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Fike's Taylor Sullivan tries to dribble past the defense of C.B. Aycock's Colby Thompson during an Aug. 27, 2019 match at Fike. Boys soccer, like the rest of fall sports under the NCHSAA banner, are in danger of being delayed or shelved entirely due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
NCHSAA debunks rumors, holds the line in Wednesday briefing
Should the North Carolina High School Athletic Association ultimately decide to move its fall sports calendar to the spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it won’t be done solely at the behest … more
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Wilson County Schools moves start of fall conditioning to July 13
The opening of fall sports workouts in Wilson County Schools has been delayed one week, from July 6 to July 13. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina High School Athletic … more
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Longtime friends and Backyard Wrestling Club teammates Christian Decatur, left, and Aaron Bancroft will join the wrestling program at UNC Pembroke after recently signing with the NCAA Division II Peach Belt Conference Braves.
Quite a recruiting haul: UNCP lands state champs Bancroft, Decatur
  The wrestling program at UNC Pembroke stands to benefit greatly from a friendship forged years ago between Aaron Bancroft and Christian Decatur. The recent graduates of Fike and C.B. … more
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Juan Jackson, left, and his mother, the late Joan Jackson-Barnes, pose in 2014 at her former home on Hines Street that she had turned into a local community museum. Jackson was named varsity football head coach at his alma mater, Hunt High, this week.
Jackson the right man for Hunt
The memories are still as clear as a bell for me, nearly 40 years later. I will never forget watching No. 20 in the white jersey for Hunt High shred Fike for four touchdowns (on his 17th birthday, … more
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Juan Jackson, a 1984 Hunt High graduate and former Warriors star running back, was named the eighth varsity football head coach in school history Tuesday. Jackson, who had been an assistant football coach and track coach at Nash Central since 2013, will also help coach track at Hunt.
A Warrior’s homecoming: Jackson named Hunt football head coach
No matter what jerseys or team colors Juan Jackson has worn since he starred for the Hunt High football team in the early 1980s, he’s always been a Warrior at heart. Now one of the most … more
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Fike High graduate Octavius Carpenter will join the restarted Barton College football program as a preferred walk-on after earning a Barton W. Stone Scholarship for academics.
Fike’s Carpenter joins Barton football
Size didn’t matter for Octavius Carpenter in his football career at Fike High and now the speedy slotback is hoping to continue to play bigger than his 5-foot-7, 140-pound frame next season at … more
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Fike varsity boys basketball assistant coach Marcus Johnson applauds on the bench during a game Feb. 19 at Hunt. Johnson will coach the Fike varsity girls this season, the first varsity head coaching for the former Golden Demons three-sport athlete.
Back home at Fike, Johnson ready to lead the Lady Demons
Marcus Johnson proved himself as a versatile student-athlete at Fike High more than a decade ago. Now the former Golden Demon standout is demonstrating that same adaptability as Johnson has come full … more
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Turbulent times, turbulent fall season coming
It’s safe to say that the 2020 fall sports season at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s member schools will be unlike any in recent memory. The COVID-19 pandemic is … more
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Fike's Kevin Mendoza, dubbed Mr. Soccer by Wilson Youth Soccer Association in 2019, will remain local for his collegiate career after signing with Barton College.
Mendoza takes technical savvy to Bulldogs
Fike High senior Kevin Mendoza’s technical skills with the soccer ball pattering at his feet have few equals in The Wilson Times readership area. The reigning “Mr. Soccer,” as … more
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Hunt players listen to assistant coach Ben Ellis during a summer workout July 25, 2019, at the school. Wilson County Schools announced Thursday that it will allow the resumption of all athletic activities July 6, but under the COVID-19 guidelines issued by the NCHSAA that prohibit contact or sharing of balls or equipment.
Wilson County Schools to resume athletic activities July 6
Wilson County Schools announced Thursday that it will resume athletic activities in a limited capacity on Monday, July 6, following the release of guidelines by North Carolina High School Athletic … more
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Beddingfield varsity girls assistant coach Jody O’Neal, left, sits on the bench while head coach Debra Pegram gives instructions to players on the floor during a game Dec. 10, 2019, against C.B. Aycock at Beddingfield. O’Neal will succeed Pegram, who is stepping down after more than two decades leading the Lady Bruins.
