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ROCKY MOUNT -- Big East Conference swimmers had one final opportunity to improve their times ahead of Christmas Break during last Wednesday's league event at the Harrison Family YMCA.
Wilson Hunt's boys team continued its season-long mastery of the conference by rolling to first place with 151 points.

NASH COUNTY -- Less than two years remain before the next realignment by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association -- and the classification fate of Nash County's four public high schools is uncertain.
Northern Nash, Southern Nash and Rocky Mount are long-time members of the Class 3-A Big East Conference, while Nash Central left the Big East two years ago due to its reclassification to the Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Listed in the schedule for this week's Nash County Christmas Basketball Tournament, which will feature games at the new Rocky Mount Event Center, along with action at the Rocky Mount High School Gymnasium:

HIGH POINT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College men's basketball team put out a great effort on Monday evening on the road as they almost upset the Div. I High Point University Panthers before falling 90-85 in overtime.
Wesleyan got out to a great start in the first half shooting 51 percent from the field and 53 percent from three while HPU shot just 37 percent as the Bishops entered the half tied with the Panthers at 40 apiece.

CARY -- Northern Nash High School's Garret Williamson had quite a day for himself during the annual Green Hope Grapple earlier this month.
Williamson won first place in the 126-pound weight classification at the individual wrestling tournament, which was held at Green Hope High School in Wake County.

NASHVILLE -- It doesn't seem that long ago when Dana Kelly was a multi-sport standout at Nash Central High School.
Maybe that's because it really hasn't been that long since Kelly starred in basketball, tennis and softball for the Lady Bulldogs before continuing her tennis career at Barton College.

CHAPEL HILL -- Here are last week's results from the North Carolina High School Athletic Association State Football Championships:

BUNN -- The annual Bunn High School Holiday Boys Basketball Tournament will be held Dec. 27-29 at the Bunn Dome.
Northern Nash will return in an attempt to defend its championship, while other entrants are Bunn, Wake Forest, Faith Assembly Christian Academy, Word of God, Warren County, perennial powerhouse Kinston and East Wake, which is coached by former BHS skipper Gerald Melton.

ZEBULON -- The Carolina Mudcats are once again offering holiday ticket packages that make perfect gifts or stocking stuffers.
Available for purchase are the Snowball Package and the Toboggan Package.

A NORTHERN NASH SWIMMER

"You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus." (Luke 1:31)
The gospel rests on three giant pillars: Jesus' virgin birth, his atoning death, and his bodily resurrection. The Easter season celebrates Jesus' death and resurrection. Christmas focuses solely on the virgin birth.

The Town of Nashville will soon have one more vacancy, as Police Chief Tom Bashore announced his retirement this week.
Bashore has been with the town six years and in law enforcement over 21 years.
Bashore's last day will be December 31.

Nashville's Town Council gave the thumbs up for moving forward with updating a Master Plan for the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Department.
The current Master Plan was competed over seven years ago and is outdated.
Marguerite Bishop, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources Director, said the department had begun the work needed to start the Master Plan writing process by conducting public surveys, polling different community groups, holding a public forum and even going door to door over the past year.

Pictured above, Shamiya Patterson and Skyla Miner (L-R) smile for a photo with Santa on Saturday.

Skyla Miner is all smiles while getting her photo taken at one of several Christmas themed props on Saturday.