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Friday, December 22, 2017
Dick Daughtry
Goldsboro High School Dick Daughtry As a child, he climbed Depression-era pear trees along Daisy Street’s north end, hoping to turn a vine-fresh haul into spare change for his mother. A few years later, at the neighborhood high school,...Published: Dec 22, 2017 11:01 AM Full Story
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Cole Atwood
Wayne Country Day School Cole Atwood What does a pure shooter look like? Good question. Some are anonymous in appearance, don’t look particularly fleet afoot, but surprise opponents when it’s go-time. Others are rangy, with handle to boot, who...Published: Dec 7, 2017 4:55 PM Full Story
Thursday, November 30, 2017
Spring Creek Basketball Team
Spring Creek High School Spring Creek Basketball Team Following their heart-stopping triumph over James Kenan last February in the Carolina 1A Championship, the Spring Creek Gators were playoff-ready. A first-round laugher at home against Ocracoke was upstaged by a...Published: Nov 30, 2017 1:46 PM Full Story
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Taylor Puetz
Charles B. Aycock High School Taylor Puetz Quiet confidence. It’s the hallmark of any successful athlete, and a behavorial trait consistent in high performers who lead by example — not by some rah-rah, look-at-me measure. Yes, there is still...Published: Nov 16, 2017 7:30 PM Full Story
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Chance Howard and Johnathan Peacock
Rosewood High School Chance Howard Johnathan Peacock Brotherhood. Equal parts diligent and loyal, it’s a fellowship that never takes a day off, nor wants to. It splashes life’s redeeming moments with more color, such as last spring, when February...Published: Nov 9, 2017 2:13 PM Full Story
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Eliza Eagles
Wayne Country Day School Eliza Eagles Motivation. It’s the element most consistent in the prep tennis career of Eliza Eagles, who has always been acutely aware of what it takes to succeed. As a middle schooler, she trained endlessly...Published: Nov 2, 2017 5:27 PM Full Story
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Tae Jackson
Charles B. Aycock High School Tae Jackson Economic durability. It’s a phrase that aptly characterizes Charles B. Aycock sophomore Tae Jackson, who has embodied its core principles to make light work of a daunting task this fall. As any...Published: Oct 26, 2017 3:46 PM Full Story
Thursday, October 19, 2017
Ben Cohen
Wayne Country Day School Ben Cohen Sweat equity. It’s the part someone’s stake in a company that doesn’t reflect throwaway seed money or gaudy, look-at-me personal economy. It’s more. It’s being there, day after day, on the ground and...Published: Oct 19, 2017 1:26 PM Full Story
Thursday, October 12, 2017
Kasey Norris
Wayne Christian School Kasey Norris Helping others. She came by it honestly as a child, in the halls of her father’s ministry and civic outreach center, learning the importance of a life lived in the service of others. Be...Published: Oct 12, 2017 2:47 PM Full Story
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Rahjai McPhatter
Princeton High School Rahjai McPhatter Rahjai McPhatter, senior tailback at Princeton High, isn’t tough to find — it just appears that way. Through six games this season, the blink-and-miss spark plug of head coach Travis Gaster’s Wing-T attack has...Published: Oct 5, 2017 2:14 PM Full Story
Thursday, September 28, 2017
William Archer
North Duplin High School William Archer Family. Its always been a part of William Archer’s football road map, from the early days in Austintown, Ohio — where he was a four-foot two, 62-pound manager for his brother’s team —...Published: Sep 28, 2017 3:35 PM Full Story
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Arlanda Faulkner
Charles B. Aycock High School Arlanda Faulkner Arlanda Faulkner’s volleyball quest, like many athletic dreams, formed in the dust of her family’s backyard. There were service reps, too many to properly count, rifled over a trampoline at first, then...Published: Sep 21, 2017 12:47 PM Full Story
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Xzavior Bowden
Goldsboro High School Xzavior Bowden He runs at you. He runs through you. And if the situation warrants, Goldsboro High tailback Xzavior Bowden will run away from you. Such has been the real-time nightmare endured by defensive coordinators this...Published: Sep 14, 2017 5:34 PM Full Story
Thursday, September 7, 2017
Ezekiel Best
Eastern Wayne High School Ezekiel Best A year ago, Eastern Wayne quarterback Ezekiel Best was finding his way through an up-and-down varsity learning curve. At times, like the night his Warriors were held scoreless at D.H. Conley, the lessons...Published: Sep 7, 2017 1:31 PM Full Story
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Anna Thornton
North Duplin High School Anna Thornton Whether it’s assists, like the 17 she had on Tuesday at Neuse Charter, or service aces, such as the 16 she registered last week versus Lejeune, Anna Thornton is doing a little bit...Published: Aug 31, 2017 4:55 PM Full Story