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Martin softball season ends after loss to Midway in East Regional finals
WILLIAMSTON – Martin County High School’s softball team battled until the final out, but it is Midway who is moving on after the Raiders held on for a 7-3 victory in Game Two and a sweep of the NCHSAA Class 2A East Regional Championship Series Thursday night (May 23). Midway, the No. 3 seed, improved to 21-3 overall and returns to the Class 2A state championship series next weekend to face Southwestern Randolph. ...
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. ...
Northside, Greene Central baseball advance to state final
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Eastern NC high school baseball teams went 2-for-2 in wrapping up East Regional titles on Friday. Just hours after Northside High School wrapped up the Class 1-A East Regional title in Pinetown, Greene Central did the same in Snow Hill in the Class 2-A East Regional final. Both teams join South […]
School board votes unanimously to merge Martin County high schools
WILLIAMSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — In a unanimous vote on Monday, the Martin County Board of Education voted to merge South Creek High School with Riverside High School permanently. The merger means South Creek High School will be closed. The vote comes after the required public meetings on May 7 and May 9. The board also […]
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. ...
'Feeling the Love Tonight': Holmes students present 'Lion King Jr.'
Drama and music students from John A. Holmes High School wowed audiences with three performances of “The Lion King Jr.” last weekend. The student actors presented a strong performance that highlighted their singing, dancing, and costume design talents. The “Lion King Jr.” performances May 16-18 came during a difficult moment for the high school’s drama program. In April, wrecking crews demolished the high school campus’s auditorium and much of the...
Superintendent addresses student protest at BHS
Last week’s disruption at Bertie High School was billed as a protest sparked by the termination of former head football Coach Darius Wesson. While originally tight-lipped on whether the event happened, officials confirmed the incident occurred and issued a statement addressing the disturbance the following day. “Yesterday, May 7, at Bertie High School, students protested to express their dissatisfaction with a post on Facebook written by Coach Darius Wesson regarding...
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. ...
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...
E-Chowan hosts forum on student learning
EDENTON — Edenton Chowan Schools recently hosted a community forum with parents to discuss how children can come to school better prepared to learn following two years of restricted classroom instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants at the Monday, May 6 meeting were separated into breakout sessions, where they were asked to define what it means when a child is said to be physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, and behaviorally ready for school each day. ...
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