With Fike High senior pitcher Caleb Maddrey threatening to crash the Senior Night for his former Hunt teammates Nick Worrell and Khalil McIver, the Warriors’ underclassmen stepped up to save the day Friday at Sid Boyette Field. Hunt trailed by a run entering the bottom of the sixth inning when the Warriors rallied for four runs to take a 4-1 […] The post Hunt rally sinks Fike, 4-1 first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

With not a lot at stake except pride for the regular-season varsity softball finale Friday night at Hunt, the host Warriors rode a nine-run first inning to a 10-0 run-rule win over archrival Fike in five innings. Hunt ended a three-game skid that saw the Warriors go toe-to-toe with 3-A Quad County Conference champion South Johnston and No. 3 West […] The post Demons’ leaky D leads to Warriors’ run-rule win first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

GOLDSBORO — A rugged girls soccer season at Community Christian School started with back-to-back losses is poised to end on the highest possible note for the Cyclones. CCS ripped New Bern Christian 6-0 on Friday to reach the Mid-Atlantic Christian Athletic Association 2-A championship game Saturday against Christ Covenant. The MACAA semifinals and final are being hosted by Faith Christian. […] The post MACAA ROUNDUP: CCS advances in soccer, falls in baseball semifinals first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

ROCKY MOUNT — Out of the eight entries from schools in The Wilson Times readership area in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A East Regional for boys tennis Friday at North Carolina Wesleyan University, half are still in the running for a regional title. Both Fike High doubles teams — Snyder Pearson-Collins Pearson and Dylan Skinner-Zachary Hill — qualified […] The post Fike duos, Hunt’s Ellis and CBA’s Carlyle earn state tennis berths first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

The girls soccer season is far from over for Beddingfield High but the Bruins probably won’t have as sweet a day as Thursday’s Senior Day cruise past Spring Creek, 9-0. In just the third mercy-rule win this season, but first since early March, the Bruins had six assists on nine goals by four different players as they evened their overall […] The post Bruins blow out Gators, wait for NCHSAA playoffs first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Beddingfield High finished the baseball season Thursday the way the Bruins started it a little more than two months ago — with a mercy-rule win. Beddingfield amassed eight hits, drew eight walks and stole 10 bases while not committing a single error in the 13-2 conquest of visiting Spring Creek in the season finale for both 2-A Neuse 6 Conference […] The post Beddingfield ends on high note first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

With only one senior in Hannah Lucas, the Beddingfield High softball program under first-year head coach Mitch Hayes has a lot with which to build for the future with six freshmen and five sophomores on the roster. Beddingfield finished 1-14 overall and 0-10 and in last place in the 2-A Neuse 6 Conference after a 14-3 loss to Spring Creek […] The post Bruins bow to Gators in finale first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

GASTONIA — “Two and through” describes Barton College’s experience at the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas baseball tournament, which turned into a brief one with a 10-1 loss to nationally No. 7-ranked Young Harris on Friday afternoon at Sims Legion Field. Barton, the No. 6 seed, slipped into the losers bracket with a 3-2 loss to third-seeded Mount Olive on […] The post Bulldogs ousted from CC tourney by No. 7 Mountain Lions first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Saturday, May 4 High School Baseball North Edgecombe at Wilson Prep, 9:30 a.m.; MACAA playoffs at Faith Christian, Goldsboro, third-place game — Community Christian vs. New Life, 10 a.m. High School Softball North Edgecombe at Wilson Prep, 9:30 a.m. High School Girls Soccer MACAA playoffs at Faith Christian, Goldsboro, championship — Community Christian vs. Christ Covenant, 1 p.m. High School […] The post Area Calendar, May 4-5, 2024 first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

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The city of Wilson announced nearly $1.9 million dollars in upgrades to the Reid Street Community Center almost a year ago, but the project has been stalled because no one bid on the first phase that would address the challenges of the aging pool. Thursday morning, Parks and Recreation Director David Lee explained to the council members at their monthly […] The post Reid Street project will ‘get rolling’ in September first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Barton College is gearing up for a week of events leading up to the May 11 commencement. Rick Schlesinger, president of business operations for the Milwaukee Brewers, will be the featured speaker at the 122nd annual commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. on center campus. Douglas N. Searcy will preside over his ninth commencement program as president of Barton College. Kevin […] The post Barton’s 122nd commencement is May 11 first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Patricia Arnold Stronach, 79, of Wilson, died Thursday, May 2, 2024. Funeral, Wednesday, 11:00 AM, St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, 202 N. Goldsboro Street, followed by a reception at the church. Interment, Maplewood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at 1606 Stronwood Drive, Tuesday, 5 – 7 PM. She was born Patricia Jean Arnold on April 8, 1945 to Roy Hubert […] The post Patricia Arnold Stronach first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Authorities say a robbery suspect led deputies on a chase reaching speeds in excess of 110 mph before jumping a ditch and crashing in a field.  Trequayvon Quindez Farmer, 19, is charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and larceny of a firearm. In addition to the outstanding armed robbery warrant, Farmer was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, […] The post Robbery suspect nabbed after 110 mph chase first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

A Wilson man received an active prison sentence Tuesday after entering an Alford plea to multiple sex charges involving children. Matthew Owen Flint, 48, formerly an outreach and public services librarian at Barton College, was sentenced to a minimum of three years and one month and a maximum of six years and six months in state prison after pleading guilty […] The post Man gets 3 to 6 years in child sex cases first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

With nothing but North Carolina Christian School Association 2-A playoff games ahead of it, Wilson Christian assured itself of a winning season in varsity baseball with a 13-3 conquest of the visiting Raleigh Hawks home school team Thursday, May 2, at Turnage Athletic Complex. The Chargers, who finished first in the NCCSA 2-A East District 3 with a 7-2 region […] The post AREA ROUNDUP: Chargers prep for postseason by thumping Hawks first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Hunt High girls soccer players knew going into Thursday night’s home game against archrival Fike that the Warriors had clinched no worse than a share of the 3-A Quad County Conference championship. But the Warriors didn’t want to share and they don’t have to after rallying from a 1-0 halftime deficit, courtesy of a gorgeous goal by Golden Demons senior […] The post Warriors nail down another conference crown with 3-1 defeat of Demons first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Elm City Middle marched past Red Oak and into the Tricounties Athletic Conference baseball championship game after the Vikings won 6-2 Thursday at home in the TAC semifinals. Jordan Creech-Jones got the win on the mound for the Vikings, who won for the 10th time in 11 games. Lawson Boykin struck out the last Red Oak batter. Dixon Skinner’s 3-for-3 […] The post MIDDLE SCHOOL: Elm City reaches TAC soccer, baseball finals first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

Friday, May 3 College Baseball Conference Carolinas tournament, Gastonia — Barton vs. Young Harris, 1 p.m. High School Baseball MACAA playoffs at Goldsboro Faith Christian, semifinals — Community Christian vs. New Bern Christian, 1 p.m.; North Johnston at Smithfield-Selma, 6 p.m.; Fike at Hunt, 7 p.m. High School Softball Wayne Christian at SW Edgecombe, 4 p.m.; Fike at Hunt, 7 […] The post Area Calendar, May 3-4, 2024 first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.

GASTONIA — Just like that, Barton College’s baseball season is down to one game after the No. 6-seeded Bulldogs lost 3-2 to third-seeded Mount Olive, ranked 21st nationally, in the second round of the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas tournament Thursday, May 2. The Bulldogs (34-15) will face second-seeded and No. 7-ranked Young Harris in an elimination game Friday at […] The post Bulldogs bow to Trojans in CC tourney opener first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.