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AREA BRIEFS: SPOT hoops registration ends Tuesday
Registration for The SPOT’s East Carolina Elite Basketball ages 8-13 youth league ends Tuesday. Registration is $30 per player and can be done online at www.thewilsonspot.org. There will … more
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More changes for duck hunters
Big changes are coming next season for the avid waterfowl hunters. However, we don’t know quite what those changes are just yet. Or do we? I have often stated that duck hunting is one of the … more
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Wilson fisherman Scott Irby landed this blackfin tuna, weighing 26.7 pounds, during a trip earlier this week to the East Rock, east side of Cape Lookout shoals in 70-degree temperatures and water 70 feet deep. Irby was joined by Ashley Narron, Larry Lane, John Wooten and Billy Clark aboard his boat, “Reel Deal.” The tuna was hooked with a dead cigar minnow on a blue head pearl. Irby used a Mac-a-Hoo rig, 20-pound mono line and a Shimano Speedmaster reel. The state record for a blackfin tuna is 40 pounds and Irby’s catch was of citation size.
‘Reel Deal’ catch
Wilson fisherman Scott Irby landed this blackfin tuna, weighing 26.7 pounds, during a trip earlier this week to the East Rock, east side of Cape Lookout shoals in 70-degree temperatures and water 70 … more
WCYAA basketball registration will continue until Dec. 2
Registration is now underway for the 2019 Wilson County Youth Athletic Association basketball season and will run through Dec. 2. Players may register online at www.wcyaa.org, at Trophies by … more
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The winning low gross team at the Wedgewood Four-Lady Superball golf tournament, held Oct. 16 at Wedgewood Public Golf Course, was, from left, Mary Ann Sutton, Jeanette Sasser, Lindsey Burton and Linda Watson.
Wedgewood tournament an ‘absolute success’
Wedgewood Public Golf Course golfers turned in stellar performances in the annual Wedgewood Four-Ladies Tournament contested last Saturday over the par-72 Wedgewood layout. The Wedgewood foursome … more
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Wilkinson, Brewer claim WCC titles
Patch Wilkinson and Priscilla Brewer added to their county laurels with home-course supremacy recently in the annual Women’s Club Championship at Wilson Country Club. Wilkinson … more
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Explosion U12 girls garner pair of league victories
The Wilson Youth Soccer Association Explosion Ladies ages U12 girls compiled a pair of wins Oct. 13-14 against North Carolina Youth Soccer Association foes Wake Futbol Club and Fayetteville … more
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Wilson Recreation Department Glance
Youth soccer  RESULTS Games from Oct. 8-15 Boys Ages 5-6 Bears 4, Sharks 6: Scorers: Bears- Suliman Moharam 1, Jonah Williams 2, Bryson Philpott 1; Sharks- Benjamin Darden 5, Wood … more
Fencing protecting Pando is seen along State Route 25 at Fish Lake in the Fishlake National Forest in central Utah in this photo from September 2017. The massive aspen grove is still deteriorating despite fencing designed to keep out mule deer that have been blamed for chewing the trees, a new study says.
People get the blame for everything
I am used to seeing stories on how either hunters or humans are to blame for everything from animal extinction to climate change that makes land or water inhabitable for creatures that have survived … more
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Mary Katherine Walston Martin, front row second from right, was on the Raleigh team that captured the USTA Adult 18 & Over 4.5 women's national championship Sunday in Arlington, Texas. Walston Martin, a product of Fike High, won consecutive NCHSAA 3-A doubles championships with Alli Benton in 2001 and 2002.
Walston Martin part of USTA 18&Over 4.5 national champions
ARLINGTON, Texas — Mary Katherine Walston Martin, a 2004 graduate of Fike High and a two-time North Carolina High School Athletic Association doubles champion, was part of a Raleigh-based team … more
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Men's champion Zim Hagan hits his tee shot on No. 18 in Sunday's final round at Willow Springs Country Club as Brandon Godwin, left, and Troy Haynes, members of his foursome, look on.
Hagan seizes first club title in Willow Springs championship debut
The quality of golfers at Willow Springs Country Club improved significantly with the early-August closing of Happy Valley Country Club. One of the golfers shifting from Happy Valley, Zim Hagan, … more
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Wilson Recreation Department Glance
Youth soccer RESULTS Games from Oct. 1-6 Boys  Ages 5-6 Lions 8, Eagles 9: Scorers:  Lions- Jack Price 1, Joel Rodriguez 1, Mohamed Rehan 4, Bentley Medlin 2; Eagles- Gavin … more
In wake of ‘Flo,’ fish kills a big issue
I have conveyed in this column many times in the past, the importance of wildlife biologists to proper hunting seasons, locations and quotas. Many factors are taken into account, such as the number … more
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Mulligans Fore Kids co-founders Lynn Webb, left, and Mickey Grizzard hold up framed photograph of the late Grover Bullin with the first two children that Mulligans Fore Kids helped in 2004, Caleb and Zachary Winstead of Wilson. Zachary, now a teenager, is on the far left at the 15th annual Mulligans Fore Kids gala event Oct. 4 at Wilson County Shrine Club.
Mulligans Fore Kids stays on course
What began as a superball golf tournament to benefit special needs children 14 years ago has become a community institution that has impacted many lives. Mulligans Fore Kids held its 15th annual … more
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John Hearn Walston watches from the back fringe of the No. 1 and his putt from some 25 feet away wound up in the cup and crowned him the Men's champion in a playoff at Wilson Country Club on Sunday.
Walston captures his 1st WCC men’s crown
Drama-laced finishes reigned in the annual Wilson Country Club Championship golf tournament on a summer-like weekend. A playoff decided a six-player scramble for the Men’s Open title and … more
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Susan Baker, putting on the No. 18 green, captured her first Women's Championship at Willow Springs Country Club recently after finishing the runner-up the previous two years.
Baker claims WSCC women’s title
After near misses the previous two years, Susan Baker reigns as the Women’s Open champion at Willow Springs Country Club. Baker captured her first title Sept. 30 with rounds of … more
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Wilson Recreation Department Glance
Youth Soccer  RESULTS Matches from Sept. 24-28 Girls Ages 5-6 Otters 1, Dinosaurs 4: Scorers: Otters- Elizabeth Lyndon 1; Dinosaurs- Makinley Byrd 3, Sienna Lineberger 1 Ducks … more
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Wilson Recreation Department Glance
Youth soccer Results Matches from Sept. 22 Boys Ages 5-6 Sharks 9, Wolves 2: Scorers: Sharks- Jy’Avon Johnson 2, Wood Berry 3, Christian Cruz 2, and Bun Darden 2; Wolves- Alan … more
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Watch out for those hurricane skeeters!
Hurricane Florence was expected to bring rain, wind, and even heavy-duty cleanup after she left. It is what hurricanes do.  What we didn’t expect was for Hurricane Florence to bring … more
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Thorne a late bloomer on the course
Delighted to receive an invitation to participate, Jimmie Thorne didn’t expect to win the golf tournament. But he did. And by virtue of winning the Global Enterprise Connect (GEC) Open at … more
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