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Wilson Team Elite catcher Drew Wells awaits the arrival at home plate of Wayne County Jets outfielder Clay Matthews in the first inning of Friday's independent summer league game at Rocky Mount Academy. The baseball did not arrive in time as the Jets plated six runs in the top of the first. Wilson lost 8-4.
Despite bullpen, tumultuous first inning keeps Wilson sputtering
ROCKY MOUNT — Remove the top of the first inning, and Wilson Team Elite finds itself in a totally different position in Friday night’s independent league baseball game versus the Wayne … more
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The hammock tent is set out under the Arizona sun.
Peace in the desert
Gosh, it feels like I just wrote about this not too long ago. You know, the part about us being captive in our own dwellings, places closed, and the need for socialization and adventure. But as it … more
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Lake Wilson 18Us enjoy 2-1 week on courts
Boosted by a sweep of doubles and the bottom of its singles order, the Lake Wilson Tennis Club 18U team assured itself of a winning record on the week after moving past River Birch Tennis Center of … more
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Wilson Team Elite shortstop Tyson Bass lunges to tag Tanner Smith of the Garner Nationals in the first inning of Thursday's independent summer league game at Eastern Carolina Athletic Park. Smith was ruled safe on the steal of second base as Wilson lost 7-1.
Struggles mount for Team Elite in 7-1 loss to Garner
GOLDSBORO — For a team struggling to establish an identity at the plate, facing a stream of lively arms was not a recipe for success for Wilson Team Elite on Thursday night at Eastern Carolina … more
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Wilson Team Elite starter Tanner Sullivan worked five innings without allowing a run Monday in a 4-0 win over the Twin Rivers Redbirds at Rocky Mount Academy. It was Wilson's first win of the independent summer league season.
Team Elite scratches past Redbirds for first win
ROCKY MOUNT — Twenty innings at the plate have elapsed for Wilson Team Elite to date, and through three contests, the independent summer league baseball team has yet to have an inning where it … more
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Dusty Baker (31) and Jared Carr (6) of the Wilson Tobs exchange elbow bumps as Carr returns to the dugout during a June 26 exhibition against the Tarboro River Bandits at Fleming Stadium. Elbows and fists are a common greeting or acknowledgment in pandemic era baseball.
Creativity, gratitude keeps local baseball afloat
In pandemic-era baseball, it takes a village to keep some sense of normalcy afloat. That’s been put on display in the summer of 2020 by the Coastal Plain League and representatives of … more
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Jody O’Neal displays the ball he used to ace the No. 5 hole at Wedgewood Public Golf Course on June 28.
Bruins coach aces Wedgewood’s No. 5
Jody O’Neal, the golf coach and athletic director at Beddingfield High, registered a hole-in-one on the Bruins’ home course, Wedgewood Public Golf Course, on June 28. Playing a 7 iron … more
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Wayne County Jets designated hitter Drew Spencer (36) slides in ahead of a toss home to Wilson Team Elite pitcher Nathan Woodard during Tuesday's game at Eastern Carolina Athletic Park. Wilson lost 2-0.
Team Elite bats grounded by Jets, 2-0
GOLDSBORO — Attempting to take the extra base when the rare opportunity presented itself didn’t rank as the worst of choices for Wilson Team Elite in its second independent summer league … more
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Gabe Barnes of Wilson Team Elite stretches for home plate, but the tag was already applied by Kinston catcher Brenden Grant during the first inning of Monday's independent summer league game at Rocky Mount Academy. Barnes was tagged out trying to advance on the infield fly rule as Team Elite lost its opener 6-1.
