By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Graphic Sportswriter
RED OAK -- Northern Nash began one of its most-anticipated wrestling seasons in school history a bit shorthanded last Tuesday.
But even without four starters -- who are part of the Knights’ football team -- NNHS was still able to excel against some tough competition at the annual Northern Nash Duals at the NN Gymnasium.
By:
CHARLES ALSTON, Graphic Correspondent
WILSON -- Northern Nash saw its dream football season come to an end last Friday night as a last-minute comeback effort fell short in a third round 14-7 NCHSAA 3-A State Pplayoff loss to Wilson Hunt before some 3,000 fans at Warrior Stadium.
Hunt (12-2), the No. 1 seed and co-champion of the Big East with Northern (10-4), advanced to the East finals and will host Northern Guilford, which topped 35-10 to make it to the fourth round. It’s the Warriors’ first trip to the regional finals since 2004.
MEBANE -- The Nash County Firebirds will continue defense of their state championship with a road semifinal matchup this Saturday against Mebane in the Statewide Athletics Committee Youth Football Tournament.
Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Eastern Alamance High School Football Stadium. Mebane is located between Hillsborough and Burlington -- not far off Interstate 85.
NASH COUNTY -- Listed are last Friday’s results and this week’s semifinal pairings for the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s State Football Playoffs:
WILSON -- The WYSA Wilson Explosion U15 Boys Soccer Club went undefeated while winning the championship of the Capitol Fall Classic tournament in Richmond, Virginia two weekends ago.
The Explosion team consists of players from Wilson and Nash Counties.
WINCHESTER, VA. --Behind the hot shooting of junior Matt Dougherty, the men’s basketball team of North Carolina Wesleyan College managed a two-game split at this weekend’s 3rd Annual Southern Shootout hosted by Shenandoah University.
Dougherty poured in a career-high 31 points in last Saturday’s 91-87 double overtime win over Mary Washington.
ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School’s girls swim squad kick off its 2010-11 season in style by winning the team crown at the first Big East Conference Meet last Monday afternoon at the Harrison Family YMCA.
The Lady Bulldogs racked up 101 points to best long-time powerhouse Wilson Fike (89). Rounding out the girls standings were Wilson Hunt (61), Rocky Mount (23), Northern Nash (18) and Southern Nash (14).
RALEIGH -- Doug Warf, Senior Director of Marketing for the Carolina Hurricanes and Executive Director of the Kids ‘N Community Foundation, has announced that tickets for the annual “Skate with the Canes” are on sale.
“Skate with the Canes” will take place Dec. 30 from 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Northern Nash’s Xavier Anistead (right) tries to get out of the hold of a Jacksonvillle High School wrestler during action at last Tuesday n ight’s Northern Nash Duals in Red Oak.
Northern Nash’s T.J. Marshal tries to escape several defenders during the Knights’ road loss at Wilson Hunt last Friday in the third round of the Class 3-AA State Football Playoffs. The contest was played in front of a huge crowd at Warrior Field.
Jim Wood, a Rocky Mount artist, researched the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR headquarters building in Washington, D. C. covers an entire city block and has one of the largest collections of genealogy in the world. Wood then painted this original, creative and beautiful oil painting. The U. S. flag is flying above the Betsy Ross flag in front of the DAR building.
On Sunday morning, folks at Peachtree received a real treat when Mike Sykes came to speak about his medical mission trip to the Philippines. Mike is a pharmacist in Wilson, but grew up in Peachtree Church, where his dad, Bobby, was the RA Leader for years.
Red Oak Middle School – 1st Six Weeks Honor Roll is as follows:
Wilbur Valentine Jackson passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2010. Wilbur was born February 14, 1934 the son of the late Herman Parker and Annie Sykes Jackson. He was preceded in death by his wife Nancy Edwards Jackson and his son William Milton Jackson.
Gladys Deloris Pittman, 76, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at her residence.
ROCKY MOUNT – Willie Harrison, 72, of Rocky Mount, died on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at his residence in Rocky Mount.
ROCKY MOUNT – Joseph Lynch, 52, of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at his residence in Rocky Mount.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for baby boy Xavier Maliek Spivey, eighteen months, who died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, were Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 at 1 p.m. at First Timothy Missionary Baptist Church in Nashville, with pastor Rev. Willie Hedgepeth officiating. Burial followed in the Oakland Cemetery.
Miss Annie R. Beasley of Sharpsburg passed away on November 15, 2010.
ROCKY MOUNT – Lula Kay Williams, 51, died November 14, 2010. Funeral services were Sunday at Shiloh Baptist Church (Sutton Rd), 2:00 pm. Officiating was Rev. Richard Battle. Burial was at Oakland Cemetery. Viewing and visitation was Saturday from 3-7 p.m. at Stokes Mortuary Chapel. Arrangements by Stokes Mortuary, Inc.
BALTIMORE, MD - A memorial service for Gertrude Dunn McCoy, 84, formerly of Whitakers, who died Oct. 18, 2010, was Saturday Nov. 20, 2010 at 10 a.m. at the Richardson Funeral Home Chapel in Nashville with Rev. Thomas L. Walker officiating. Survivors include her sister, Lula Dunn of Nashville; brothers, Eugene Dunn Jr., Willie Dunn, and Robert Dunn, all of Nashville.
NASHVILLE - Funeral services for Edgar B. “Doc” Cooper, 90, who died Nov. 16, 2010, were Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010 at 1 p.m. at the Richardson Funeral Home chapel in Nashville. Burial followed in the Oakland Cemetery with Rev. Carl Wardrett officiating.
Funeral services for McKinley “Bullet” Cooper, age 55, who died Friday, November 19, 2010, will be held Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Philadelphia Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the St. Delight Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Terry Stample will officiate.
Nash County Animal Friends, of Nashville, has joined other animal welfare organizations in the area that list their homeless pets on Petfinder.com, the oldest and largest database of adoptable animals on the Internet. The site currently has over 359,700 homeless pets listed, and it is updated continuously.
The trouble with “the good old days” is that you don’t realize when they were until they’ve come and gone.
This is often compounded by the fact that the more amount of time that passes, the “gooder” the “good old days” were.
When I was a child, Thanksgiving Dinner was always at Granny Lucy’s house, and in those days, Dinner was the midday meal.
