Cliff Wilson helps Gators reach new level

SEVEN SPRINGS -- At first glance, Robert Jones wasn't quite sure if Cliff Wilson -- then a seventh-grader -- would recognize he had some athletic ability. A scrawny kid who fired jump shot after jump shot on the basketball court,...

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CBA overcomes midseason errors to reach Walnut Creek

PIKEVILLE -- Eighteen errors in two games hardly seemed like a positive when Charles B. Aycock's softball team lost a pair of midseason contests to North Lenoir and South Central in early April. How the Golden Falcons responded to the...

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NL softball silences critics

LAGRANGE -- Silencing the critics and second chance. After losing standout pitcher Hermia Humphrey to graduation, some followers of North Lenoir softball felt the program had missed its chance of claiming a state championship. Think again. Five seniors returned and...

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Hawk baseball focused heading into title

LAGRANGE -- Veteran North Lenoir baseball coach Jim Montague has been around the game long enough to know there is a balance between a serious approach and having fun. In fact, while wearing a shirt at a recent practice that...

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NL, EPC posts banner year

North Lenoir's double assault in the Class 2-A baseball championship series and softball final four this weekend will undoubtedly cap an outstanding season for Eastern Plains Conference teams. The baseball team begins a best-of-3 series Friday against Western champion J.D....

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Area roundup

EDENTON -- Snow Hill's Hunter Chase had four hits, including two doubles, and four RBI as Post 94 banged out 20 hits in a 17-8 win at Edenton on Wednesday. Snow Hill (2-0) posted three innings with four or more...

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