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

WILSON -- Five Nash County schools will be in action at the annual Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase, which will be held March 13 and 14 at Gillette Park in Wilson.
Wilson Fike High School and Rotary Park will also host some matches, but the majority of events will be at the Gillette Park Soccer Complex.
Tickets will be available at the gate, and all proceeds will benefit the Brittany Willis Scholarship Fund.

RED OAK -- Red Oak Middle School's 2020 baseball and softball seasons will open on March 9 with road games in Wilson against Springfield Middle.
All contests will begin at 4 p.m. Admission for home events will be $5 for adults and $3 for students.
Red Oak's complete worksheet is as follows, with home outings listed in CAPS:

(L to R) Nash Central HIgh School's Lance Norris and Damien Wozniak have been friends and teammates since they were children -- going back to their days with the Nash Rec Swim Team. Norris and Wozniak helped Central win the EPC Championship.

Nash Central's Aubrey Pittman drives against Red Oak's Hope Lee during last Thursday afternoon's Tri-County Conference girls basketball rival meeting at the historic ROMS Gymnasium.

(L to R) Nash Central's Nataiya Lane and Red Oak's Hope Lee try to gain possession of a loose ball.

A Nashville man was killed in a single-car accident on Highway 64 Wednesday morning.
According to the North Carolina Highway Patrol, 23-year-old Jeffery Tyler Coleman was traveling westbound on Highway 64, just 2.4 miles west of Nashville, when his vehicle went off the roadway to the left, hit the ditch and continued on until hitting trees and coming to a rest.

ELM CITY - Cadets from Tar River Composite Squadron recently competed in CyberPatriot XII, the twelfth edition of the Air Force Association's annual cyber security competition, and currently the nation's largest cyber defense competition with nearly 7000 teams competing across the country.
According to the CyberPatriot website, "CyberPatriot is the National Youth Cyber Education Program created by the Air Force Association to inspire K-12 students toward careers in cybersecurity or other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines critical to our nation's future."

The Nash-Rocky Mount Public School System will undergo a name change over the summer but what that name will be is uncertain.
Nash County Commissioners are requesting language be changed in Senate Bill 382, Section 5 that would change the name of the school system from "Nash-Rocky Mount School Administrative Unit" to "Nash County School Administrative Unit." In addition, Commissioners are requesting language be changed for the Board of Education to be changed to the "Nash County Board of Education" from the current "Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education."

The Free Will Baptist Children's Home in Middlesex hopes to add two new dormitories to its campus this year.
Nash County Commissioners considered, and approved, a rezoning request at their regular meeting earlier this month that will allow the children's home to expand.
The Free Will Baptist Children's Home was established in 1920 and is a tax exempt, non-profit organization which operates an on-campus residential care program, a family foster care and adoption program as well as before and after school and summer programs for community children.

The vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is just as alive today as it was over 50 years ago.
The Nashville Willing Workers celebrated that vision on Sunday as it hosted its sixth annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Banquet.
Vera Morris was the guest speaker for the annual event. Morris focused on King's vision and purpose during her speech, recognizing the events that have happened that King would be proud of as well as the events he would not be as proud of.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce is hoping to revive a pageant it sponsored over 20 years ago.
The Miss Nashville Pageant is slated to be held April 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Nash Central Middle School.
The newly crowned Miss Nashville and Teen Miss Nashville will make their first appearance at the 24th annual Nashville Blooming Festival.