Nick Patterson

Nick Patterson, like his pit-crew teammates for driver Michael McDowell, had to wait to start celebrating early Monday morning at the end of the Daytona 500. “Was it official, we didn’t know,” said Patterson, who is from Clemmons and played baseball and football at Winston-Salem State. “We saw it happen and No. 34 crossed the line first, but we didn’t know if a caution flag would come out or what.”

The St. Johns High School varsity football team had five players named to the first team in the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s All-Division 2A and 2A Salt Region teams. The awards were selected by the division’s coaches following the 2020 season. St. Johns defensive tackle Nick Patterson was chosen as the...