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Brown named Lawrence Academy football coach
MERRY HILL — One of the deans of coaching in eastern North Carolina will take over the Lawrence Academy football program. The school announced earlier this week that Robert Brown, who retired from full-time teaching and coaching just under a year ago, has been named to lead the Warriors into the first season in the Big East Conference. “I am looking forward to the opportunity of coaching the young men...
Martin County softball rallies to victory
Two runs in the third inning allowed Martin County softball to erase a 1-0 first-inning deficit, and the home team went on to edge Bartlett-Yancey 2-1 in the second round of the NCHSAA Class 2A state playoffs on Saturday (May 11) in Williamston. Payton Lane doubled and went 2-for-3 with a run scored for Martin County (23-2), the No. 4 seed. Martin was scheduled to play at home against No. 5 seed Washington (18-3) in the third round on Tuesday. ...
Jones, Holley, and Noel select for East-West All-Star games
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - High School basketball East vs. West All-Stars announced Wednesday night as Bertie’s Tequan Holley and White Oak’s Zack Noel will represent the East team on the men’s side. N.C. State signee Zamareya Jones of North Pitt named to the east team on women’s...
High School Roundup: Aces softball, volleyball lose playoff runs
John A. Holmes’ softball and volleyball teams have been eliminated from the 2A NCHSSA state playoffs. The Aces softball team lost to Ayden-Grifton Chargers 10-7 in extra innings Tuesday, May 7, in the 2A NCHSSA Softball State Championship playoffs. Holmes scored runs in the first and fourth innings and followed that up with three in the fifth and single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. Ayden-Grifton scored three...
Softball Recap: Martin County takes down Manteo in a playoff battle
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Martin County had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 12-1 margin over the Manteo Redskins. Considering Martin County has won 17 games by more than five runs this season, Tuesday's blowout was nothing new.
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