By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
ED OAK -- Many area track and field observers feel like Big East Conference boys teams will be chasing Nash Central -- literally -- in the race for league supremacy during the 2011 season.
As usual, Nash Central is loaded from top to bottom for veteran head coach Brian Winham.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
STANHOPE -- John Matthews prides himself on being a patient man, but even he is becoming frustrated by Southern Nash’s inability to score goals during the 2011 high school girls soccer season.
Matthews, who is SN’s second-year head coach, has seen his Ladybirds tally just two goals this spring that didn’t come courtesy of a penalty kick or an indirect kick.
RED OAK -- The annual Northern Nash High School Volleyball Camp is scheduled for July 26-27 at the NNHS Gymnasium in Red Oak.
The camp will run from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. each day. Campers are asked to bring a bag lunch.
The event is open to girls in grades 4-12. Cost is $30 per person. Beverages will be provided.
CHAPEL HILL -- Wachovia Bank, a Wells Fargo Company, along with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, has announced the standings through winter sports in the Wachovia Conference Cup competitions for the 2010-2011 sports season.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent / Submitted photos by David Hahula
WENDELL -- Nash Central High School’s baseball team hit the road twice last week and returned from both trips with victories.
The Bulldogs, who sport the best overall record in the county at 10-1 entering Big East Conference play this week, traveled to East Wake last Thursday and put on a hitting clinic.
GREENVILLE -- Zach Wright’s two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in game two of the twinbill last Saturday broke a three-all tie and gave East Carolina University (18-5, 2-1 C-USA) a 5-3 walk-off series win over Memphis (12-10, 1-2 C-USA) at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium in college baseball action.
ROCKY MOUNT -- On a day celebrating 50 years of North Carolina Wesleyan College Battlin’ Bishops baseball, the 2011 version of the Blue and Gold provided a result typical of the program’s tradition.
North Carolina Wesleyan welcomed USA South Conference foe Greensboro College to Bauer Field and sent the Pride home with a 4-1 loss last Saturday afternoon.
ELM CITY -- Listed are last week’s results from action at the County Line Raceway:
Among the competitors at last Wednesday’s Northern Nash-Nash Central track and field meet were Nash Central’s Jeffrey Lucas.
Among the competitors at last Wednesday’s Northern Nash-Nash Central track and field meet were Northern’s DaShawn Taylor.
Nash Central High School shot put veteran Keifer Griffin hopes to make an impact in the pit this season for the Bulldogs in Big East Conference action.
Spring is officially here and the weather over the week-end was just about perfect. On Sunday Pastor Whitehouse chose as his sermon topic, “Conflict in the Church”. It was based on scripture from Galatians 2: 11-14. Paul was addressing issues in the early church that were causing conflict. Many conflicts arise from trivial, non-biblical matters.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- After a rare year away from the postseason, the Northern Nash Lady Knights hope to once again qualify for the Class 3-A Girls Soccer State Playoffs this spring.
For that to happen, Northern Nash will have to excel in the always-competitive Big East Conference, which will feature the likes of expected powerhouses Wilson Fike, Wilson Hunt and Rocky Mount.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
A local bill that would repeal Rocky Mount’s annexation of the Oak Level community has made its way to the finance committee, where it is expected to be given a favorable vote and then move on to a vote in the North Carolina House of Representatives.
Representative Jeff Collins sponsored House Bill 56, which would repeal Rocky Mount’s proposed annexation of around 1,400 acres, which is in and around the Oak Level community.
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
Town officials and some Castalia citizens are calling into question the residency of two members of the town board. Commissioners Gus Sjoberg and Clarence Bender, in turn, are accusing the mayor, the town secretary, chairman of the planning board Olla Mae Bobbitt, and certain citizens of harassment and violation of their civil rights.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Billy Thompson served both his country and his community well and on Monday morning, Thompson was remembered for that service during a flag raising in his honor at the Rocky Mount Veterans Memorial at Jack Laughery Park.
The flag-raising ceremony was performed by the Joint Veterans Committee of Nash and Edgecombe Counties.
By:
Amelia Harper, Graphic Correspondent
In a 5-3 vote, Nash County Planning Board members denied the rezoning of a tract of county –owned land designated as a potential site for a Sanderson Farms processing plant. The decision came after nearly two hours of discussion and debate over the merits of rezoning the land that already is the subject of controversial lawsuit over the last rezoning attempt.
By:
Amanda Clark, Graphic Staff Writer
Nashville Town Council members met with state legislators Monday morning to discuss several issues of concern.
Several items were brought before Representative Jeff Collins and Senator Buck Newton during the meeting, which is held every year prior to the state’s budget session.
The budget was one thing council members expressed concern about to both Newton and Collins.
By:
Jo Anne Cooper, Graphic Publisher
You might notice a lot of folks walking around with bald heads this week – 66 to be exact! That’s how many people had their heads shaved Saturday to help cure childhood cancer.
The Bulldog Brigade of the Coopers Fire and Rescue Department double-dog-dared folks around Nash County to team up with them and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation to raise money to help cure childhood cancer.
Elizabeth Jones Rigg, age 90, passed away Monday, March 21, 2011. Arrangements to be announced by Wheeler and Woodlief Funeral Home, Rocky Mount.
NASHVILLE - Reba Bolinger Coggin, 87, died Monday, March 14, 2011. She was born June 9, 1923 in, Shellenberg, Indiana, daughter of the late Ray G. and Maggie Swafford Bollinger. She was the widow of the late Wilber J. Coggin and also preceded in death by a brother, Rex Bolinger.
ROCKY MOUNT - Katie Bell Deans Crawford, 83, died March 8, 2011. A funeral service was held Saturday at New Hope Baptist Church (Nash) at 2:00 pm. Burial was at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery. Viewing/visitation was Friday from 3-7pm.
CHARLOTTE - Joan Paulette Gray, 64, formly of Rocky Mount died March 13, 2011.
Mrs. Rosa Bailey Jones, age 81, of Rocky Mount,, died Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Nash General Hospital. Born September 18, 1929, she was a daughter of the late LeRoy Pierce and Della Davis.
Mrs. Margaret Joyner Pridgen, age 84, of Spring Hope, NC, died Friday, March 18, 2011 at her home.
