Bulldogs ‘ready to play’
For the first time since 2017, the Barton College baseball team is appearing in the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas tournament.
Projected to finish seventh among 10 league members in the …
From the obscure role of scouting and tracking and charting his team’s hitters, senior first baseman Chase Riker is flirting with a storybook ending to his three-year Barton College baseball …
Student-athlete of the week
Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week: Garrett Johnson, Hunt High
Garrett Johnson led his Hunt High boys golf team to the Wilson County Championship last week, making him this week’s Thomas Law Attorneys Student-Athlete of the Week.
Garrett, a junior, …
Life and Times Podcast
Life and Times April 19, 2019
Sports editor Paul Durham Staff writer Jimmy Lewis and host Kai Jones go on the clock to talk about the Scott Jones Memorial Classic, the Golden Leaf Invitational and the All-Area Basketball team.
Guess Who?
Guess Who?
“Guess Who?” is a weekly photo feature from The Wilson Times sports photo archives that will run each Saturday in the Times sports section. If you know or would like to guess who is in …
‘Rusty’ Knights no match for unbeaten Wayne Country Day
After a week out of school and longer off the court, the Greenfield School boys tennis team could not withstand its undefeated 1-A/2-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference archrival Wayne Country …
Format confounds but Golden Leaf still excites
Golden Leaf Invitational, don’t ever change.
The Wilson high school baseball Easter tournament, originated in 2014 by Hunt coach Jon Smith and Fike coach Buck Edmundson, has become an annual …
Area Calendar, April 25-26
Thursday, April 25College Men’s VolleyballNCAA Tournament, first round — Princeton at Barton, 7 p.m.College BaseballConference Carolinas tournament at Tigerville, S.C., second round …
GOLDEN LEAF INVITATIONAL
Demons have a bash
Just win.
With all the scenarios defined, the Fike High varsity baseball team, playing in the final game of the sixth annual Golden Leaf Invitational in Fleming Stadium on Tuesday night, realized …
GOLDEN LEAF INVITATIONAL
Warriors finish with a flourish
Hunt High sophomore Gavin Huff outlasted North Johnston junior Dylan Pitts in a pitching duel as Huff’s Warriors took a 1-0 home win in the Golden Leaf Invitational on Tuesday over North …
GOLDEN LEAF INVITATIONAL
Ragsdale ruins West Johnston’s title shot
The West Johnston High varsity baseball team stood upon the cusp of not only winning the Golden Leaf Invitational championship in its first appearance but also accomplishing the precedent-setting …
Community Sports
Wilson City Little League Glance
RESULTS
Games from April 15-18
Single-A League
Ages 5-6
Team R H
Wilson County Shrine 10 19
Langley’s Landscaping 8 13
Leading Hitters- …
Pro Sports
Mudcats bullpen crumbles in 9th of 3-2 loss at Myrtle Beach
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — For the first time this Single-A Carolina League season, the Carolina Mudcats couldn’t hold a lead in the ninth inning.
The host Myrtle Beach Pelicans scored …
College Notebooks
ECU Notebook
Houston installs new system, culture for Pirates
New East Carolina head coach Mike Houston didn’t shy away from transparency throughout his first spring with the Pirates.
When ECU had a bad practice, like the team’s first day in pads …
Duke Notebook
Blue Devils’ late-game luck runs out
After winning two consecutive games on last-second plays, Duke’s NCAA Tournament luck ran out in the Elite Eight as the overall top-seeded Blue Devils lost a 68-67 heartbreaker to Michigan …
NC State Notebook
Spring game a chance for Knight to carve out spot
N.C. State will get its first look at the 2019 team when the program hosts its annual Kay Yow Spring Game on Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium. The intrasquad contest will kick off at 1 …
UNC Notebook
Little declares for NBA Draft; White remains undecided
North Carolina freshman Nassir Little announced on Monday that he is leaving the university to enter the NBA Draft, where he is projected to be a first-round pick. That news is no surprise, as Little …
Even though it happened five decades ago, Fike High’s run of three straight state 4-A football championships is still considered not … Read More
In typical fashion, the 1968 Fike High football team showed its championship colors with a stirring second-half rally to defeat … Read More
How to contribute to Trevathan monument, scholarship fund
If you would like to contribute to the fundraising effort to honor former Fike High football head coach Henry Trevathan and help … Read More
