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Pender stuns No. 1 Kenan
WARSAW — Nelson Martel stood stunned. James Kenan players disputed the midfield referee’s decision to no avail as he held the red card high in the evening sky. “It was well-deserved,” the Tigers’ head coach said. The controversial call infuriated James Kenan fans, who watched their squad scramble for 50-plus minutes a man down and suffer a devastating playoff elimination. Pender prevailed 6-4 and earned a third-round date with ninth-seeded Midway in the 2026 NC High School Athletic Association Class 3A boys’ soccer playoffs. Up 2-0 and seemingly in control, Kenan keeper Gio Lincona came off his line to challenge a Pender player one-on-one late in the opening half. The two players collided outside the box. “The goalie came out for the 50-50 ball,” Martel said. “The Pender player got there first and he [Lincona] crashed into the player. He was the last man. [So] the red card was denying a goal-scoring opportunity.” The 17th-seeded Patriots (10-14-0) converted the free kick. Martel could feel the momentum shift. “That set them up to win the game,” said Martel, who called upon Jose Cruz and Kaleb Gallegos to work between the pipes during the remainder of the tension-filled contest. “I couldn’t have
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Farmville woman charged after alleged assault with car
A 40-year-old Farmville woman is charged with assaulting a person with a car and is being held in the Pitt County Detention Center, according to court records. An arrest warrant identifies Daina Renee Forrest and alleges she hit a person with a Volkswagen Jetta and attempted to hit the person with the vehicle. The warrant says the two had been in a recent dating relationship.
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Update: Authorities confirm identity of 12-year-old killed in Ayden crash
A 12-year-old girl who was lying on Ayden Golf Club Road in the early morning on Nov. 1 was struck and killed by a vehicle near N.C. 102, the State Highway Patrol reported. Authorities later identified the her as Henners Gonzalez, a student at Ayden Middle School. Few details have been available from authorities about the incident. The patrol said it responded to the scene about 4:48 a.m. after a call about a crash involving a pedestrian east of town. Reports said Gonzalez was lying in the northbound travel lane when she was struck by a vehicle traveling north, the patrol said. She was pronounced dead at the scene. No charges are anticipated against the driver and the investigation is ongoing, the patrol said. Ayden Middle School Principal Jeremiah Miller announced on the school’s Facebook page Monday that a sixth grade student had been killed in an accident the morning of Nov. 1, although he did not provide more specific details. “We are saddened by the loss to our school community,” Miller wrote. “Our school has a Crisis Intervention Team made up of professionals trained to help with the needs of students, parents, and school personnel at difficult times such
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This Plain Little North Carolina Restaurant Serves a Ribeye Worth Driving Across the County For
There’s no menu here. A cook carries a whole raw ribeye to your table and slices your steak right in front of you. That’s the entire ordering process. You pick how big you want it, then you pick how you want it cooked. Every meal comes with a...