Thursday, Wayne County Public Schools reported two COVID-19 clusters across two schools: Dillard Middle and Southern Wayne High. Dillard Middle has an in-school cluster, involving 1 staff member and 8 students from the eighth grade. Southern Wayne High has a football team cluster, involving five team-members. “Our school nurses and school administrative teams are…… read more »
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Two More WCPS Schools Report COVID-19 Clusters
Football: Southern Wayne Unable To Hold Off North Lenoir
Article and photo from Laieke Abebe Despite a great start against North Lenoir, Southern Wayne was unable to keep pace. The Saints couldn’t stop a potent rushing attack from the Hawks and fell 44-24 on Friday evening in Wheat Swamp. Coming off their first win in two years at Goldsboro last week, Ronnie McClary’s squad…… read more »
Southern Wayne H.S. Marks Anniversary Of 9/11 (PHOTO GALLERY)
Members of the Southern Wayne High School Air Force ROTC held a special ceremony in honor of the anniversary of September 11th. Friday morning, students, staff, firefighters from Grantham, Dudley, Thoroughfare, Mount Olive, Arrington and Mar-Mac, as well as paramedics from Wayne County EMS Station 8 met at the school’s flagpole to take part in…… read more »
Athlete Of The Week: Adam Cain
Southern Wayne’s Adam “Stone” Cain always wanted to play running back, but when he was younger playing pop warner, he could not live out his dreams of carrying the football. “I played in little league, and there was always a weight limit, and I was always over it,” Cain said. “No matter how much I…… read more »
Volleyball: Southern Wayne Sweeps East Wake in Conference Opener (PHOTO GALLERY)
Southern Wayne head coach Jamie William’s birthday present arrived a day early as the Saints turned in a great performance against East Wake on Tuesday evening. Anna Summerlin had a team-high nine kills and five aces, Ta’Niyah Glaspie had eight kills, Allie Lane also served five aces, and Taylor Lee finished with 18 assists as…… read more »
Boys Soccer: Southern Wayne Holds Off Goldsboro (PHOTO GALLERY)
Damas Jean, Slysen Jean Baptiste, and Miguel Campuzano scored one goal apiece during Southern Wayne’s 3-2 non-conference triumph over county rival Goldsboro on Thursday. The victory improves the Saints’ overall record to 3-0, while the Cougars dropped to 0-3. “We’re doing well, and we still have a long season ahead,” Southern Wayne head coach Luis…… read more »
Football: Eastern Wayne Uses Strong Second Half To Defeat Southern Wayne
Photo and article from Laieke Abebe Eastern Wayne began its football season with a big performance on Monday evening against Southern Wayne. Trailing 14-8 at the half, the Warriors outscored Southern Wayne 32-8 in the second half en route to a 40-22 road win in Dudley. Dating back to last season, it is the Warriors’…… read more »
Athlete Of The Week: Will Pennington
Will Pennington is having a breakout summer for Wayne County Post 11 and has emerged as one of Post 11’s best pitchers this summer. In 36 innings pitched this summer, Pennington has 5-0 record on the mound, a 0.77 earned run average and has tossed 41 strikeouts. And as evidenced by his phenomenal performance against…… read more »
Southern Wayne Trio Sign National Letters Of Intent
On Tuesday afternoon, three Southern Wayne student-athletes signed national letters of intent to play at the collegiate level. Offensive linemen Knowledge Broadie and Isaiah Sharpe will continue their football careers at St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh. At the same time, three-sport athlete Tayvon Callahan will run track at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.…… read more »
West Hired As New Southern Wayne Head Varsity Boys’ Coach
Welcome home, coach. With his family standing outside Southern Wayne’s new gymnasium, Brian West was introduced as the new head varsity basketball coach. He replaces Dwight Smith, who stepped down upon the conclusion of this past season. West grew up in Mount Olive and played basketball at Brogden Middle School and Mount Olive middle school.…… read more »
