Ennis Park several years ago, the Prices have been fixtures at facility.
Randy, the partriach of the family, is a long-time tennis instructor who is committed to raising tennis awareness -- and skills -- in the county.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Mother Nature’s final pre-spring push brought in the winds of change Monday in the Big East Conference girls soccer standings.
Playing in drizzly, cold conditions much more appropriate for an early-March event, Southern Nash was able to deliver a key 1-0 victory at Northern Nash in a contest that muddled the league race for the fourth and final spot in the Class 3-A State Playoffs.
STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School will host a football camp on May 25 from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on the SNHS campus in Stanhope.
Rising third through 12th-graders are welcome to participate. Cost is $50, which includes instruction, lunch and a T-shirt.
All positions on the field will be addressed.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Being talented on the court and in the classroom has opened plenty of recruiting doors for Northern Nash High School girls basketball players Quinesha Lynch and Jordan Oldham.
Lynch and Oldham were key factors in Northern’s banner 22-2 campaign this past season, which featured a Big East Conference championship.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated results from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Spring Sports Season:
ATLANTA -- No. 15 North Carolina State University completed its sweep of No. 14 Georgia Tech with a dramatic 8-7 comeback win in Atlantic Coast Conference baseball action on Sunday at Russ Chandler Stadium.
The Wolfpack (32-10, 14-7 ACC) won its 14th consecutive game and its 10th in a row in conference play.
In nine of those 10 wins, the Pack has had to come from behind.
Jordan Oldham was a key paint presence this season for the Northern Nash Lady Knights.
Northern Nash’s Quinesha Lynch (front, second from right) signs a letter-of-intent to continue her basketball career at Johnson C. Smith University, which is located in Charlotte. Also pictured are (back, l to r) NN Athletic Director Patricia Haggerty and NN Assistant Coach Sandy Frazier; (front, l to r) NN Assistant Coach Monika Underhill, NN head coach Grover Battle and Shaneil T. Lynch (mother).
WILSON -- The Big East Conference finished off regular season action with a links match on Monday at Willow Springs Golf Course.
Wilson Fike capped off its perfect league schedule by taking first place once again with 327 strokes.
Southern Nash was second at 344, followed by Northern Nash (358), Wilson Hunt (362), Rocky Mount (372) and Nash Central (400).
ZEBULON -- The Myrtle Beach Pelicans scored seven runs over three innings to topple the Carolina Mudcats 9-5 on Sunday afternoon in a Class A Carolina League baseball event at Five County Stadium.
The Pelicans (9-7) take the four-game series by winning the final three. The Mudcats (6-10) have dropped nine of their last 10 games.
(L to R) Southern Nash’s Laney Ezzell and Northern Nash’s Brittany Miller and Jasmine Richardson joust for possession of the ball during Monday night’s Big East Conference girls soccer showdown, which was staged on the NN campus in Red Oak.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ROCKY MOUNT -- Matt Lancaster always expects at least a winning season for his Nash Central Middle School softball program.
That’s because Lancaster knows no other result during his 10-year stint at NCMS, as the Lady Trojans have never had a losing campaign under Lancaster’s direction.
Among Nash Central’s competitors during last Wednesday’s home boys tennis match against Southern Nash were Chandler Johnson.
Nash Central’s Moe Alzer unleashes a powerful serve last Thursday against Southern Nash HS.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- Drew Reynolds’ bases-clearing double highlighted a five-run seventh inning leading East Carolina University (20-20, 6-6) to a Conference USA baseball series sweep over UAB (16-24, 3-9) Sunday afternoon at Young Memorial Field.
Trailing 4-1 in the seventh, ECU took its first lead of the game at 6-4 after plating five runs and never looked back.
Nash Central Middle School’s T’Keyah Macklin swings at a pitch during Monday afternoon’s softball practice session, which was held on the NCMS campus in Nashville. Macklin comes from a family of outstanding softball and baseball players, and she is paving her own successful path for the Lady Trojans. Macklin and the Trojans played Red Oak Middle School on Tuesday afternoon.
NASHVILLE -- Here are recent results from the Nashville Parks and Recreation Department’s Spring Softball and Baseball Seasons:
Ann Wood rips an offering as part of a recent practice session for the Nash Central Middle School Lady Trojans’ fast-pitch softball squad.
Third baseman Kelsie Aycock is an important player for the Nash Central MS girls softball team.
