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Limited Sportsman race for $1,200 headlines County Line lineup Saturday
A 25-lap Limited Sportsman race with $1,200 for the winner is the featured event as racing returns to County Line Raceway on Saturday, July 11. Also racing will be Late Model, Super Stock … more
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Former Greenfield School star Aaron Rountree III (25) blocks a shot for Team CP3 during a game in The Basketball Tournament in Columbus, Ohio. Team CP3 was eliminated with a 76-67 loss to the Golden Eagles on Monday evening.
Rountree, Team CP3 falter in TBT
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Another late rally seemed to be in the works for Team CP3 against the Golden Eagles in the second round of The Basketball Tournament on Monday night at Nationwide Arena. … more
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Wilson native and Greenfield School product Aaron Rountree III is back with Team CP3 for the second straight summer in The Basketball Tournament. Rountree and Team CP3 will face the Golden Eagles in the second round from Columbus, Ohio, on Monday at 7 p.m. All games are being televised by ESPN.
In the bubble: Rountree, Team CP3 part of quarantined TBT in Columbus
More than four months after his last competitive basketball game, Aaron Rountree III didn’t need a lot of motivation to hit the hardwood for the third straight year in The Basketball … more
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Baseball’s minor leagues cancel 2020 seasons
NEW YORK — Baseball’s minor leagues canceled their seasons Tuesday because of the coronavirus pandemic, and the head of their governing body said more than half of the 160 teams were in … more
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John Goin stands in victory lane after winning the second rain-shortened Late Model race Sunday at Southern National Motorsports Park.
Goin victorious in rain-shortened Southern National race
LUCAMA — John Goin picked up his first career win of any kind in the second act of a rain-shortened Late Model doubleheader at Southern National Motorsports Park on Sunday in one of the … more
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Fans watch the action from trackside spots during a race at Southern National Motorsports Park earlier this year. The track will hold its first races since March on Sunday with only trackside seating and pit passes available for fans. County Line Raceway near Elm City will also hold races Saturday evening with empty grandstands but fans allowed to sit at trackside spots and in the pit areas.
Southern National, County Line to run in front of limited number of fans this weekend
Racing will happen at two tracks in Wilson County this weekend but with a limited number of fans at both sites following Gov. Roy Cooper’s continuance of Phase 2 of the COVID-19 pandemic … more
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Callie Smith poses on the deck in Morehead City with the 30.9-pound dolphin she caught aboard the Carterican while fishing in the Keli Wagner Lady Angler tournament June 6. Smith’s dolphin brought home more than $28,000 in prize money in both the KWLA and the Big Rock Blue Marlin tournaments for the Carterican, owned by her husband, Lee, and his brother, Jamie, who are both from Wilson.
Big Rock Notebook: KWLA-winning dolphin nets Carterican prize money
After two straight years of Wilson boats making a splash at the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament, the 62nd annual deep sea fishing extravaganza at Morehead City had one local success story. The … more
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Christopher O’Neill of Glen Allen, Va., watches his tee shot during the SwingThought Tour golf tournament held June 10-11 at Belmont Lake Golf Course in Rocky Mount. O’Neill shot a 63-66—129 to win by three strokes.
O’Neill blisters Belmont Lake course for SwingThought win 
ROCKY MOUNT — Christopher O’Neill of Glen Allen, Virginia, blistered the Belmont Lake Golf Club with rounds of 63 and 66 to finish with a 15-under-pair 129 to capture the SwingThought … more
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Fans line the outside of the track at Southern National Motorsports Park during a race earlier this season. The track will reopen for practice Saturday, June 27, followed by a day of racing on Sunday, June 28, with trackside spots for spectators if grandstand seating has not been approved by then.
Ready to get back on track: Southern National to reopen June 27-28
Like everyone else these days, Mike Diaz is ready for things to get back to normal. While the world at large, especially the sports world, has been anything but normal as the COVID-19 pandemic has … more
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East Carolina outfielder Bryson Worrell, a 2017 Hunt High graduate, did not get drafted in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, shortened from 40 to five rounds this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Worrell said he will stay at ECU for his senior year in 2021.
