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I have always loved playing at Guy Smith Stadium in Greenville.
Over 20 years ago, when I started first started coaching at the Babe Ruth level, I received the honor of being able to Coach the Nash County All-Star team.
I had a pitcher named Tanner Eason from SouthWest Edgecombe. He struck out 19, however, Ryan Graple from Greenville Rose struck out 20. We lost that game 2-1 in 10 innings.

CHARLOTTE -- The NASCAR Hall of Fame has launched SPARK!, an online education platform that offers weekly racing-themed lesson plans and project-based learning experiences for students in elementary through high school.
The NASCAR Hall of Fame is not only a top attraction in Charlotte, but also an important educational resource for schools, hosting thousands of students a year for field trips.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College head men's basketball coach John Thompson and Director of Athletics Aaron Denton have announced the hiring of NCWC alum Justin Griffith as the new assistant men's basketball coach for the Battling Bishops.
"We are thrilled to have Justin join our staff," said Coach Thompson. "He is an outstanding coach and a great addition to our team. The fact that he is family, a member of championship teams here, part of our tradition, makes this very exciting."

A message from Pastor Gene Whitehouse of Peachtree Baptist Church.
"Sheltering in place" is tiring. Deeply tiring. Most of the time we're meant to be with someone, to go somewhere, to accomplish something. And now all that is a lot harder. It's as if we're all wound up and then ... nothing. Our emotional and spiritual muscles are tense and tired.

Nash County cases of COVID-19 continue to increase, with seven more cases reported overnight Friday and additional cases during the day Saturday.
"We've had a surge again but not unlike we've seen in the state," said Nash County Health Director Bill said during a daily update.

As of now I am missing the sports season, mainly due to being so confident and hopeful it would help me focus on college and better myself.
Everything has shut down, and with almost no hope of returning, I think I speak for all athletes when I say this senior season has been the most disappointing.
With the start of my year having a new soccer coach, it was already off to a bad start.
The outbreak of COVID-19 was unheard of or unworried about at first.

When I first heard the news, I wasn't really the slightest bit surprised.
I had heard several days beforehand that Wake County and other counties were starting to suspend all athletic travel and practice and knew that Nash County was soon to come.
Immediately, I thought of the match I was about to play and that it was sure to be my last.

Greeting from The Bunker.
That's what my dad calls my room, since I spend most of my time there now. I like to play computer games with my friends online and it's the only place to escape the exhausting people, I mean family, that I live with.
My parents say daylight, eating, and socialization are important. I think they are being a little dramatic. Maybe that stuff mattered in olden times.

There is one thing for sure about the COVID-19 pandemic - you won't find anyone who isn't feeling the pinch in some form or fashion right now.
Emotions are all over the place, and rightfully so.
People who had to shut down businesses with no means of creating revenue are at a loss as to how they're going to stay afloat. Thankfully there are relief funds, but the process of getting the funding is getting slower and slower due to the overwhelming response.

Do you also find it hard to believe that only four weeks ago a slate of presidential candidates were making last chance stops here in North Carolina, vying for a Super Tuesday victory? How has time moved so slowly, and yet so fast?
These are unprecedented times, and perhaps what's happening right now is the pinnacle of an unprecedented era. For me, it seems our society has, for some years now, begun accepting the unparalleled as the ordinary.

BATTLESHIP - This photo was taken sometime during the years 1954-1956. The photo shows an elevated view of the "Battleship" island in downtown Nashville as well as a rare glimpse of the hotel which no longer exists.

Gas Turbine System Technician 3rd Class Isaac Edge, from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, takes a fuel sample for testing during a replenishment-at-sea abaord the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64), March 23, 2020. Carney, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is on its seventh forward deployed naval force patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of regional allies and partners as well as U.S. national security interests in Europe and Africa.