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NASH COUNTY -- Here are Nash County Parks and Rec 2019 Tournament Basketball Scores:

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats and Down East Wood Ducks have put their rivalry aside to introduce the all-new "Carolina Commuter Deal" ticket special for baseball fans all throughout Eastern North Carolina.
This jointly announced special features discounted tickets for fans of either team when they follow their club to the opponent's stadium in Class A Carolina League baseball action.

MARION -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College baseball team cruised to a weekend sweep over Brevard College last Saturday, taking game one 14-1 and winning 13-0 in 8 innings in game two.
One day earlier, the Bishops routed conference foe Brevard College 16-5 on the road Friday evening in the first game of a weekend series at Big League Camp in Marion.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are updated Nash County Recreation and Senior Services Youth Futsal League Scores:

NASH COUNTY -- The 10th Annual H. Earl Coley Golf Classic will be held May 29 at Belmont Lake Golf Club in Rocky Mount.
Check-in will be at 8:30 a.m., followed by a shotgun start 30 minutes later. A four-person team scramble format will be utilized.
Cost is $70 per player, which includes greens fee, golf cart, lunch, range balls, longest drive, closest to the pin, hole-in-one and other prizes.

WILSON -- Nash County will once again be well-represented at one of the state's most prestigious girls high school soccer events.
Each of the county's four public high schools along with Rocky Mount Academy will take part in the annual The Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase at Gillette Park in Wilson.
The event is slated for Friday and Saturday and will feature top squads from across the region and state.

Members of the Southern Nash High School cheerleading squad show their support during the Firebirds' playoff basketball victory last Thursday night at Wilson Hunt.

"Consider it a great joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you experience various trials, because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing. Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God -- who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly -- and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith without doubting.

Women in Action met at Red Oak Baptist Church on Tuesday, February 19. The group finished making teddy bears to be donated for children in traumatic situations. They also enjoyed supper together followed by their missions program.
Several from Red Oak attended the Your Choice Resource Center's Celebrate Life Banquet on Thursday, February 28 at Englewood Baptist Church.

Nancy Nixon has spent the last 34 years working various planning roles. Now, Nixon wants to take on a new role that doesn't involve much planning; retirement.
Nixon's last day as the Planning Director for Nash County is Thursday, February 28. She spent 17 years with the county, 15 years with the City of Rocky Mount and two years with Kinston.

Nashville's Chamber of Commerce will announce its Distinguished Citizen and Junior Achievement Award recipients next Thursday at its annual Distinguished Citizen Reception.
District Court Judge and Nashville native Pell Cooper will serve as the guest speaker for the event.