MLB draft aftermath: Stokely still undecided; Worrell to stay at ECU
Following the conclusion of the MLB First-Year Player Draft on Thursday night, it was more wait and see for Fike High senior third baseman Hunter Stokely, while East Carolina junior outfielder Bryson … more
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Fike High senior third baseman Hunter Stokely hopes to be taken in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, which has been shortened from 40 rounds to just five this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on Wednesday.
Fike’s Stokely stuck on hold waiting for MLB draft
For a young man whose future could change dramatically in a couple of days, Hunter Stokely isn’t letting what he can’t control worry him. The Fike High senior, who will graduate … more
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Kelvin King, left, poses with trainer Luis "Chiro" Perez during training camp in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. King is scheduled to return to the ring July 11 against Angel Lopez of Orlando, Fla.
King to face Angel Lopez on July 11
Kelvin King can now put a face and a name to his next opponent. The Beddingfield High graduate and 25-year-old professional boxer will make his return to the ring following a layoff of over 16 … more
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Driving the 'common man' feel out of baseball
For all the quirks and oddities surrounding the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft in relation to its peers in the NBA, NFL and NHL, baseball is the home to the common man’s … more
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Beddingfield graduate Kelvin King, left, trains during a recent sparring session. After more than a one-year layoff away from the ring, King has a potential return date set on July 11 in St. Augustine, Fla.
Fighting for retirement: King back in familiar saddle, return to ring imminent
At the prime age of 25, Kelvin King sees himself on a collision course with the end of his professional boxing career. In fact, the day-to-day routine of the Beddingfield High graduate is geared … more
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Jerry Sands, who played for the Wilson Tobs in 2007 and 2008, poses in the uniform of the Hanshin Tigers in December 2019 after signing with the Nippon Professional Baseball franchise. Sands, a Johnston County resident, spend parts of five seasons in the major leagues before playing in South Korea the last two seasons.
International pastime: Former Tob Sands continues his career in Asia
When Jerry Sands traded his Wilson Tobs uniform for that of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Gulf Coast League affiliate in June of 2008, little did the Smithfield-Selma High and Wilson’s Mills … more
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Former Fike High standout A.J. Hines poses for a photo on the field where he once starred for the Golden Demons prior to a workout Thursday afternoon. Hines, who will graduate from Duquesne Univerity as its all-time leading rusher, is preparing for a shot at playing in the NFL.
Working toward his shot at the NFL
Trying to make it in the NFL is generally tough enough when you played college football at the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision level, but preparing for the biggest job interview he might ever … more
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Former Hunt High standout Malik Williams takes a break during a run at Lake Wilson on Wednesday. Williams, who graduated from Louisville, has been cut by NFL teams each of the past two preseasons but is hoping for another shot this summer — if it isn’t derailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Still overcoming obstacles: Former Hunt star Williams hopes to get another NFL shot
Having overcome countless obstacles on his quest to play in the National Football League, Malik Williams has learned to be patient as he tries to keep that dream alive amid the coronavirus … more
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Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton does his trademark “Superman” pose as he makes his entrance in front of two big flames before the season-opening game against the Los Angeles Rams at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Sept. 8, 2019.
Divorce inevitable for Panthers, Newton
It was always going to end this way. The Carolina Panthers and quarterback Cam Newton officially pulled the band aid off Tuesday for all the social media world to see, with the Panthers announcing … more
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Taylor Gray celebrates in Victory Lane after taking the Solid Rock Carriers 150 Late Model Stock Car race during the CARS Tour season opener Saturday afternoon at Southern National Motorsports Park.
Gray, Craig claim checkers in CARS Tour opener at Southern National
Taylor Gray and Matt Craig opened the sixth season of the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Tour with victories in a thrilling Solid Rock Carriers 300 at Southern National Motorsports Park on Saturday … more
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Bobby McCarty (22) and Lee Pulliam (5) battle side by side for the lead during Sunday's Solid Rock Carriers Classic at Southern National Motorsports Park.
McCarty edges Pulliam in Late Model instant classic
Bobby McCarty edged out Lee Pulliam to score the victory in a thrilling green-white-checkered finish in Sunday evening’s Solid Rock Carriers Classic at Southern National Motorsports Park … more
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