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What a wonderful Sunday at Peachtree Baptist Church.
The sanctuary flower arrangement Sunday was presented to glorify God by Fran and Bobby Bunn in honor of Fran's birthday on October 24th and Mary Hazel Mink, their grand-daughter's 21st birthday on October 31st.

Several from Red Oak Baptist Church enjoyed a fun day at Kings Dominion on Saturday, October 19.
The Baptist Men enjoyed their monthly breakfast meeting on Sunday, October 20 at Red Oak Baptist Church.
Congratulations to Maddie Shingleton who was baptized at Red Oak Baptist Church on Sunday, October 20!

Rocky Mount's Emanuel Ruffin waits for the ball to land.

STANHOPE -- Last Friday night's football game between county rivals Southern Nash and Northern Nash was surrounded by copious amounts of anticipation from fans, students, players and coaches from all around the area.
That excitement showed in a 55-23 win for Coach Brian Foster's Southern Nash Firebirds in a game that exhibited both excitement and confrontation from beginning to end.

Southern Nash High School senior veteran running back Quinton Cooley (with ball) had another huge night on offense last Friday as the Firebirds picked up a home football victory against Big East Conference opponent Northern Nash.

Northern Nash High School signal-caller Thomas Engelking (with ball) tries to escape the Southern Nash defense during last Friday night's Big East Conference football rivalry contest at historic Firebird Stadium on the SNHS campus.

RED OAK -- Earlier this week, Northern Nash girls tennis coach Elaina Ingram was poring over information both online and at the school, trying to find out the last time a Lady Knight qualified for the state singles tennis tournament.
Ingram was not successful in her quest, so it's unsure if the feat has been previously accomplished.

LOUISBURG -- J. Enid Drake's former players, associates and friends are invited to attend a get-together this Saturday for the legendary Louisburg College men's basketball coach.
Drake, a native of Castalia, coached at Louisburg College for five decades before retiring in 2007. He is a member of the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame.

ROCKY MOUNT -- North Carolina Wesleyan College's men's basketball team will tip off its 2019-20 season by with a home game on November 13 versus Lynchburg College.
The event is slated to begin at 7:30 p.m. at historic Everett Gymnasium on the NCWC campus. Tickets will be available at the gate.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated scores from the Nash County Parks and Recreation Department's Fall Youth Soccer League:

NASHVILLE -- This past Saturday was the second-to-last weekend of soccer games at Glover Park for the Town of Nashville Youth Recreation League.
In 12U, Taylor Made Jewelry played MGD Realty in a tight game.
It was tied with a goal by Carter Hager for Taylor Made Jewelry and Elijah Govender for MGD Realty.

DANVILLE, VA. -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College football team fell 41-24 on the road at conference leader and rival Averett University (Va.) last Saturday evening.
After Averett got out to an early 6-0 lead, the Bishops came right back with a 4-play 65-yard drive ending with sophomore WR Tyler Roberts catching a 6-yard touchdown pass from senior QB Donielle Totten.

NASH COUNTY -- Nine Tri-County Arts Complex Gymnasts competed recently in the North Carolina State Games.
The gymnasts from Tri-County Arts received 99 percent of the top podium awards in their level and age categories.
Out of a possible of 45 awards, these nine girls were 26-1st places Gold Medal Champions, 10-2nd places Silver Medal State Champions, 8-3rd places Bronze Medal State Champions, and 1-4th place which was just 0.15 off the podium.

So far this year in North Carolina, a staggering 44 people have died in domestic violence homicides. When our communities tragically lose someone to this kind of violence, we often ask ourselves what we could have done to prevent their death. This Domestic Violence Awareness Month, I'm proud that the North Carolina Department of Justice is launching a powerful new tool to proactively protect domestic violence victims who are at risk of being killed by their partners.

Rocky Mount native Clifton Barnes, who was a reporter and editor at the Nashville Graphic in the 1980s, has won a top national award for a campaign to honor Kay Kyser.
Barnes' efforts to bring a Kyser historic marker to Rocky Mount and celebrate the comedic bandleader's life earned him the Grand Award from the DC area-based Communications Concepts through its 2019 Awards for Publication Excellence competition.

STANHOPE -- Two teams on different missions met last Thursday when Southern Nash entertained Franklinton as part of the annual Senior Night festivities for the Ladybirds' volleyball squad.
While honoring the upperclassmen was certainly a priority, SNHS coach Melanie Hicks was also concerned as to whether her club's overall body of work would be good enough to earn a spot in the Class 3-A State Playoffs.

WILSON -- Even after watching his club roll through an above-average non-league schedule, Southern Nash High School football coach Brian Foster knew things were eventually going to get much tougher for his Firebirds -- especially when the Big East Conference slate kicked off.
It took only one game into the league worksheet for that philosophy to be realized as the undefeated Firebirds were tested by the homestanding Wilson Fike Golden Demons last Friday -- only to rally in the fourth quarter to achieve a clutch 36-20 triumph at Bedgood Stadium on the Fike campus.

The Nash-Rocky Mount Board of Education will soon start sifting through applications of those interested in serving as the next superintendent of the school district.
The deadline for applications was last Monday, October 7. Allison Schafer, Director of the Legal Department for the NC School Board Association, told school board members that 20 applications had been received so far. However, Schafer added that she anticipated a few more would come in before the official deadline.