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ROCKY MOUNT -- There aren't many questions within the Southern Nash football program, especially coming off a perfect regular season back in 2016.
Southern has spent the majority of the summer trying to find answers to some of those queries, and one of them came with the naming of Lorenzo Sessoms as the club's starting quarterback.

SALEM, VA. -- Salem's Josh Ockimey had a go-ahead RBI double in the seventh and hit a walk-off home run in the 12th while leading the Red Sox to a 5-4 series opening victory against the Carolina Mudcats on Sunday afternoon at Haley Toyota Field in a Class A Carolina League baseball contest.
The Mudcats (47-45, 11-13) rallied back with a two-out run in the ninth to tie Sunday's series opener, but fell short in the end as Stephen Nogosek pitched through three shutout frames in extras while leading the Red Sox (55-38, 15-9) to the series opening diamond victory.

NASH REC'S ABBY WILSON

NASH REC'S REAGAN BREWER

NASH COUNTY -- Advanced statistics have become all the rage in baseball, especially on the professional level.
But only one set of numbers mattered for the Nash County All-Stars during the recent 13-15 Babe Ruth East Division State Championship at historic Guy Smith Stadium in Greenville.
The All-Stars, under the direction of Nash Central High School head coach Willie Langley, piled up an impressive 58 runs as part of their five-game tourney stretch.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Nash Central High School will kick off its 2017 boys soccer schedule on Aug. 22 with a road outing against backyard rival Northern Nash.
This will be Nash Central's first season in the Eastern Plains Conference. The Bulldogs' initial EPC match will be September 21 at Farmville Central.
NC's complete ledger is as follows, with home events listed in CAPS:

ELM CITY -- Listed are last Saturday's results from the Open Wheel Modified Special night of action at County Line Raceway:

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For the second-straight year, both the East Carolina baseball (3.27 GPA) and women's golf programs (3.84 GPA) have been honored with the American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Award according to an announcement by Commissioner Mike Aresco last Tuesday.
The Team Academic Excellence Award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest grade point average for the 2016-17 academic year.

Two Nash Central High School receives collide while going for the ball during last Tuesday's 7-on-7 passing action at The Dawg Pound.

On a beautiful summer morning Peachtree folks gathered at the church for worship. Sanctuary flowers were grown and arranged by Melba Hobgood.
Special music was a meaningful arrangement of "In the garden," sung by Marta Whitehouse. She prefaced this by remarks of how meaningful it is to her to work among her flowers. Jane May played an inspiring arrangement of "How Great Thou Art" for the offertory.

Nash Health Care System's President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Chewning recently announced his retirement from the hospital system but other sources say Chewning was actually asked to leave the hospital system.
Sources, which have been confirmed by The Nashville Graphic, say Chewning was asked to leave the hospital system but given the option to retire.
Chewning reportedly announced his retirement to the Nash Health Care Board of Commissioners on Thursday, July 6.

Three Nash County resident are facing serious charges after being arrested recently.
Chief Deputy Brandon Medina, of the Nash County Sheriff's Office, reported that Kevin Wells, 41, Amy Wells, 43, and Ricky Webb, 41, were arrested last week and charged with various sex crimes.
Medina would not elaborate except to say there was one victim involved.

Trooper Leslie Blount loved his job in law enforcement so much that he spent 37 years doing it. But all good things must come to an end and on July 1, Blount officially retired.
Family and friends celebrated his retirement with a dinner at the Coopers Fire Department on June 29.
Blount spent 22 years of his law enforcement career with the North Carolina Highway Patrol. His career started with the Sharpsburg Police Department in 1980.