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Youth get ready to start the one-mile fun run on Saturday at Nashville Elementary's annual Hometown Heroes 5K.

Will Speight, Bobbie Smith and Boots Vandemark (L-R) race to the finish line at the Hometown Heroes 5K race on Saturday.

Nashville Elementary Principal Quinton Mangano and four-year-old Madelyn VanHoute run to the finish line during the one-mile Fun Run on Saturday.

First grader Albert McWilliams tries his hand at a batting game during Nashville Elementary's Fall Festival on Saturday.

First grader Emma Cotton gets ready to ride a zip-line during Nashville Elementary's Fall Festival on Saturday.

Fourth grader Coryan Avent is all smiles as he finished up a ride at Nashville Elementary's Fall Festival.

WILSON -- An inability to cash in on two early golden opportunities would eventually come back to haunt the Nashville Hornets' varsity fotball team last Saturday.
Still, the Hornets showed dramatic improvement in Week Two as opposed to its opening loss to Southern Nash.
The Varsity Hornets were much more effective during last Saturday's second-week showdown against Wilson-The SPOT in Eastern North Carolina Football League action at Wilson Hunt High School.

STANHOPE -- Coming into what would likely be Nash County's most-anticipated football game of 2017, Southern Nash had rolled through its prior competition.
Wins over Green Hope, Nash Central, Bunn and West Johnson had Coach Brian Foster's Firebirds sitting at 4-0, with the 2016 4AA State Champion Wake Forest Cougars coming to Stanhope last Friday for a non-confeence showdown of powerhouses.

BUNN -- Few participants will argue the assessment that The River Golf and Country Club provides one of the most challenging tests of the fall schedule on the Big East Conference girls golf scene.
The River, with its tricky, unpredictable greens, was at it once again during the latest Big East event Monday afternoon.

WILSON -- Despite being defeated, the Nashville Junior Varsity Hornets may have discovered a new strategy during last Saturday's road matchup against Wilson-The SPOT.
Trailing in the second half, the Hornets decided to implement the forward pass into their offense -- and enjoyed plenty of success as they marched down the field.

MONTGOMERY, ALA. -- In last Saturday's USA South Conference football action, host Huntington College reeled off 31 unanswered points in the second half to score a come-from-behind 41-30 victory over North Carolina Wesleyan College in Montgomery.
The Bishops, who led 28-10 early in the third quarter, saw the Hawks connect on touchdown passes from 61, 33, and 56 yards in the third and fourth quarters to erase the deficit and tally the league win.

NASH COUNTY -- Listed are results from action on September 9 in the Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Soccer League:

NASHVILLE -- Nash Central Middle School will kick off its 2017 football schedule today at home against Parker Middle School out of Rocky Mount.
All of Central's games this fall -- both home and away -- will start at 4 p.m.
The Trojans' complete ledger is as follows, with home events listed in CAPS:

Golfers participating in the 28th Annual Nash Community College Foundation Student Scholarship Golf Classic on Friday, October 6, 2017 at Benvenue Country Club will have a chance to win a 2017 Buick Regal as a hole-in-one prize sponsored by Davenport Autopark.

NASHVILLE -- Last Saturday brought another day of youth soccer action to Glover Park in Nashville.
The U12 Division saw another hard-fought game between Little Caesars and Mary Ruffin-Nationwide.
Mary Ruffin-Nationwide had goals from Dallas Ray (7 goals) and Cameryn Outerbridge.

Northern Nash's Brooke Taylor follows this shot en route to earning medalist honors during Monday's Big East Conference girls golf match at The River GC in Franklin County.

Southern Nash's Elisabeth Collie sends this uphill putt toward the cup on the difficult 18th green.