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NASH REC BROTHERS (L TO R) COLSTON AND MACON SHEARIN

NASH COUNTY -- Fresh off a sweep of the boys and girls titles at the Eastern Plains Conference Championships, the Nash Central Bulldogs looked to remain in momentum-building form during last week's Class 2-A East Regionals at Croatan High School, located in Carteret County.
The Bulldogs did just that as they were sharp at the annual event -- and will be represented by a pair of athletes at this weekend's Class 2-A State Track Championships.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School's rebuilding wrestling program might be small in numbers -- but the Bulldogs are once again large in individual talent.
Last season, the Bulldogs featured Brittain Marks as their star standout, and Marks was able to qualify for the Class 2-A State Wrestling Champions.
Central will have another qualifier this time around as Daniel Bowers made the mark in the 160-pound weight classification.

ZEBULON - Zavier Warren went 4-for-5 with a home run and two RBI, Joe Gray Jr. drove in three and crushed his seventh triple of the season and starter Nick Belzer won his third straight start as the Carolina Mudcats defeated the visiting Fayetteville Woodpeckers 10-6 with 4,099 on hand last Saturday night at Five County Stadium.

ROCKY MOUNT HIGH SCHOOL'S CAROLINE THIEL

North Carolina Wesleyan College welcomes back two alumni as employees in the Admissions Office. Starting this month, both Elijah "Blaise" Gourley and Chantoni Grant have joined the office as Admissions Counselors.
"The Office of Admissions could not have hired two more qualified staff members than Blaise and Chantoni.

Peachtree Baptist Church members came to church Sunday morning at 9:45am to start their second Sunday in a Sunday School Gathering. Jerry Hobgood led the service. His devotional was 1 John 2:17. At 10:00am Sunday School started. It is so wonderful to be back with everyone in Sunday School. Peachtree is getting back to their regular schedule.

RED OAK -- When Elaina Ingram walks through the Northern Nash High School Gymnasium, she likes to look at the banners on the walls and check out all of NN's league championships through the years.
But Ingram always can't help but notice that the girls tennis banner -- the sport she coaches at NN -- is empty.

STANHOPE -- COVID-19 took away the majority of Trey Mizzelle's diamond tenure at Southern Nash High School -- but he isn't quite finished yet.
Mizzelle is excited to have an opportunity to continue his baseball career as the SN star pitcher recently signed a letter-of-intent to join the program at Lenoir Community College.

STANHOPE -- Few prep softball teams can overcome the loss of a talented battery to graduation -- let alone two of the best players in school history.
But that was exactly what the Southern Nash Ladybirds were able to accomplish in 2021 as Coach Scott Collie's club was once again able to defend its Big East Conference Softball Championship.

ROCKY MOUNT -- The 2021 D3baseball.com All-Region teams have been announced. And the 17th-ranked, 33-win North Carolina Wesleyan College Baseball Team had three players named to All-South Region Teams, while head coach Greg Clifton was named South Region Coach of the Year.

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. -- The North Carolina State University baseball team is headed back to the College World Series for the first time since 2013 and its third time in program history, thanks to its 3-2 win over No. 1 Arkansas, on Sunday evening in a winner-take-all game at Baum-Walker Stadium in Fayetteville, Ark.
After suffering a 21-2 loss in game one then evening the series with a 6-5 win in game two, the Wolfpack gutted out the win over the number one overall seed in the NCAA Tournament.

KANNAPOLIS - Felix Valerio drove in two with a RBI double in the third and homered in the sixth while directly accounting for four of the Carolina Mudcats' six runs in a 6-2 series finale victory versus the Cannon Ballers in Kannapolis on Sunday afternoon in Low A-East baseball action.
Andre Nnebe also had a two-run single in eighth and Nick Belzer earned his second victory as the Mudcats left with a series split in Kannapolis.

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