O’Neal to succeed Pegram in Lady Bruins post
Jody O’Neal continues to build a legendary reputation, well, as followers of high school sports legends. The latest endeavor for the 46-year-old O’Neal is succeeding girls coaching … more
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Morgan Smalls of Panther Creek High in Cary is the NCHSAA Female Athlete of the Year.
Panther Creek’s Smalls, East Surry’s Boaz named NCHSAA top athletes for 2019-20
CHAPEL HILL — Morgan Smalls of Panther Creek High in Cary and Jefferson Boaz of East Surry were named the Female and Male Athletes of the Year, respectively, by the North Carolina High School … more
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Greenfield School's Jordan Lynch will continue his basketball and academic careers at the University of Mount Olive after signing with the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas Trojans this week. He is the fifth Knights senior to join a collegiate program.
Lynch becomes 5th Knight to sign, joins Mount Olive
As four of his fellow seniors on the Greenfield School varsity boys basketball team’s starting lineup joined college programs, Jordan Lynch thought he would be happy just attending … more
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Jeff Nelson, coaching the Fike High varsity girls basketball game during a game against Beddingfield in the Farris & Thomas Holiday Tournament on Dec. 26, 2019, at Hunt High, will be the Lady Demons volleyball coach this fall. Nelson is stepping down from his basketball post after three seasons.
Nelson switches from hoops to volleyball at Fike
The Fike High volleyball head coaching job as been a bit of a revolving door of late with three different people in that role over the past three seasons. But Jeff Nelson, who most recently was … more
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North Johnston High senior Mackenzie Gibson signed her National Letter of Intent to play basketball at Johnston Community College during a signing ceremony at North Johnston on Thursday, June 4.
7 make college choices official at NJ signing ceremony
KENLY — Seven graduating seniors at North Johnston High made official their college choices during a signing ceremony held at the school Thursday, June 4. Caroline Leegins signed with NCAA … more
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ShaKei Hines of Hunt will continue his basketball and academic careers at the University of Mount Olive after signing with the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas Trojans this week.
Hunt’s Hines signs with Mount Olive
ShaKei Hines responded to the challenge of greater leadership this season for his Hunt High varsity boys basketball team by helping the Warriors to 17 wins and being named 3-A Big East Conference … more
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Bria Griffith of Hunt, going up in the paint during a Dec. 5, 2019 game against East Wake at Hunt, will play at the same school as her mother, Barbara, after signing with Livingstone College.
Hunt’s Griffith set to follow in familiar footsteps at Livingstone
In more ways than one, family will surround Bria Griffith at her college destination. The Hunt High senior is preparing to embrace an opportunity that will not only have her playing in front of … more
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Fike head coach Buck Edmundson talks to seniors Mason Lee, left, and Cooper Porter prior to the Golden Demons’ first at-bat against Greenville Rose on March 13 at Gilbert Ferrell Field. The Demons won what turned out to be the last game of the season that started with state championship hopes for Fike.
The lost season: Fike’s state title dreams fade in pandemic
As it appears now, the baseball calendar on the North Carolina High School Athletic Association website reflects the key dates for the 2021 season. The 2020 season has been wiped clean. There is … more
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Beddingfield's Makayla Everette, shooting over Hunt's Imani Sutton during a Jan. 3 game at Beddingfield, was one of three area athletes selected to take part in the NCCA East-West All-Star Games that have now been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic forces cancellation of East-West All-Star Games
The ongoing consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have silenced another high school sports tradition for at least a year. The North Carolina Coaches Association announced Thursday that it would … more
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Greenfield senior Collin Guilford will continue his basketball and academic careers at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va., after recently signing with the NCAA Division III Old Dominion Athletic Conference program.
Knights’ Guilford lands at Randolph-Macon
There’s no question that Collin Guilford made an impact on the Greenfield School boys basketball program in the two years the Winterville resident played for the Knights. Upon transferring … more
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