Goldsboro standout signs with Virginia Tech

Jacob Sykes won't forget the evening Frank Beamer came to dinner. The Goldsboro High senior eagerly listened to Beamer and didn't seem too awestruck by having one of the nation's top collegiate football coaches sitting across from him at the...

Published: Feb 2, 2006 2:20 PM Full Story

Wayne Country Day grad a UNC cheerleader

It was all so surreal. It was one of those moments that come once in a lifetime, are gone before you know it, and will always seem like it happened only yesterday. The North Carolina basketball team had just defeated...

Published: Feb 2, 2006 2:19 PM Full Story

C.B. Aycock's Gilbert, Lee sign football scholarships

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock seniors Cortez Gilbert and Spruce Lee were plenty gifted enough high school football players to have went through the motions and still kept their starting roles. But the Falcon duo wasn't just concerned with starting...

Published: Feb 2, 2006 2:17 PM Full Story

Local sports digest

Rosewood suffers non-confrence loss Rosewood's Kyle Bunn pumped in 23 points, making six, 3-pointers, in the Eagles' 60-50 loss to Union in non-conference play on Wednesday at home. Rosewood fell to 4-16 overall heading into Friday's Class 1-A Carolina Conference...

Published: Feb 2, 2006 2:15 PM Full Story