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Friday, December 18, 2009

Take precautions for winter camping

The thought of sleeping on the hard ground does not sound particularly inviting. If the night-time temperatures are too hot to be comfortable, the situation can be down right unbearable. With that in mind, a new trend is gaining ground...

Four fish-attractor reefs placed in Guilford lakes

Courtesy NCWRC RALEIGH -- The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission has placed four fish-attractor reefs, marked by orange-and-white buoys, in Lake Higgins. While there's nothing new about the design of the fish attractors, the way they're situated in the lake...

NC fishing report

Northern District Dare, Hyde, Currituck & Beaufort Counties Ocean: Winter anglers catch plenty of yellowfin tuna when conditions permit along with a few wahoo and dolphin to make for some good offshore action. Midrange anglers target striped bass and red...

Opinion -- New coaches Gill, Strong add diversity

The first few steps have begun in a journey in which many miles remain to be traveled. Over the past few weeks five African-Americans have been hired as head football coaches at Division 1-A schools bringing the total number of...

Local Preps Digest

WILSON -- Eastern Wayne never got its offense going in a 57-34, non-conference loss at Wilson Hunt on Thursday night. Robert Washington led the Warriors with 10 points, while teammate Marvin Bowman Jr. had eight. Eastern Wayne visits Wilson Fike...

Faith Christian girls dealt first NCCSA Coastal loss

Turnovers. Lack of rebounding. Missed shots. All those phases of the basketball game didn't prove fruitful for Faith Christian on Thursday evening. The Conquerors toiled through 24 turnovers, missed 22 field goals and suffered a 33-24 loss against N.C. Christian...

prep basketball boxes

BOYS Bethel 11 10 18 17 -- 56 Faith Christian 6 3 13 26 -- 48 BETHEL (10-0, 6-0) Issac Brown 8 0 1-2 17, Will Creekmore 5 0 1-2 11, T.J. Goff 4 2 2-3 16, Matt Jones 0...