Harrells Christian has talent to contend for league title HARRELLS – Harrells Christian Academy plays elite basketball teams in the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association. The Crusaders more than held their own last season in going 20-6, even while charting a 2-4 mark in Big East conference play. The league has changed, but coach […]
New additions, returnees give ND coach more depth and options CALPYSO — Two new ready-for-prime-time arrivals. A four-year returning starter who can scorch the net from near and afar. A solid shooting guard who emerged last winter. While North Duplin coach Jeff Byrd’s squad has hoops abilities, the Rebel’s schedule is filled with strong 1A […]
WARSAW — James Kenan basketball coach Taylor Jones said his team was poised during the preseason, a confidence that doesn’t normally come after a 6-17 campaign. The veteran coach watched patiently in 2022 when one bad event, often an injury, led to another loss. Yet Jones liked both the process and the potential of his […]
WALLACE – Rodrigo Diaz admits being a bit too much of a know-it-all his first season as coach of the Wallace-Rose Hill soccer program that had won three 1A state championship. He also recognized resistance from parents following that success, though he had to win in the 2A classification. Five seasons into the job, Diaz […]
WHITEVILLE – The defending 2A state football titlist played like champions until the end. “It went quick,” said East Duplin head coach Battle Holley, whose Panthers won the school’s first state football championship in 2022. “We had a great season and you and everyone else never expected us to be 9-1 coming into the playoffs […]
WALLACE – Coach Kevin Motsinger warned his team about slow starts the entire second half of the season. It cost Wallace-Rose Hill big time during a 58-44 loss to Hertford County in the second round of the 2A playoffs Friday night. Things couldn’t have been any better for the Bears or worse for the Bulldogs […]