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STANHOPE -- Franklinton might be an up-and-coming squad on the Big East Conference girls soccer scene, but the Southern Nash Ladybirds are currently entrenched as the Queens of the League.
Southern Nash affirmed that status Tuesday by delivering a 10-1 triumph over the young Lady Rams at historic Firebird Stadium on the SNHS campus.

(L to R) Southern Nash's Charlotte Benson and Franklinton's Mackenzie Allred joust for position in the midfield during Tuesday's Big East Conference soccer matchup in Stanhope.

NASH COUNTY -- With four games remaining, the Northern Nash Fighting Knights control their own destiny in their quest to repeat as the Big East Conference regular season baseball champions.
But it won't be easy as the Knights will have to tangle with rivals Nash Central (this week) and Southern Nash (next week) to finish out the campaign.

SPRING HOPE -- Big East Conference golfers prepped for the league championship with one final regular season event Monday at Peachtree Hills Country Club.
Once again, Roanoke Rapids finished in the top spot with 332 strokes. Southern Nash has been a consistent second-place finisher this spring, and the Firebirds matched that result again by taking the runner-up position with 354 strokes.

NASH COUNTY -- Round and round the Big East Conference girls softball standings go. Where they'll stop -- nobody knows.
Heading into the final two weeks of the regular season, which began Tuesday, four teams sat tied atop the Big East with identical 8-2 records -- Southern Nash, Bunn, Roanoke Rapids and Nash Central.

STANHOPE -- 'Break Is Over -- Get The W' was the message on the erasable board that serves as Southern Nash's lineup reminder in the home dugout of the school's softball field.
Veteran SNHS head coach Scott Collie was hoping to use last Friday's home matchup against North Johnston as a springboard to the remaining two weeks of the Ladybirds' regular season in the challenging Big East Conference.

ZEBULON -- Luke Adams, Matt Wood, Hedbert Perez and Jadher Areinamo each had run scoring hits in the first as the homestanding Carolina Mudcats rallied for seven runs and seven hits in the opening frame while taking Sunday's series finale 7-0 versus the Salem Red Sox at Five County Stadium.
Adams, Perez and Areinamo each had RBI doubles in the first and five Carolina pitchers combined on a three-hit shutout of the Red Sox in Sunday's series and homestand finale.

National Volunteer Week is celebrated April 16-22, 2023. Our advocate groups would not survive without volunteers. We, Nash County Animal Friends of NC (NCAF) and Promoting Animal Welfare in NC (PAWNC) would like to recognize one of the caring people.
Our Volunteer of the Year (2022) is CINDY WHITLEY.

Congratulations to Robbie and Shannon Gault on the birth of their daughter, Parks Johnson Gault, born April 9! Parks has an older brother, Cross. Proud grandparents are Doug and Sue Ella Johnson. Great-Grandmothers are Sue Edwards and Jeanette Johnson.
Women in Action met at Red Oak Baptist Church on Tuesday, April 11.

STANHOPE -- Coming into the game, veteran Southern Nash softball coach Scott Collie had expressed concern about his club's inability to produce offensively in some of the most important contests on their schedule this spring.
Those fears were set aside during one huge inning as part of Southern's duel-for-first-place matchup against Bunn on Tuesday in a crucial Big East Conference showdown.

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