By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- With several key returning players, it’s safe to say that expectations are high this season for the Nashville Hornets’ varsity football squad.
The Hornets started the campaign with a bang, blasting host Wilson-SPOT last Saturday afternoon in the Eastern North Carolina Football League opener for both clubs.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- After being handily defeated by Corinth Holders earlier in the season, the Southern Nash Firebirds made things much more interesting the second time around.
Still, the visiting Pirates were able to sweat out a 3-2 decision over Southern Nash in boys prep soccer action last Wednesday afternoon on the SNHS campus.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- Hertford County left the Rocky Mount area with a loss two weeks ago in high school football. The Bears weren’t about to let that happen two weeks in a row.
Hertford County spoiled Nash Central’s first home game of the season last Friday with a 13-8 win over the Bulldogs.
STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School’s volleyball squad began the Big East Conference portion of its schedule last Tuesday with a four-game loss against the Wilson Fike Golden Demons.
Scores were 25-10, 25-21, 19-25 and 25-17 in favor of Wilson Fike.
With the defeat, Southern dropped to 2-4 overall and 0-1 in the Big East.
NASH COUNTY -- Here are last weekend’s scores from North Carolina High School Athletic Association football action:
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- It took Northern Nash nearly 20 years to defeat Bunn on the volleyball court -- but not much longer to secure Victory Number Two.
Northern had topped Bunn in mid-August, marking the initial time the Lady Knights had won over BHS during Henry Jones’ 18-year tenure at the Franklin County school.
ELM CITY -- After a torrential rain halted last Saturday night’s events, for the first time in 25 years, County Line Raceway opened its gates on Sunday afternoon to complete the racing program for the weekend.
With all heat races and qualifying completed before the downpour, we would go straight from hot laps to features for the Nashville Feed Super Stock 4, PL Woodard PSV8, Rapid Red Racing Supply Thunder & Lightning, ARCO Restoration Pure Stock 4 and the Barnes Equipment Late Models.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
WILSON -- Nashville used not one but two comebacks to claim an opening-day victory over a solid Wilson-SPOT opponent in Eastern North Carolina Football League junior varsity action last Saturday.
The back-and-forth contest saw the Hornets hold the Warriors scoreless in the second half to secure a 14-12 decision on the campus of Wilson Hunt High School.
NEW YORK -- Christian Buffaloe, the 12-year -old son (and student) of local Kyokushin Karate instructor Kenny Buffaloe, recently passed a high-level examination for 3rd kyu (Green Belt/Brown Tip) ranking.
In Kyokushin Karate, rank is very difficult to obtain, due to the high level and standards required for advancement.
BUENA VISTA, VA. -- Tied 14-14 entering the fourth quarter, it was the Knights of Southern Virginia University who got the needed points down the stretch en route to a 24-14 football victory over visiting North Carolina Wesleyan College last Saturday night.
SVU (1-1) had taken a 14-6 lead in the third quarter only to see senior quarterback John Jackson orchestrate a game-tying drive that he capped with a 10-yard touchdown run.
WILSON -- The 2012 Nash County Firebird football season began last Saturday with a road matchup against the Wilson Boys and Girls Club Jets in Eastern North Carolina Football League action at Buddy Bedgood Stadium on the campus of Fike High School.
Here is a look at each grid contest:
Nashville’s Pernell Griffin (with ball) took a reverse handoff and converted it into this touchdown during last Saturday’s road football decision against Wilson-SPOT.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Even though he has seven years of experience, Dan Richwalski continues to look for ways to improve his performance as the Athletic Director at Northern Nash High School.
Richwalski, who has been NN’s AD since 2005, recently earned Certified Athletic Administrator staus by the National Interscholarstic Athletic Administrators Association.
Nashville’s (l to r) Pernell Griffin and Keziah Holllinsworth team up to take down a Wilson-SPOT runner during last Saturday’s game at Hunt High School.
SUPER SEVENS. (L to R) Players with the same number -- Southern Nash’s Ismael Rodriguez and Corinth Holders’ Melecio Rubio -- joust for possession during last Wednesday’s soccer match.
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September 8, 2012
A North Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper was killed early Saturday morning while deploying stop sticks on US 64 during a chase.
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September 8, 2012
ARRESTS
Lakeisha Lucas - 8/27/12 - charged with calls for service, order for arrest
Thomas Stewart McClain - 8/28/12 - charged with rape, second degree sexual offense
Quantellos Wanez Burton - 8/29/12 - charged with breaking and entering and damage to property
By:
Carol Vierela, Nash County Animal Friends
Recently I read an interesting article from the No-Kill group about Shelby County in KY ending the killing of healthy and treatable animals. A save rate of 98 percent for cats and 94 percent for dogs. The Nash County Animal Control Shelter, with our help, is getting there. But there is more than just that. We must also help save the “unadoptables” by preventin (population control) and relocation.
A larceny of a motor vehicle was reported on 8/27/12 at 7389 Cedar Grove School Loop Road
A lost/stolen firearm was reported on 8/27/12 at 2756 Big Jim Road
A breaking, entering and larceny of a storage building was reported on 8/27/12 at 12500 Lee Road
A breaking, entering and larceny of a motor vehicle was reported on 8/27/12 at 827 Tressell Loop Road
A two-week investigation led the Nash County Sheriff’s Office to arrest and charge a Battleboro woman with trafficking opium.
Ellen Michelle Melvin, 24, of Ioka Street, Battleboro, was arrested after an investigation that began on August 13, when she was found to be in possession of around 266 prescription pills, including hydrocodone, oxycodone and alprazolam.
A Nashville woman was arrested and charged with obtaining property by false pretense after accepting double settlement funds following a car accident.
Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said Shantell Nicole Baker, 24, of Nashville, filed a $1,266 claim in April with her insurance company, Universal Insurance, after her vehicle was damaged in an accident while it was parked and unoccupied in a Nash County parking lot.
The Nash County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man in Spring Hope last week who was smoking crack cocaine out in the open.
Members of the Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit were patrolling the Ash Street area in Spring Hope on Thursday, August 30 when they saw Curtis Wheless, 57, standing out in the open allegedly smoking crack cocaine from a drink can.
NASHVILLE -Jerry Levern Baker, 68, passed away Monday, September 3, 2012. He was born October 21, 1943 in Nash County to the late Lacy and Geneva Joyner Baker. Jerry was preceded in death by his wife, Ginger Layton Baker and a brother, Arnold Baker.
