Category Archives: Sports

Athletes Of The Week: Turner Bass

Athletes Of The Week: Turner Bass

C.B. Aycock senior Turner Bass is perhaps the most vocal player on the field. Whether on the sideline or on the field, Bass is always trying to fire up his teammates. Along with his charisma, Bass is blessed with incredible athleticism, a trait that has carried Bass through two sports – football and wrestling. Bass,…read more »

Athletes Of The Week: Haley Martin

Athletes Of The Week: Haley Martin

A senior leader on both the cross country and girls’ soccer team, Haley Martin has established herself as a premier student-athlete at Charles B. Aycock High School. Martin thrives not only as a player but also as a tremendous teammate and leader. Martin said she feels incredibly lucky to have played high school sports with…read more »

UMO Athletics Announces Spring 2021 Schedules

UMO Athletics Announces Spring 2021 Schedules

From UMO Media Relations MOUNT OLIVE — The University of Mount Olive released the outline of the projected schedule days for the 2021 season for all Trojan sports this week. All sports will play on certain days to help combat the complexity of all UMO sponsored sports playing in the spring season. Below are the estimated days…read more »

Football: C.B. Aycock Starts Workouts (PHOTO GALLERY)

Football: C.B. Aycock Starts Workouts (PHOTO GALLERY)

The C.B. Aycock football team started workouts on Tuesday. The Golden Falcons and the rest of Wayne County are getting ready to start a shorted seven-game football season in February. Players, who brought their own water bottles, arrived and were put into a socially distant line to go through pre-workout COVID-19 screenings, which included masked…read more »

Wayne Country Day Set To Host First Cancer Try-Run

Wayne Country Day Set To Host First Cancer Try-Run

Some Wayne Country Day Students are putting together a unique event to support cancer patients undergoing treatment. The first Wayne Country Day Cancer Try-Run will occur on Saturday, Nov. 21st, at 10:00 a.m. at Wayne Country Day. There will be a mud run, a spartan run and a color run, which are all 5ks. There…read more »

Hannah Best and Gracyn Perry Make History At Wayne Country Day

Hannah Best and Gracyn Perry Make History At Wayne Country Day

It is never easy making history at a high school filled with history, especially if a student-athlete is still in middle school. However, that did not stop Hannah Best and Gracyn Perry from making history at Wayne Country Day. The duo are the first middle-schoolers in Wayne Country Day history to play on two varsity…read more »

Football: Wayne Christian Dominates Pungo Christian (PHOTO GALLERY)

Football: Wayne Christian Dominates Pungo Christian (PHOTO GALLERY)

As the fog rolled onto the field, the Wayne Christian football team huddled together one last time. They dumped Gatorade on head coach Luis Miranda, and once the Eagles broke the huddle, they erupted in tears of joy. The best season in Miranda’s tenure as head coach ended with a dominant 56-12 win against Pungo…read more »

Athletes Of The Week: Cady Stanley

Athletes Of The Week: Cady Stanley

Wayne Country Day senior Cady Stanley came up with several big performances for the Wayne Country Day girls’ tennis team this season. Playing in the No. 1 singles spot, Stanley, this week’s Female Athlete of the week, helped the Chargers navigate a difficult season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m just glad that we had…read more »

Athletes Of The Week: Cam Gerrard

Athletes Of The Week: Cam Gerrard

Like many student-athletes, Cam Gerrard was bitten by the soccer bug at an early age. Gerrard quickly learned the fundamentals of the game. As he advanced from elementary school to the middle school level and eventually to Wayne Country Day, he developed skills, and he honed them to become a standout student-athlete who plays soccer,…read more »

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