Not yet Elite: Wilson sunk by Battleships in summer league opener
ROCKY MOUNT — A three-plus month absence from the baseball in a competitive capacity for members of Wilson Team Elite showed on occasion during Monday’s independent summer league opener … more
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Bill Howard
Combine camping, off-road for new experience
Overlanding. That is probably a word you are not familiar with unless you do it. Overland camping is one aspect of overlanding. Basically, overland camping is a fusion of off-roading and camping. … more
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Hang on! Baseball, racing are around the corner
Well, would you look at that! After a three-month period of no sports to be found at the local level, events are beginning to trickle back onto the calendar for The Wilson Times readership … more
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Playing on the victorious Wilson Country Club were the father-and-son duos of, from left, John Hearn and Hearn Walston and Coalter Paxton III and Coalter Paxton IV at the Wilson Cup interclub competition at WCC. The 27th annual Wilson Cup will be played Aug. 30-31.
Wilson Cup set to return Aug. 30-31
Amid lingering restrictions associated with the coronavirus pandemic, the   Wilson Cup men’s interclub golf competition is a go for 2020. Cup founder Kent Williams recently announced … more
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A deep Wilson Team Elite pitching staff will be bolstered by left-hander Tanner Sullivan, shown pitching in a game for Wilson Post 13 on July 6, 2019 against Farmville Post 151 at Fleming Stadium. Sullivan, a Fike High graduate, will contribute to Wilson Team Elite after N.C. State's club baseball season was shelved due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
An uncommon summer: Promising roster set for Wilson Team Elite
After a three-month wait to return to a baseball field in a competitive setting, what’s five more days for the newly formed Wilson Team Elite? That’s the predicament in front of the … more
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Mason Lee of Wilson Post 13 takes a cut during an American Legion Baseball game June 10, 2019, at Fleming Stadium. Lee is one of several former Post 13 players expected to play for Wilson Team Elite, a travel team created after American Legion shut down its national baseball program due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Getting closer to playing ball: Wilson Team Elite releases schedule
Wilson Team Elite, a reimagined version of the Wilson American Legion baseball program, moved a step closer to taking the field with the release Sunday of a 15-game schedule, starting June 20 against … more
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The author’s A-frame camper setup beside a stream near Old Fort in McDowell County.
A-frame camper a lifesaver in heat, storms
This past weekend the wife and I decided to go camping. Bear in mind that the temperatures were expected to be around 90 degrees for the high, and there was a really strong chance of … more
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Wilson Team Elite tryouts to be held next week in Goldsboro
Wilson Team Elite head coach Matt Ballance announces that tryouts for the independent summer baseball league roster will be held Wednesday, June 17, at Eastern Carolina Athletic Park in Goldsboro … more
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Greenfield rising senior Nathan Woodard, shown throwing in a March 10 game at Community Christian, is one of the commitments to Wilson Team Elite, which will take part in a regional independent summer league.
Play ball: Wilson to field team with independent summer league
If you build it, they will come. While a cornfield in Iowa isn’t the motivation for representatives from seven different areas to cobble together a plan for summer baseball, the ongoing … more
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Cris Castro, right, kicks the ball in front of an FSC Force player as WYSA ’01 Explosion teammate Carlos Garcia, back, watches during the N.C. Youth Soccer Kepner Cup semifinals May 18, 2019, at Gillette Soccer Complex. The WYSA is planning to hold tryouts for the 2020-21 season later this month.
WYSA eager to get back to work
While the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all activity for U.S. Youth Soccer Association programs, the Wilson Youth Soccer Association hopes to hit the field soon with tryouts for the 2020-21 … more
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Matt Mercer kicks a stack of wood planks during testing and eventual promotion for his sixth-degree black belt in May.
Humble master: Mercer attains sixth-degree black belt
For one extra degree of separation, Matt Mercer walked a long road. As the owner of Dong’s Martial Arts School in Wilson, the 42-year old fifth-degree black belt is not one to have an … more
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McCartney to take on all tennis comers for COVID-19 relief
Former Barton College men’s tennis standout Jake McCartney will undergo an extensive workout Saturday at Lake Wilson Tennis Club. In raising monies for the United Way Coronavirus Relief … more
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