There was a gut-check moment on Friday night for Northern Nash’s almost entirely new defense. On the road against Hillsborough Orange, they were winning 26-24 in the fourth quarter, but the Panthers were driving at the Knights’ 30-yard line. A touchdown would put Northern Nash in…

One game into the 2018 season, Northern Nash has matched its win total from last year.

In head coach Andrew Farriss’s first game in charge, the Knights went on the road and beat Hillsborough Orange on Friday night by a 33-24 score.

NNHS (1-0) got on the board first with a 69-yard touchdown…

Here is a full slate of the 10 local games happening Week 1:

Southern Nash vs. Cary Green Hope, 7 p.m.

Rocky Mount High vs. Apex Middle Creek, 7 p.m.

Northern Nash at Hillsborough Orange, 7 p.m.

Nash Central at North Edgecombe, 7 p.m.

SouthWest Edgecombe vs. Pasquotank County, 7 p.m.

Rocky Mount…

Four minutes into Tuesday’s game, the Gryphons had scored the first goal of the 2018 local soccer season, a successful shot by Rocky Mount High’s Garrett Craig off of a crossed pass.

Unfortunately for them, Nash Central scored the second, third and fourth goals of the 2018 soccer season,…

The NCHSAA on Tuesday announced its 2018 Hall of Fame class.

Tarboro High’s Jim Brett was among the honorees. With the nod, the longtime coach becomes the first Tarboro member inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Congrats to Former HFC Jim Brett who was named to the NCHSAA Hall of Fame. He won…

The Southern Nash soccer team had its opening game on the road against Bunn cancelled on Monday, due to poor playing conditions for the host school.

The Firebirds will now have their opener on Aug. 16 at North Johnston.

Here are the area games today.

Boys’ soccer

Nash Central at Rocky Mount…

It remains difficult for East Carolina’s offense to run against the ECU defensive front, which led to the team airing it out Saturday during the first scrimmage of the preseason.

Defensive backs and receivers battled for the football often to highlight the 100-plus play scrimmage at Dowdy-…

Maryland placed head coach DJ Durkin on administrative leave Saturday while the school scrutinizes allegations of poor behavior by the football staff, apparent misdeeds that came to light following the death of a player.

In an open letter, athletic director Damon Evans wrote: “At this time,…

CHAPEL HILL — North Carolina coach Larry Fedora isn’t deviating from the normal plan for early in preseason camp, even with 13 players facing suspensions for secondary NCAA violations for selling team-issued shoes.

The focus remains on installing basic schemes for at least a few more…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Over an ear-splitting afternoon in which most of the cheers weren’t for him, Brooks Koepka got a taste of what golf feels like when Tiger Woods is in the hunt.

And in his exhilarating but ultimately futile attempt to catch Koepka at the PGA Championship, Woods got a…

ST. LOUIS  — The Latest on the PGA Championship, golf’s final major of the year (all times local):

6:43 p.m.

Brooks Koepka will take a two-shot lead over Adam Scott into the final round of the PGA Championship after shooting a 4-under 66 that left him at 12 under for the tournament.…

Maryland placed head coach DJ Durkin on administrative leave Saturday while the school scrutinizes allegations of poor behavior by the football staff, apparent misdeeds that came to light following the death of a player.

In an open letter, athletic director Damon Evans wrote: “At this time,…