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The team of Harriette Bennett, left, and Ginger Burke won first gross honors at the first Member-Member tournament of the Wedgewood Ladies Golf Association, held Wednesday. Bennett-Burke had a 69 to lead the field.
Wedgewood Ladies Golf Association holds inaugural Member-Member tourney
The Wedgewood Ladies Golf Association held its first Member-Member tournament Wednesday, with 32 participants and 16 teams divided into two flights. Utilizing a Texas Scramble format, competitions … more
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A little mud on the uniform never hurt anybody
Years ago, starting when I was about 9 years old, I took piano lessons for five years. Once a week, I would go to my piano teacher’s house after school and take a lesson for an hour. As much as … more
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David McDaniel displays the ball after knocking in a hole-in-one on the 127-yard No. 10 hole at Wedgewood Public Golf Course on Saturday, Sept. 19. McDaniel’s feat, accomplished with a 7-iron, was witnessed by playing partners John Bouldin and Kenneth Joyner.
McDaniel aces Wedgewood No. 10
Bill Howard
Low pressure makes the deer eat
Last Wednesday I got a barrage of notifications on my cell phone. It would buzz, pause, buzz, pause, and buzz again. I was in the middle of a job and was trying to avoid it, but the thought … more
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Mariah Polk of WYSA ’06 Explosion dribbles the ball as a NCFC Gold North player pursues her during the opening game of the US Youth Soccer’s National League Piedmont Conference U-15 Girls on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Mills Park in Cary. The match ended in a scoreless tie.
‘06 Explosion settles for tie in 1st game back from long layoff
CARY — Playing in a real match for the first time in months, players from both the Wilson Youth Soccer Association’s ‘06 Explosion and North Carolina Football Club’s Gold … more
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Wilson resident Jake Herring displays the trophy he won for seizing the Tarheel Junior Golf Tour’s 10th annual ACC Southeastern Fall Classic with consecutive rounds of 64 last weekend, Sept. 12-13, at N.C. State University’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Raleigh. Herring, who is a senior at Fike High, will graduate in December and enroll at N.C. State for the spring 2021 semester, although he doesn’t plan to play for the Wolfpack until the fall of 2021.
Rediscovering his focus: Herring lights up future home course with twin 64s
Coaches are there to inspire and motivate their players but for Jake Herring, the words of Press McPhaul, his future golf coach at North Carolina State University, have been pure gold. By his own … more
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Stephen Abrams, background, shakes the hand of Brock Godwin after concluding play in the 42nd annual H.W. Weatherford Memorial/Wilson County Amateur Championship on Sunday at Wedgewood Public Golf Course. Abrams won his second championship in three years, torching the course for an 11-under effort over the span of two days.
Abrams back on top at Wilson County Amateur
In three trips to the H.W. Weatherford Memorial/Wilson County Amateur Championship, Stephen Abrams has flashed a keen sense for the moment. While his closest competitors flailed with the putter … more
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Players on one of the teams in the Wilson Tobs high school fall league watch the action from the bench during a game in 2019 at Fleming Stadium. The fall league will have 10 teams, the most in its 10-year history, as it starts play Monday, Sept. 14. All games will be played at Fleming with two games a day, four days a week until the end of the regular season Nov. 5.
Tobs high school fall league looms large in pandemic
With the continuing COVID-19 pandemic meaning no North Carolina High School Athletic Association sports will be played until late November at the earliest, the annual high school baseball fall league … more
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Mark Whitley, center, gets a hug from David Lee, left, as Stephen Abrams looks on at the conclusion of the 41st annual H.W. Weatherford Memorial/Wilson County Amateur Championship on Sept. 15, 2019, at Wedgewood Public Golf Course. Whitley won his first county title after a two-hole playoff against Lee and Abrams. The three were tied at 10-under after 36 holes.
Wet Wedgewood, strong field could make for tough 42nd annual Wilson County Amateur Championship
Provided the course hasn’t washed away from two days of heavy rain and more in the forecast for Friday, Wedgewood Public Golf Course is prepared for the challenge of 81 golfers in the 42nd … more
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Attendees listen during a portion of the 16th annual Mulligans Fore Kids gala dinner and auction Oct. 3, 2019, at Wilson County Shrine Club. The annual fundraiser for area special-needs children will not have an dinner and auction this year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the four-player superball benefit golf tournament will be held Friday, Oct. 9, at Wedgewood Public Golf Course.
Mulligans Fore Kids benefit golf tourney to continue, but no auction in 2020
While current norms of social distancing prevail amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Mulligan Fore Kids fundraiser to benefit area special-needs children will return for a 17th year on the golf … more
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Players from New Jersey and Utah make a beeline toward a loose ball during the 2017 National League Girls Fall Showcase at Gillette Soccer Complex. Following a 12-year run dating back to 2009, there will be no National League showcase events in Wilson as U.S. Youth Soccer Association seeks out a new home for an expanded field of teams in Greensboro.
