Keefe named as new Northern Nash baseball coach

June 17, 2019

Northern Nash has a new varsity baseball coach.

Knights athletic director Joey Keefe will take over the vacant coaching position, the school announced on Monday. Keefe was named the school's athletic director in February of 2018.

Keefe will take over for Bard Collins, who led the program for the…

All-Area: Air Darius: Southern Nash's Edmundson was team's secret weapon

June 09, 2019

The red curtains that hung behind Darius Edmundson were symbolic. He was about to put on a show.

The Southern Nash basketball player hopped onto the stage in the school’s gymnasium, grabbed a basketball, then leapt off the platform. A camera caught it all, and he would climb up again and…

All-Area: Cougars' Battle learns fast in breakout season

June 08, 2019

Trapped. Surrounded. No option of going back.

If this happens, prepare for symptoms which can include loss of personal space, heightened frustration levels and sometimes a racing mind.

Just ask SouthWest Edgecombe’s Jada Battle, who has dealt all of those feelings and more on the basketball…

All-Area: Clean start: Nash Central's Norris collects first state title in first season

June 07, 2019

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…

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All-Area: Three-peat: RMA's Miller caps decorated swim career with pair of state titles

June 06, 2019

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…

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Firebirds set date for basketball camp

May 30, 2019

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…

Deloach camp begins Saturday

May 29, 2019

Moe Deloach is staying busy.

The 2005 Northern Nash graduate and current professional basketball player is gearing up to host a basketball camp in Rocky Mount for the ninth consecutive year. Deloach just finished his most recent season playing point guard for a team in Romania, and is back in town.…

Dates set for Northern Nash basketball camp

May 28, 2019

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…