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NINTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Yaqeen Al-Hammori, Alyssa Allen, Emma Barnes, Denisse Campos, Adam Collier, Makenzie Edwards, Dylan Evans, Martin Gonzalez, Nicolas Groesser, Isabel Hernandez, Cameron Hunter, Cheyenne Lemus, Andy Liu, Nissi Perez Hernandez, Jakayla Powell, Jimmie Santana-Elias, Hannah Steele, Mallory Sutton, Zariona Terry-Strickland and Olivia Williams

THIRD GRADE - A/B HONOR ROLL
Luke Barwick, Penelope Bass, Calvin Bullock, Joseph Cooper, Alice Currier, Bradley Edwards, Connor Egan, Ethan Hawkins, Abigail Knight, Faith Knox, Leilana Little, Liam Long, Poppy Taylor, Alyssa Torres and Makhii Waring

THIRD GRADE - A/B HONOR ROLL
Avery Baker, Austin Bell, Waylon Carter, Cameron Davis, Dream Fogg, Brantley Oldham, Lauryn Scott, Madilyn Sutton, Amya Taft, Sabrina Tomaszewski, Kaylin Wheless, Desmond Whitaker, Ava Whitley and Bryleigh Wright

The Southern Bank Foundation provided a $5,000 grant to the Town of Nashville Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department. These funds will be used to add pieces of accessible playground equipment designed for children under five years of age and for children with special needs at Stoney Creek Environmental Park. The proposed playground equipment will incorporate musical and imaginary play elements as well.

NINTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Alaina Bailey, Macey Bailey, Daniel Blackmer, Kellie Brantley, Demitri Braxton, Yolanda Cardenas-Cisneros, Aiden Chase, Seth Davis, Anta Diop, Sarah Ewers, Benjamin Finch, Lauren Glover, Levi Godfrey, Mary Hammett, Erika Landa, Natalia Lopez, Joseph Manning, Luis Negrete, Adrian Otero, Anna Pullen, Angel Rangel-Ramirez, Emma Register, Jeshua Richardson, Ryland Robinson, Monika Rocha, Emily Rodriguez, Genaya Silver, Marion Snow, Andraya Strickland, Macy Strickland, Jayshon Taylor, Rachel Thorne, Austyn Trotto, Makayla Weeks, Kasey Wilson, Brianna Wimberly and Camden Winstead

NINTH GRADE - A HONOR ROLL
Nicholas Batchelor, Kemora Battle, Alexander Beasley, Molly Boone, Sanjaya Claborne, Nathan Cooper, Carlos Cruz Olarte, Hilary Escobar Sanchez, Dariyel Geathers, Brylie Goble, Sanya Harris, Jhuntay Harrison, Makayla Harrison, Bria Hines, Tamala Jere, Glenn Jones, Jaedyn Jones, Yousef Kasem, Mykasia Lewis, Joseph Lopez-Velasquez, Noah Martinez, Jeremiah McClain, Kennedy McCoy, John McKellar, Keysha Mizzell, Zariyah Morales, Jackson Outland, Aaden Reynolds, Connor Skeels, Nysira Smith, Amanda Sydnor, Emily Tinklepaugh, Ashlyn Whitehead and Dustin Willis

RED OAK -- Veteran coach Tracy Dodrill knew her Northern Nash High School swim team was loaded with potential this season -- especially on the boys side.
But the Fighting Knights exceeded their coach's expectations with a strong campaign, despite featuring only one senior on the entire roster.
Northern Nash rolled to a second-place finish in the overall team standings at the Big East Conference Swim Championships last month at the Harrison Family YMCA Pool in Rocky Mount.

FRANKLINTON -- Coaches love to say that it is difficult to beat a high school basketball team three times in a given season.
Conversely, it's just as difficult to beat a good team just once -- something the Southern Nash Firebirds found out during their campaign-long rivalry this winter with the Franklinton Red Rams in Big East Conference boys hoops action.

RED OAK -- With several key players returning, the Northern Nash Fighting Knights will look to defend their Big East Conference baseball championship this spring.
NN claimed both the Big East regular season and tourney crowns as part of its historic 2022 campaign under the direction of veteran head coach Joey Keefe.
Now comes the encore as the Fighting Knights appear poised to be a key player again in the Big East Conference diamond standings.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The Franklinton Red Rams claimed their first conference championship in boys basketball since moving to a new conference in 2017 last Friday night by knocking off the top-seeded Northern Nash Knights 67-64 in dramatic fashion in the Big East Conference Tournament Finals.
The game was held on the campus of Rocky Mount High School, where the host Gryphons claimed the conference championship on the girls side in the preceding game with a 76-31 victory over Franklinton.

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats will hold open tryouts for National Anthem performers this Saturday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at fan-friendly Five County Stadium. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. on the Highway 264, third base side of the stadium. Auditions will be held on a first-come, first-served basis.
All singers, including solo acts or groups, wishing to perform the National Anthem at Five County Stadium this season should audition at this tryout event.

NASH COUNTY -- Christian Buffaloe, local Kyokushin Karate fighter, recently won first place in the Men's Lightweight Division of the Japan sponsored "Kyokushin Karate USWC Championships" in Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) on February 5.
In the final match, 23-year-old Buffaloe faced strong Japanese fighter Kohtaroh Zushi in a very tough and technical fight.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated scores from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department's Adult Basketball League:

Authorities say a social media argument between coworkers ended in a deadly shootout that put one man in the hospital and the other in the grave. Now the survivor has been arrested.
Nikita Rajhon Hatch, 34, faces a first-degree murder charge in the Feb. 7 shooting death of 27-year-old Quentin Earl McNair.