National League bids Wilson farewell
An expansion of the U.S. Youth Soccer Association's National League Girls Fall Showcase, held in Wilson for the better part of a decade, now has the city on the outside looking in. The national … more
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Bill Howard
Pocket knives carved a path for boys
Once upon a time, there used to be a consistent rite of passage for boys. It’s not as common now, but it used to be the … more
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The Wedgewood Public Golf Course team captured the 2020 Wilson Cup by a 14 1/2-9 1/2 margin against host Willow Springs Country Club on Sunday for its third championship in the event's 27-year history and its second in the last four years. Wedgewood also emerged the pacesetter in finals qualifying Saturday at Wedgewood. Members of the championship team, front from left, are Charles Matthews, Darryl Webb, Cutler Harris, professional Brady Pinner, Matthew Ellis and Johnny Baker. Back: Tony Langston, Harry Helmer Jr., Tom Pittman, Mike Caddy, Jody O'Neal, Jesse Mercer, Mark Whitley, David Lee, Ryan Pittman and Jeff Taylor.
No home-course advantage for Willow Springs
Don’t expect a prompt conversation from members of the Willow Springs Country Club team if the subject is the home-course advantage in the Wilson Cup interclub golf competition. Since the … more
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The Wilson Baseball Club claimed the ages 11-under championship of the Top Gun Summer World Series played last weekend, Aug. 29-30, in Rocky Mount. Team members are, front from left, Harper Murray, Grayden Murray, Peyton Gardner, Josef Popowitch, Connor Lewis and Chase Privette. Second row: Isaiah Battle, Morgan Williams, Trevor Moore, Landon High, T’Marius Winstead and Charlie Maddrey. Back: coaches Eric Lewis, Kwamaine Battle and Milo Popowitch.
Wilson Baseball Club seizes Top Gun Summer WS crown
SNOW HILL — After rallying to claim three tight victories, the Wilson Baseball Club captured the ages 11-under division of the Top Gun Summer World Series with an 18-6 thrashing of the … more
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Wedgewood Public Golf Course teammates, from left, David Lee and Jody O’Neal display the Wilson Cup trophy won for just the third time by Wedgewood in the 27th edition of the interclub golf competition after defeating Willow Springs Country Club in the final round Sunday, Aug. 30, at Willow Springs.
Laying the ‘Wood: Wedgewood reclaims Wilson Cup title
The home-away venue proved no obstacle for the upstart Wedgewood Public Golf Course team this past weekend. Riding the momentum of Saturday’s convincing medal-play performance on its course, … more
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Catching fish is fun but eating them is better
“Look for a ‘V’ in the water and cast in front of it,” our guide said as the sun’s first rays glinted off the shimmering Croatan Sound under a spectacular late summer … more
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Wilson Country Club’s Clint O’Hara watches his drive during Saturday’s Wilson Cup action at Wedgewood Public Golf Course.
Wedgewood, Willow Springs reach Wilson Cup final
The unofficial forecast of posting the poorest score — although on its course — in the opening round of the 27th annual Wilson Cup interclub golf tournament stirred the Wedgewood Public … more
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Jacob Kennedy
An ode to the 10 o’clock crowd
Imagine this, you are 24 years old working on your master’s degree at Princeton Theological Seminary, you are working at a Presbyterian Church in the posh Upper East Side neighborhood of New … more
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Bill Boles of Wilson Country Club watches his shot during the final day of the 2019 Wilson Cup at WCC. Boles and his teammates will be back to defend their title when the 27th Wilson Cup takes place Saturday and Sunday at Wedgewood and Willow Springs Country Club.
Ready to tee off: Uncertain times won’t interrupt 27th Wilson Cup
For a second straight year, a new situation stares at 42 talented Wilson County golfers who have landed the opportunity to compete in the 27th annual Wilson Cup interclub golf event, scheduled … more
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Celebrity Golf participants come ’together’ for 18th annual event.In this photo illustration by Pat Montgomery, the group of celebrities present for the North Carolina Baseball Museum’s 18th annual Celebrity Golf Tournament on Aug. 12 at Wedgewood Public Golf Course were, from left, John Roper, Freddie Combs, Dereck Whittenburg, Pat Clougherty, Scott Pose, Derek Hamm, Jim Boykin Jr., Chuck Kaiton, Don Fish, Paul Miller, Gilbert Ferrell, Bruce Rose, Billy Harris, Gus Andrews, Alex Cheek, Robert Wells, Jimmy Tillman, Sam Gealy, Johnny Grubb, Rick Richardson, Mike Caldwell, Bobby Guthrie, Mike Bell, Francis Combs, Steve Vacendak, Lynn Daniell, Daniel Caldwell, Wayne Dunn and Johnny Ellen.
Celebrity Golf Tournament turns 18
Celebrity Golf participants come ’together’ for 18th annual event.In this photo illustration by Pat Montgomery, the group of celebrities present for the North Carolina Baseball … more
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