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AYDEN -- Southern Nash sophomore Elisabeth Collie was the medalist during last Thursday's girls high school golf match at Ayden Country Club in Pitt County.
Collie fashioned a 50 to claim top honors at the nine-hole event.
Southern Nash also received 67s from Rayna Bailey and Sara Small, along with a 70 from Taylor Hall.

ZEBULON -- Jordan Yamamoto turned in another gem for the Carolina Mudcats while striking out seven over seven scoreless frames in a 1-0 victory versus the Myrtle Beach Pelicans in front of 4,814 at Five County Stadium on Sunday night in Class A Carolina League baseball action.
Monte Harrison drove in the only run of the game and Nate Griep earned his league-leading 30th save as the Mudcats won their sixth straight game.

LAKE GASTON -- The father and son duo of Adam (son) and Gene (father) Richardson took the top spot at Lake Gaston in the final regular season event of 2017 for the Collins Inc. -- Bass For Cash Series in August.
With a home-lake advantage, the duo managed to tip the scales with a five-fish limit weighing in at 16.07 pounds to take the win.

ALLIANCE, OHIO -- The top-ranked Purple Raiders of the University of Mount Union were too much for visiting North Carolina Wesleyan College last Saturday, cruising to a 58-0 victory in the Raiders' regular season football opener.
UMU used a pair of special-teams touchdowns and a pick-6 to pull away from the Bishops, who fought poor field position for most of the afternoon.

ELM CITY -- Here are results from the August 26 event at County Line Raceway:

McKinley Lyons scored three touchdowns for the Nash Central Bulldogs during last Thursday night's road football triumph against the Smithfield-Selma Spartans.

Southern Nash High School head football coach Brian Foster (left) is happy to have former players Josh Sessoms (center) and Zack Foster (right) serving on his staff this season. The talented Firebirds are off to a 3-0 start after topping Bunn last Friday at Firebird Stadium on the SNHS campus in Stanhope.

Southern Nash's Tristan Rocco (left) blasts a shot toward the net during last Wednesday afternoon's non-conference, home boys soccer triumph against the Nash Central Bulldogs.

Southern Nash's Justin Vazquez (left) tries to dribble past Nash Central defender Joshua Shearin during last Wednesday afternoon's boys soccer match in Stanhope.

Accidents over the Labor Day weekend claimed the life of four Nash County residents.
On Friday morning, September 1, an accident claimed the life of three family members.
According to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol, Brandi Rashaw, 22, of Nashville, was driving a 2005 Nissan Sentra that became disabled in the left lane of east bound traffic around 10:46 a.m. The emergency flashers were on, according to reports from the Highway Patrol.

A 10-year-old Nashville resident came before Nashville's Town Council on Tuesday night requesting permission to start a program that provides books at no cost to the community.
Emma Cahoon requested that council members allow her to start a "Little Free Library" program in the Town of Nashville.

A single vehicle accident claimed the life of a Spring Hope man Saturday night around 9 p.m. on Moss Road.

An accident on US 264 claimed the life of three family members Friday.