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RED OAK -- Anticipation is one of the greatest intangibles surrounding the Northern Nash Lady Knights during the 2021 spring tennis season.
Northern, under the direction of coach Elaina Ingram, is loaded with strong returning talent from a club that went 10-4 during the Fall 2019 campaign -- a mark that was good enough for third place overall in the always-strong Big East Conference.

Paige Ward is currently at No. 3 Singles for the Northern Nash girls tennis squad.

Veteran Lisa Dees is lining up at No. 3 Singles this season for the Northern Nash girls tennis team under the direction of head coach Elaina Ingram.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Soccer League Scores:

ZEBULON -- The Milwaukee Brewers have announced the initial roster for the Carolina Mudcats in advance of the 2021 season opener.
The new roster features several of Milwaukee's top-rated prospects and native North Carolinians, including Raleigh's Noah Campbell, Creedmoor's Justin Bullock and Goldsboro's Ashton McGee.

FRANKLINTON -- Before the campaign started, Southern Nash softball coach Scott Collie figured his club's path to another Big East Conference championship was pretty clear-cut.
If the Ladybirds could defeat recent nemesis Franklinton on two occasions, the league crown would once again be theirs.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated scores from the Nash County Recreation and Senior Services Youth Softball and Baseball Leagues:

STAUNTON, VA. -- The 12th-ranked North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball squad romped to a 16-1 win in 7 innings last Friday afternoon in the first game of the conference twinbill with host Mary Baldwin University.
Wesleyan jumped out to a quick 8-0 led after the first inning thanks to 3 run-scoring hits and 6 errors/passed balls from MBU.

NASHVILLE, NC -- Mary Johnson Whitley Elliott, 94, passed away at home April 28, 2021. She was born February 22, 1927 to the late Charlie Andrew and Hilda Hollingsworth Johnson. She was a 1945 graduate of Benvenue High School. She was a charter member of Sunset Avenue Baptist Church formally Johnson's Tabernacle. She loved the Lord and enjoyed having women's prayer and bible study groups at home. She retired from Abbott Laboratory.

An avid volunteer with H.D. Cooley Library was awarded the North Carolina Governor's Volunteer Service Award.
Dr. Marilyn Malloy Jackson was the recipient of the 2020 Governor's Volunteer Service Award for Nash and Edgecombe Counties.
The Governor's Volunteer Service Award honors the spirit of volunteerism by recognizing individuals, groups and businesses that make a significant contribution to their community through volunteer service.