Taped to a wall inside the Rocky Mount YMCA’s aquatic center is a sheet of paper that doesn’t mean much people who spend most of their time on land.

Lance Norris isn’t one of those people. That piece of paper displays the U.S. swimming 2020 Olympic Trials time standards, and the…

Kayla Miller wasn’t done making her mark on the high school swimming scene.

The Rocky Mount Academy senior, who is heading to the University of Utah on a swim scholarship, had lofty goals, none of which involved winning races. Instead, Miller aligned her training to put her in position to…

The USA South Athletic Conference has announced a partnership with the city of Rocky Mount to host the 2020 and 2021 USA South Spring Sports Festivals.

The festival features the tournaments of seven of the conference’s spring sports. The 2020 event will take place April 23-26.

N.C. Wesleyan…

Southern Nash is hosting a youth basketball camp this summer.

The camp will be held across two days, June 17-18, and will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The camp is open to those entering fourth through eighth grades. Campers will receive instruction from current Southern Nash high school basketball…

Northern Nash will host a girls’ basketball camp this summer.

The program is for those heading into fourth grade through 12th grade, and is $25.

The three-day camp will be held from 5:45 p.m. to 8:15 p.m., from June 3-5. Those attending will receive a free T-shirt. The camp will provide…

Two more local athletes have signed to play basketball at the next level beginning next season.

Nash Central senior Chris High signed on Thursday with Wake Tech Community College to play basketball. Elsewhere, Rocky Mount Prep senior Samuel Benton agreed to play for Central Pointe Christian, a post-…

The USA South Athletic Conference has announced a partnership with the city of Rocky Mount to host the 2020 and 2021 USA South Spring Sports Festivals.

The festival features the tournaments of seven of the conference’s spring sports. The 2020 event will take place April 23-26.

N.C. Wesleyan…

The N.C Wesleyan baseball team lost two games on Saturday during the USA South tournament.

The 10-2 loss against Greensboro was the second of two losses on Saturday which ended the tournament run for the Bishops

NCWC lost 8-0 to host LaGrane in the first game on Saturday.

Jackson Murray led NCWC…

Reid Johnston earned a no-decision in N.C. State’s 4-2 win over host Notre Dame on Saturday.

Johnston allowed one earned run, six hits and struck out five over 3 ⅔ innings. The Rocky Mount Academy product lowered his ERA to 3.99.

He was replaced in the fourth after allowing three hits, two…

Moe Deloach grew up here.

And for Deloach, a 2005 Northern Nash graduate and professional basketball player in Romania, that’s more than enough to keep coming back.

On Saturday, the Rocky Mount native kicked off his ninth annual youth summer basketball camp held at the South Rocky Mount…

Montrezl Harrell’s knees were almost up to his shoulders.

The Tarboro native and current NBA center looked a little out of place on Saturday while sitting on the metal bleachers at the Rocky Mount Event Center. Actually, he was perfectly comfortable watching his AAU basketball team compete…

BOSTON — With a five-goal, third-period lead and the Bruins still not done scoring, the crowd in the new Boston Garden began a throaty chant of “We want the Cup!”

The next time they see their team, the NHL’s championship trophy might be on the line for real.

Matt Grzelcyk…