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Twenty No. 1 country music hits. An armful of Gold and Platinum records. CMA's "Female Vocalist of the Year." Sold-out tours across the nation and around the world. A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Not bad for the youngest of eight children from a holler in Paintsville, Ky. Crystal Gayle became a household name in the 1970s for her Grammy Award-winning crossover hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue," as well as for her nearly floor-length hair.

The Cherry Hill Concert Series opens its fall season with a performance by the Poinsett Piano Trio on Sunday, September 18th at 3 p.m. The group will play in the Cherry Hill plantation house in Inez and afterwards will visit with patrons at a reception in the dining room of the historic property.
After having performed together with great success for several years in other chamber combinations, David Gross, Deirdre Hutton, and Christopher Hutton founded the Poinsett Piano Trio in 2008.

BUNN - Southern Nash's skill-position depth and talent proved to be too much for the Bunn Wildcats during last Thursday's non-conference backyard rivalry football game.
The Firebirds attacked Bunn from every angle en route to defeating the Wildcats by a 31-16 margin at the BHS Football Field.
With the triumph, Southern Nash remained undefeated at 3-0, while Bunn dropped to 2-1 overall.

RED OAK -- A regular season home meet against the Cleveland Rams isn't just a normal event for the Northern Nash High School cross country squad.
That's because Cleveland boasts two of the area's top Class 3-A runners -- identical twins Wyatt and Gable Dershem.
As expected, the Dershems challenged Northern Nash's best performers at last week's matchup -- and that was exactly what veteran NNHS head coach Jeff Dodrill was looking for.

ZEBULON - Enderson Franco completed his second career complete-game shutout in a 5-0 game-one victory and the Carolina Mudcats walked off 3-2 with back-to-back bases-loaded walks in game two while completing a doubleheader sweep against the Dash at Five County Stadium on Sunday night in a Class A Carolina League diamond twinbill.
The doubleheader sweep was Carolina's second of the season and came in their Carolina League-high 14th twinbill of the year.

OWINGS MILLS, MD. -- The score was tied after three quarters, but the host Mustangs of Stevenson University registered 14 unanswered points in the final period to pull away for a 42-28 victory over North Carolina Wesleyan College in last Friday's football season opener for both squads.
Stevenson (1-0) used two big plays in the fourth quarter to secure the win.
The first came with 9:15 to go when SU's Billy Lewis picked off his third pass of the game and returned it 38 yards for the go-ahead touchdown.

LOUISBURG -- It hasn't taken long for Northern Nash's Dynamic Duo of Coleman Cherry and Stephen Whitehead to make an instant impact with the Louisburg College men's cross country program.
The freshmen standouts were exceptional for the Hurricanes during last Saturday's action at the Chick Fil-A Invitational, which was hosted by Catawba College in Salisbury.

Aaron Dornseif earned his red belt during a belt test at Nashville Academy of Martial Arts recently. Dornseif has been a student at Nashville Academy of Martial Arts for over three years. The red belt is the hardest of the lower belts and is where students begin advanced training to earn their brown belts, then advancing to their black belts. While a red belt and before advancing to brown belts, students work on sharpening their skills up both physically and mentally.

Northern Nash High School's cross country squad (pictured) will host the annual Knights Invitational this Saturday morning at Red Oak Middle School. Over 600 entrants from across the region are expected to participate in the star-studded event.

The recent adverse weather has forced some scheduling changes for the Northern Nash High School football squad under the direction of head coach Randy Raper. The Knights were supposed to play last Friday night against Tarboro, but the backyard showdown has been postponed until Sept. 12 -- next Monday. That will be a quick bounceback time for the Knights, who will be on the road this Friday night for a visit to New Hanover County to tangle with Wilmington Laney. The Fighting Knights are currently 1-1 overall this season.

RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College volleyball squad opened its 2016 season last Thursday evening at William Peace University, dropping a heartbreaking five-setter to the Pacers in Raleigh (17-25, 22-25, 25-21, 27-25, 15-11).
After Wesleyan raced out to a 2-0 lead with impressive wins in the first two sets, the Pacers stayed alive with a 25-21 win in the third.

NASH COUNTY -- The 2016 Eastern North Carolina Football League will kick off its season schedule this Saturday, and several local youth gridiron teams will be in action.
The Nashville Hornets will be at home for a meeting with the Wilson Boys and Girls Club Jets.
Activities will begin with the varsity contest at 9 a.m. at Glover Park's Hornets Nest.