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Sellers leads Albemarle Championship after round 1 at Sound Golf Links
HERTFORD — Golfer Grant Sellers finished at the top of the leaderboard in round one of the Albemarle Championship, which began Thursday at the Sound Golf Links at Albemarle Plantation in Hertford. Sellers, who is 25 and a resident of McBee, South Carolina, finished Thursday’s opening round with a 6-under-Par 71 and tied with Jack Crosby, 25, of Greenville. Tee time for round two of the GPro Tour event was set for 8 a.m. Friday. ...
Warriors split first two games of series
Lawrence Academy split the opening games of the N.C. Independent School Athletic Association state baseball championship series with Kerr-Vance Academy. The championship series took place on Bauer Field on the campus of N.C. Wesleyan University. The Warriors won Game One 5-4 in eight innings and then suffered a 3-2 setback in Game Two, setting up the third and final contest. ...
Last area teams lose soccer playoff games
The area girls soccer season came to an end Thursday when the last two local public school teams still in the state playoffs — Currituck and Perquimans — lost their matches. The No. 13-ranked Currituck County High School Knights were shut out 3-0 by the No. 4-ranked Fike Deacons in the 3A NCHSAA women’s soccer championship tournament. The Deacons scored all three goals in the first half. Knights goalkeeper Grace Walls made seven saves on 10 Deacon shots on goal. ...
Lawrence lads win state baseball title
The question going into the final game was could Lawrence Academy’s varsity baseball team rewrite the script. Twice in a row the Lawrence lads has made the state championship series to be denied a chance to win their first NCISAA baseball title since 2013. A year ago, the Warriors won Game One of the series only to see Halifax Academy win two straight and walk off with a state title. ...
Northside-Pinetown ends Pirates' playoff run with 7-3 win
HERTFORD — Northside-Pinetown ended Perquimans' state playoff run Wednesday night with a 7-3 victory over the Pirates in Hertford. It figured that the game would be a competitive contest. The softball teams had split two games earlier in the season, with the Panthers winning 7-4 back in March, and Perquimans taking the second game 7-5 in early April. However, Pinetown, 18-4, took the all-important rubber match by posting five runs...
Warrirors earn bid to NCISAA Final Four
The Lawrence Academy Lady Warriors were ranked No. 3 in the N.C. Independent School Athletic Association (NCISAA) Division 3 softball bracket when they took to the field Saturday, May 11 in the third round of the NCISAA tournament. The Lady Warriors played strong all year within the NCISAA and came into the postseason with a 14-1 record in NCISAA with that single loss coming back last month to the No. 2 ranked Wayne Christian Eagles. ...
Pirate softball reaches 3rd round, baseball teams loses
Editor’s Note: The No. 7-ranked Perquimans Pirates softball team was scheduled to play the No. 4-ranked Northside-Pinetown Panthers at home Wednesday in the 1A NCHSAA state softball playoffs. The results of that game will appear in next week’s edition. In other recent Pirate softball games, the Perquimans defeated the 18th-ranked East Bladen Eagles 8-1 at home Friday, May 9, in the second round of the 1A NCHSAA state softball playoffs. ...
Brown named Lawrence Academy football coach
MERRY HILL — One of the deans of coaching in eastern North Carolina will take over the Lawrence Academy football program. The school announced earlier this week that Robert Brown, who retired from full-time teaching and coaching just under a year ago, has been named to lead the Warriors into the first season in the Big East Conference. “I am looking forward to the opportunity of coaching the young men...
Albemarle Championship to be held May 23-25 in Perquimans County
HERTFORD, N.C. (WNCT) — Registration is still underway for the Albemarle Championship, which will be held May 23-25 at Albemarle Plantation in Hertford in Perquimans County. You can click here for more information, including registration, course layout and the tournament. The field is limited to 132 professionals and is part of the GoPro Tour. Below […]
High School Roundup: Aces softball, volleyball lose playoff runs
John A. Holmes’ softball and volleyball teams have been eliminated from the 2A NCHSSA state playoffs. The Aces softball team lost to Ayden-Grifton Chargers 10-7 in extra innings Tuesday, May 7, in the 2A NCHSSA Softball State Championship playoffs. Holmes scored runs in the first and fourth innings and followed that up with three in the fifth and single runs in both the sixth and seventh innings. Ayden-Grifton scored three...
Miracle League of the Albemarle Sound to play 1st game
HERTFORD — A baseball league for kids with special needs will play the first game of its inaugural season in Hertford on Saturday. The Miracle League of the Albemarle Sound will play its first game on a field at the Perquimans County Recreation Center at 9 a.m. Subsequent league games will played at the rec center on four successive Saturdays. According to Skip Hawkins, the Miracle League’s founder, the new...
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