By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- A special companion walks every step with Southern Nash’s Jarrett Hagler as he makes his way around the golf course for an 18-hole match.
When he was a youngster, Hagler learned about the game from his father, Scott.
“He played golf and was really good,’’ Hagler said. “He pushed me and taught me everything I know. I’ve only taken two other lessons in my life, and didn’t really feel right about it.’’
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Coming into the season, Joe McCarthy knew that several underclassmen needed to make lofty contrbutions for Northern Nash’s girls soccer squad to be successful this spring.
Sure enough, several younger Lady Knights stepped up to the challenge while leading Northern Nash to a second-round spot in the Class 3-A State Playoffs.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
PEMBROKE -- Given his pedigree behind the plate, it was no surprise that Alex Pearce ‘caught on’ quickly while adjusting to the pitcher’s position.
A catcher ever since he was a young boys with the Nashville Recreation Department, Pearce left Nash Central High School four years ago with the hope of remaining behind the backstop at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School will host a basketball game from June 19-21 at the NCHS Gymnasium.
The event is open to boys and girls and will run each day from 6-8 p.m. Cost is $35 per person. Each camper will receive a T-shirt and basketball.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
WILSON -- It’s not often that a sophomore receives any major accolades when it comes to All-Conference balloting.
Nash Central High School’s Tyler King was an exception this past baseball season.
The Big East Conference has released its list of baseball All-Conference performers and King was voted Pitcher of the Year for the league.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
AHOSKIE -- Rocky Mount Coleman-Pitt Post 58’s baseball team will be tested every so often this season. It passed its first test Monday evening and their just one question on the exam -- how would it react to losing its first Legion game of the season?
The answer -- just fine.
RALEIGH -- Tarran Senay drove in five runs in a miraculous 9-7 North Carolina State University Wolfpack comeback victory over Vanderbilt on Monday at home to advance to the NCAA Baseball Tournament Gainesville Super Regional.
NC State is coached by Nash County native Elliott Avent.
CHAPEL HILL -- Fourth-ranked North Carolina used a strong pitching performance by freshman Benton Moss from Rocky Mount to eliminate instate rival East Carolina 5-3 Sunday afternoon at Boshamer Stadium as part of NCAA Baseball Tournament regional action.
UNC (46-15) plated a trio of runs in the top of the seventh and withstood a pair of late ECU rallies on its way to the win.
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are the results from last weekend’s North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Baseball Championships.
WINSTON-SALEM – The Carolina Mudcats plated seven runs in the first three innings, and held on for a 7-4 win against the Winston-Salem Dash on Sunday afternoon at BB&T Ballpark in a Class A Carolina League baseball showdown.
The Mudcats (26-29) snapped a six-game losing streak to the Dash (33-22) with the win.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Parks and Recreation Spring Season Scores:
ROCKY MOUNT -- Rocky Mount Academy recently released its 2012 Spring Athletic Awards -- along with a list of performers who earned All-League honors in the Eastern Plains Independent Conference.
Of special note was the performance of girls soccer standout Stephanie Lossau, who was saluted as both the EPIC Player of the Year and an All-State selection by the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School Athletic Director Robbie Kennedy has released the Firebirds’ 2012 Spring Sports Award Winners.
Here is the complete list, by sport:
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are the results from last weekend’s North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Softball Championships:
SPRING HOPE –– Peggy S. Blanchard, age 38, died Saturday, June 2, 2012.
ELM CITY –– Willie Junior Winfield, 62, of Elm City, died on Monday, May 28, 2012, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
Rocky Mount –– Emmanuel Robert “Mannie (Sonnie Red) Man,” 26, died May 21, 2012.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Minnie Speight, 91, of Rocky Mount, died on Sunday, May 27, 2012 at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
STATEN ISLAND, NY - Funeral services for Josette Cooper, 66, who died on Sunday, May 27, 2012, were Saturday, June 2 at 3 p.m. at the Richardson Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Alvania C. Sampson officiating. Burial followed at Oakland Cemetery.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Michael Anthony Lawrence, 50, of Rocky Mount, died on Tuesday, May 29, 2012.
Kenneth Brent Sanders, 50, passed away Sunday June 3, 2012. He was born February 20, 1962 in Nash County. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lois Wood Sanders.
Mary Etta Cooper, 96, passed away Friday, June 1, 2012 in Nash County. She was born September 26, 1915 in Nash County to the late Frank and Genie Evans Rackley. Mrs. Cooper was also preceded in death by her husband of over 50 years, Charlie Beamon Cooper, her sister, Agnes Rackley Floyd, and her daughter, Shirley Cooper Matthews.
Dorothy Holland Hardy, 87, passed away Tuesday May 29, 2012. She was born May 6, 1925 in Nash County. Dorothy was the daughter of the late Arthur Thomas and Patty Thorne Holland. Dorothy was preceded in death by a daughter, Jackie Hardy, four brothers; A.T. Jr., Wilbur, Bill and Millard, three sisters; Doretha, Eloise and Eva.
ROCKY MOUNT – Frances Ragland Thomas Coley passed away on June 3, 2012. She was born August 1, 1921 in Edgecombe County to the late Rev. Robert Vernon Thomas, Sr and Goldie Grady Thomas.
ROCKY MOUNT – Virginia “Jenny” Dupree Harvey, age 87, passed away Thursday, May 31, 2012. She was born in Edgecombe County, July 10, 1924, daughter of the late Charlie and Octavia Stallings Dupree.
