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NASH COUNTY -- Listed are updated Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Spring Youth Soccer League Scores:

WINSTON-SALEM -- Corbin Burnes struck out a career-high 10 batters over seven scoreless, Eric Hanhold worked through two scoreless in relief, Nate Griep earned the save and both Trent Clark and Max McDowell had RBI triples in the tenth as the Carolina Mudcats defeated the Dash 3-0 at BB&T Ballpark on Sunday afternoon in a Class A Carolina League baseball showdown.
The game was scoreless through the ninth before the Mudcats (23-20) rallied for three runs and four hits in the tenth and final inning.

STORRS, CONN. -- Kirk Morgan tossed a career-high eight shutout innings, while Nick Barber, Dusty Baker and Brady Lloyd each had RBI base hits helping East Carolina University to a 3-0 American Athletic Conference baseball victory over Connecticut last Saturday afternoon at J.O. Christian Field.
With the win, the Pirates closed out the regular season 29-27 and 7-17 in league play, while the Huskies fell to 31-23 and 14-10.

RALEIGH -- After clinching the series with wins last Thursday and Friday, the North Carolina State University baseball team came up short in its search for the sweep as the 12th-ranked Clemson Tigers won Saturday's game, 15-6, at Doak Field at Dail Park on the NCSU campus.
The Wolfpack concluded its regular season slate with a 33-22 overall record, including a 16-14 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play. The Tigers are now 39-17 and 17-13 in league action.

NASHVILLE -- This past Saturday was the final day of games for Town of Nashville youth baseball, softball and T-ball at Glover Park.
In baseball, Webby's Shaved Ice fell to Nationwide-Mary Ruffin 21-12 despite Bryson Rackley's effort to keep the game close with his 3 inside- the-park home runs -- on his 12th birthday no less.
Nationwide-Mary Ruffin awarded Dominique Jones MVP and the Most Improved Award was earned by Maurice Parker.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Travis Gamache stroked his fifth home run in the past four games as he paced the Wesley Men Yankees to a 9-2 win over the Hester & Tucker Phillies in a Friday night make-up game at the RCMT Sports Complex in Rocky Mount youth baseball action.
Jeffrey Bradley and Will Braswell chipped in with a three-bagger apiece while Tevin Jones lined an RBI double to help pad the Yankee scorebook.

MOVING UP. Four students at Nashville Academy of Martial Arts recently earned their white and gold half belts during a recent belt testing session at the NAMA facility. Pictured above are students (l to r) Corbin Clark, Randy Vick and Judah Waller.

Faith Christian School senior Ben Lewis, who has signed with Louisburg College, slides safely into third base.

Members of the Faith Christian School baseball team pose with the first-place trophy after winning the NCISAA Class 2-A State Championship last Saturday afternoon in High Point.

The Tar River Regional Drug Task Force arrested over a dozen individuals last Monday as a result of outstanding narcotics-related warrants.
The active warrants came as a result of the Task Force's investigative efforts after receiving multiple citizen complaints.
"We appreciate our citizens for stepping up by wanting the illegal drugs removed from their communities and those feeding our citizens with poison to be held accountable," said Chief Deputy Brandon Medina, of the Nash County Sheriff's Office.

Two hundred thirty nine miles were ran, walked and biked on Saturday around the track at Northern Nash High School.
Each mile represented a North Carolina service member who has been killed since 2001.
This is the second year the NC Chapter of Honor and Remember has hosted the event in Nash County.

Billy Weaver walks a mile for a NC fallen service member on Saturday during the annual Run for the Fallen. This is the second year the event has been hosted at Northern Nash High School. Weaver is a member of the NC Chapter of Honor and Remember, which sponsors the event.

Brigadier General Arnold Gordon-Bray speaks at the Run for the Fallen event on Saturday, which was held at Northern Nash High School.

Nashville residents will see an increase on their sewer bill, as town council agreed to increase rates by 4.5 percent.
Mayor Donald Street told council members during a budget retreat last Wednesday that the City of Rocky Mount would be increasing its rates by three percent. Street said the board would have to decide if they could keep their own fund solvent by just passing on the increase Rocky Mount passed to them.
Street said the town's enterprise fund was slowly melting away due to the increase costs of repairs and updates.

An accident involving a dirt bike and a motorcycle claimed the life of a Nashville man on Sunday night.
According to reports from the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Travis Monte Sessoms, 34, of Nashville, was traveling west on a motorcycle on Hedgepeth Road and Charles Hodge, 22, of Raleigh, was traveling east on Hedgepeth Road driving a dirt bike when the accident occurred.
Reports said Hodge was operating the dirt bike on its rear wheel when he lost control and was ejected off the bike.

Quinn Joyner, 6, works on making a crown prior to the movie on Saturday night at Glover Park.

Friends, Family, Readers, Enemies, Students, Strangers, et al:
Please stop making me feel old.
I have a daughter, who before she could get her foot completely inside the door Friday afternoon, yelled at me, "Daddy! I'm a senior now!"
This caused a tiny flicker in my soul, sort of like the one the dollar store light bulb does for about a week before it dies around its 30-day birthday.

Memorial Day is just a few days away and for many, it means an extra long weekend of "fun in the sun."
And, there's nothing wrong with that.
But, please be sure to remember the true reason you get that extra day of "fun in the sun."
Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died serving our nation.

Hurricane Matthew swept over North Carolina seven months ago, bringing 1,000-year floods and an estimated $4.8 billion in damage to 50 counties -- half of the state.
In the wake of the storm, North Carolinians came together to support those who were affected. North Carolina secured millions in federal funding and FEMA assistance to help families move back into their old homes or find permanent housing.

LADY CHAMPS -- This photo was originally published July 30, 1974. The Peoples Bank team won the regular season and tournament trophies in the Nashville League.

A Middlesex property owner discovered a box of dynamite in an old tobacco house on his property last week, causing NC 231 to be shut down for a few hours.
According to the Nash County Sheriff's Office, Everette Strickland, who owns property in the 6800 block of NC 231 South near Middlesex, contacted the Sheriff's Office after discovering a box of dynamite in an old tobacco pack house on his property last Thursday morning, May 18.
The property has been vacant since the 1980s, as Strickland now lives in Raleigh.

A Louisburg man has been charged with five counts of indecent exposure after flashing motorists on US 64.
According to the Nash County Sheriff's Office, phone calls were received on five different occassions between May 5 and May 13 in reference to a white male standing on the shoulder of US 64 Westbound at the 448 mile markers. Callers stated that the man was completely nude with the exception of a mask and would flash motorists as they drove by.

An assault rifle was stolen out of a Nash County Sheriff's Office vehicle Saturday morning.
According to the Sheriff's Office, a deputy discovered that their county vehicle had been broken into in the early morning hours of Saturday, May 20.
A Colt AR-15 rifle, one rifle magazine and an evidence fingerprinting kit were taken from the vehicle.

INCIDENTS
A larceny was reported on 5/16/17 at 115 Golfers Lane
A missing person was reported on 5/18/17 on Hurt Court
A possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance was reported on 5/19/17 at Cavalier Homes on Eastern Avenue

Nash County Planning and Inspections issued the following building permits from May 15 through 19.