Prep football: Newly-balanced North Edgecombe has unfinished business

August 17, 2019

Marvin Tucker Jr. is glad he plays football for North Edgecombe.

Tucker is a wide receiver who runs routes for a Warriors team that likes to throw the ball. This wasn’t always the case, but old habits have a way of fading when a 6-foot-3, 190-pound kid comes out for the team.

North Edgecombe…

HS football: Rocky Mount Prep aims to change its fortune

August 16, 2019

When Kyon Bryant introduced himself this week during a Rocky Mount Prep football practice, the senior said his position was “athlete.”

Each year, when football practices and organized team workouts begin, Bryant is poised to make that statement true. The 6-foot-2, 230-pound senior has…

Prep football: Tarboro readies for three-peat quest, opens Week 1 hosting Rocky Mount

August 14, 2019

With a little more than a week from the start of the prep football season, the victory machine that is Tarboro High School readies for another season with a state title in the crosshairs.

Not many teams can set a goal of going undefeated and playing for a championship each season without coming off…

The replacements: Nash Central roster turnover main storyline heading into 2019 season

August 10, 2019

The Nash Central football roster could have held its own graduation ceremony and it would have been well attended.

The Bulldogs graduated nine starters on offense and another six on defense. The losses include do-it-all player Chris High, as well as their top three rushers and top five receivers,…

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High Schools

Mason: Community's football pride doesn't go unnoticed by Tarboro's Craddock

August 09, 2019

I received a phone call earlier this week from a Tarboro High School football fan.

The man introduced himself as Al Hull, a 1961 Tarboro graduate and member of the rotary club in town. Al can remember back to his playing days and recall the round to which his Vikings advanced during his senior…

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Changes: SouthWest Edgecombe offensive line makes everything go

August 08, 2019

For SouthWest Edgecombe and coach Jonathan Cobb, change is good.

Cobb, who is entering his seventh season as the head coach of the Cougars, ran his team without much variation over the first five years. The first two were largely spent installing his system and learning the intricacies of being a…

All-Area: Softball: Southern Nash's Bailey had hit in every game on way to 43-hit season

August 06, 2019

Fans of the Southern Nash softball team might not know that Taylor Bailey doesn’t like to bat leadoff.

Bailey does a good job of hiding her jittery feelings, tumbling stomach and shortness of breath, symptoms of being thrust into the spotlight in the form of being the first to face an…

High school football: Rocky Mount Academy using camp to sort out positional battles

August 03, 2019

On a back field on the Rocky Mount Academy campus is where the four-man blocking sled can be found. It was positioned against a row of trees, and the football team, preparing for a series of drills, first had to lift and turn the sled around so it could be pushed across the field.

The task of…