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Ladybirds, Gryphons roll into third round of the flag football playoffs
BAILEY — The Southern Nash High School flag football team rolled into the third round of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 1A-6A playoffs with a 48-6 triumph over Burlington Williams in a second-round game Saturday afternoon at home. The Ladybirds improved to 17-1 overall and will play Pamlico County (13-2) in a third-round contest at Eastern Guilford High School on Saturday. Williams, which advanced to the second round with a 19-18 victory over Franklinton, ended its season 6-2 overall. Southern Nash took a 7-0 lead with 9:08 left in the first quarter on a 16-yard touchdown run by Aliyah Croll and the conversion run by Leila Gonzalez. Alonna Beacham’s four-yard TD run and another Gonzalez conversion pushed the Ladybirds’ lead to 14-0 with 5:41 left in the quarter. Williams answered with a 70-yard TD pass from Lauryn Kimber to Heaven Carter to cut the deficit to 14-6. The Ladybirds essentially put the game out of reach with a 22-point second quarter. Janiyah Montague recorded a flag pull in the end zone for a safety with 6:52 remaining in the first half. Less than two minutes later, Gonzalez threw a 12-yard TD pass to Jayda Leonard and then
The Standard
AGHS effort featured at state conference
An exceptional school-based enterprise at Ayden-Grifton High School was showcased at a state conference this week. The Charger Brews was selected for the 75th annual Conference on Exceptional Children, which the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction’s Office of Exceptional Children hosted through Friday in Greensboro. The AGHS effort was highlighted as part of a School-Based Enterprise Bazaar showcasing products created and marketed by students with disabilities. The Pitt County Board of Education on Monday honored AGHS special education teacher Meredith Setser for the program’s inclusion in the conference. “This recognition really highlights their creativity, their entrepreneurship and the way that they are extending their learning beyond the classroom,” PCS Exceptional Children’s Director Dawn Hester said. The Charger Brews is a coffee and snacks enterprise staffed by students in the exceptional children’s program at AGHS. Participants operate a food and beverage cart at school to develop employment skills including communication, teamwork, responsibility and customer service. The annual Conference on Exceptional Children invites educators and parents to share and learn about innovations and practices to help exceptional children achieve. The theme for this year was “Brilliant Past. Bold Future: 75 Years of Exceptional Children.” Keisha Johnson, a special education teacher at