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ROCKY MOUNT -- The North Carolina Wesleyan College Department of Athletics celebrated the 2016-2017 season by hosting its 52nd Annual Awards Ceremony last Tuesday evening in Minges Auditorium at the Dunn Center.
Coaches, staff and student-athletes came together to celebrate the accomplishments of both individuals and teams from this academic year.

STANHOPE -- Southern Nash High School's softball squad stepped out of conference play last Friday and earned a doubleheader split against Warren County at Ladybird Field on the SNHS campus.
SN opened the twinbill with a 5-0 decision as Carrigan Ewers tossed five shutout innings on the hill to claim the decision.
Elisabeth Collie was 2-for-3 at the plate and Olivia Lamm came through with a run-scoring triple.

CHAPEL HILL - The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has announced a partnership with the Triangle Sports Commission (TSC) that will bring two NCHSAA Football State Championship Games to Durham and Wallace Wade Stadium on the campus of Duke University.
The Football Championships return to Wallace Wade Stadium for the first time since 2006 and will return the schedule of competition for the event to four sites with two games each.

WILSON -- Southern Nash got off to a strong start at the annual Golden Leaf Invitational Baseball Tournament in Wilson -- but was unable to make any positive progress from there.
Instead, the Firebirds went 1-2 overall after opening the event with an extra-inning decision over North Johnston, which usually produces one of the top Class 2-A diamond squads in Eastern North Carolina.

NASH COUNTY -- Here are the latest Nash County Recreation & Senior Services Youth Soccer League Scores:

ELM CITY -- Here are last weekend's results from action at County Line Raceway:

Southern Nash's Dawson Sikes (right) tries to tag Faith Christian baserunner Landen Roupp at home plate during last Tuesday's tourney game at Wilson Fike HS.

Faith Christian School's Landen Roupp (right) avoids a pickoff attempt during last Tuesday's meeting with Southern Nash at the Golden Leaf Invitational in Wilson.

Faith Christian's Alex Crosby takes a pitch during last Tuesday's game versus Southern Nash.

Ava Battle of Highway 55 Diner makes contact during last Saturday's Machine-Pitch Softball action.

(L to R) Nazir Wiggins and Benjamin Whitehead of ACME Cleaners try to field a ground ball.

(L to R) Owen Davidson and Joshua Minchew of Hedgepeth-Hutson Insurance Services plot a defensive strategy during last Saturday's action at Glover Park.

ZEBULON -- Corbin Burnes set a new career high with nine strikeouts, Lucas Erceg broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth with a go-ahead RBI single and Troy Stokes Jr. hit a three-run home run in the seventh as the host Carolina Mudcats defeated the Buies Creek Astros 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Five County Stadium in a Class A Carolina League baseball matchup.