By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
NASHVILLE -- Sharpe on the mound usually translated to sharp in the standings for the Nash Central High School softball squad.
And last Thursday, it meant another Big East Conference Tournament Championship was destined to go the Lady Bulldogs’ way.
GREENSBORO -- Terron Huffman’s high school football career isn’t over just yet.
Huffman, a standout running back from Southern Nash, has been selected to participate in the annual North Carolina Coaches Association’s East-West All-Star Football Game, slated for July 18 at historic Jamieson Stadium on the campus of Greensboro Grimsley High School.
WILSON -- Several Nash County court standouts competed in last weekend’s Class 3-A Boys Tennis East Regional on the campus of Barton College.
In singles action, Northern Nash’s Michael Brackett won a first-round match, defending Washington’s Lee Pinkham 6-0, 6-0.
CHAPEL HILL -- Listed are the pairings for the Class 3-A Girls Soccer State Playoffs. First-round matches were scheduled for either Tuesday or today.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
WILSON -- Facing a 9-0 deficit to No. 1 seed Wilson Hunt early in the Big East Conference Baseball Tournament championship game didn’t get the Nash Central Bulldogs down.
They made the Warriors very uncomfortable late as Hunt survived to take the title with a 10-8 victory before a big crowd at newly-dedicated Sid Boyette Field last Thursday evening.
GREENVILLE -- Zach Wright’s bases-clearing double in the bottom of the seventh broke a three-all tie and East Carolina University held on for a 6-3 victory over Marshall Sunday afternoon in Conference USA baseball action at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- Rocky Mount Coleman-Pitt Post 58 athletic officer Joe Bell has released its 2012 Senior Legion baseball schedule.
Post 58, which plays in the Area One East - North Division, will see two news teams join the division as a squad has been started in Windsor in Bertie County and in Elizabeth City.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
ROCKY MOUNT -- What do Danny Talbott, Eddie Joe Lynch, Tommy Warrick, Kevin Bunn and Grant Johnson have in common?
Each of the five helped Rocky Mount High School win one of its five baseball state championships. And each is also set to be on hand as a representative of those title squads as the school will host an Alumni Baseball Game on May 19 at 4 p.m. at Gryphon Stadium.
A Nash Central jumper clears this height last Wednesday during the Girls High Jump at the Big East Conference Track and Field Championships.
Northern Nash’s Damian Bobbitt takes his turn in the Boys High Jump during last Wednesday’s Big East Conference Track and Field Championships.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are the updated results from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department’s Spring Sports Season:
ZEBULON -- A long day of baseball came to an end when Carolina’s Carlos Moncrief raced home to score on a wild pitch in the 10th inning of the second game of a Class A Carolina League doubleheader at Five County Stadium on Sunday evening.
The Carolina Mudcats (15-14) came away with 3-2 win against the Frederick Keys (10-17) to finish off 17 innings of play in front of 3,888.
NASHVILLE -- The Rocky Mount Academy Eagles Fire Shooting Team competed in the SCTP State Championship for Sporting Clays on April 29.
The event was held at Rose Hill Farm in Nashville with 60 shooters participating.
Eagles Fire had 14 shooters in this event, and two squads received recognition for their accomplishments.
RALEIGH -- No. 17 North Carolina State University extended its current baseball winning streak to nine games -- the longest since 2004 -- with a 10-7 comeback decision over CSU Bakersfield in the second half of a doubleheader Sunday at Doak Field at Dail Park on the NCSU campus.
The Wolfpack (33-12) fell behind 5-1 in the top of the fifth, before rallying to take a 6-5 lead with five runs on a pair of two-RBI doubles in the bottom half of the inning.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- As a veteran standout at Louisburg High School, Devin Herring knows plenty about the ins and outs of Bull Creek Golf and Country Club.
After all, Herring, a Castalia resident, practices at Bull Creek just about every day in the spring as part of his training regimen at LHS.
Nash Health Care was honored by Meals on Wheels for providing outstanding service to the program and to the community. The Dietary Services department of Nash Health Care delivers around 54,000 meals yearly through the program. Two full-time employees: Phillip Collins and Bobby McDonald cook the food and make deliveries Monday through Friday for area seniors, which means that these employees report for work between 4 and 4:30 a.m.
WARRENTON - Funeral services for Margaret Mullins, 79, who died on Saturday, April 28, 2012 was Saturday, May 5 at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Thomas Richardson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
ROCKY MOUNT –– Benjamin Drake, Jr., 62, of Rocky Mount, died on Friday, April 27, 2012, at Nash General Hospital in Rocky Mount.
Ronald Lindburg Carter, 72, passed away Wednesday May 2, 2012. He was born June 30, 1939 in Nash County. He was the son of the late Raymond Clyde and Grace Collie Carter. Ronald was preceded in death by infant twin brothers, Elbert and Albert Carter, brothers, Robert Lee Carter, Sr. and Raymond Perry Carter, Sr., sisters, Mary Sue C. Manning and Irene C. Wadsworth.
Dr. Charles Marshall Coats, 48, passed away May 6, 2012.
Edna Elizabeth Henry Greer, 97, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012. She was born August 7, 1914 in Winnabow, NC to David Leon Henry and Guildaroy Moore Henry. She was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Van Buren Greer; brothers, Leon and Archie Henry; and sister, Betty Ellis.
Samuel Carroll Mobley, 59, passed away on May 01, 2012. He was born in Martin County on February 27, 1953 to Haywood and Jean Stinnette Mobley. He was preceded in death by his father.
James C. “Head” Parker, 77, passed away on Sunday, May 6, 2012.
Katherine Ward Mott, age 80, passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2012. She was born September 24, 1931 in Alabama to the late Ira Ward and Dell Lee Ward.
