Cougars' Garbrandt becomes first to sign soccer scholarship

April 20, 2018

SouthWest Edgecombe's athletics tradition might always be rooted in football, but Dillon Garbrandt has at the very least become a pioneer for the school's student-athletes.

Garbrandt signed Thursday to play men's soccer next season at Barton College, and in doing so, he became the first Cougars…

Big East battle: Gryphons down Hunt behind small-ball and gem from Hart

April 17, 2018

Over the course of a season, a postseason, a summer and a four-year high school career, some games and individual performances that don’t pop on paper can get pushed to the back of the mind.

So on Tuesday, a few minutes after a double play spun by shortstop Lane Butler ended a Big East…

Gryphons tennis secures Big East title

April 17, 2018

Just a few steps across the parking lot from the baseball and softball fields on the campus of Rocky Mount High is where the zeros can be found.

The Gryphons boys’ tennis team has turned in a string of shutouts over the past month and is about to wrap up a successful regular season that has…

Long Ball: Gryphons hit six home runs in rout of rival Knights

April 12, 2018

It took just one game for the Rocky Mount High baseball team to go from last to first.

The Gryphons still trail Wilson Fike by two games in the 3-A Big East Conference standings, but the Gryphons put together one of their better offensive outputs in team history on Thursday against crosstown rival…

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Arms race: Gryphons young pitching has team thinking big

April 11, 2018

Rocky Mount High baseball fans don’t have to gas up the the memory machine to remember what well-pitched games look like. Just last season David Harrison, a left-hander now in his freshman season pitching for N.C. State, dominated games on the mound for the Gryphons.

Though Harrison is no…

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Bulldogs rally to remain unbeaten in EPC

April 20, 2018

Nash Central kept rolling through the Eastern Plains Conference on Friday night, though the latest win took a little more work than usual.

Coach Willie Langley’s Bulldogs scored nine runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally past Wilson Beddingfield, 10-3.

Nash Central trailed, 3-1…

It's been some season for Southern Nash baseball

April 19, 2018

From 4-0 to start the season to 0-4 to start the conference schedule, and from an eight-game losing streak to its current five-game winning streak, Southern Nash has been through a big league schedule’s worth of emotion this season.

In the dog days of the schedule, it was bad.

Right now,…

Offense abundant in Faith Christian baseball win

April 19, 2018

The Faith Christian baseball team had plenty of offense available for its 14-7 victory Thursday afternoon at Fayetteville Freedom Christian.

Chase Garrett finished 5-for-5 with a home run and three RBI, while Garrett Pannell went 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBI.

The Patriots improved to 12-5…