Volleyball can be a challenging sport to learn, and it requires an immense amount of focus. Most importantly, it is a team sport where an individual cannot succeed without their team. Faith Christian senior Elizabeth Sasser, who picked up volleyball in the seventh grade, embodies everything a coach could want from a volleyball player. Sasser…… read more »
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Athletes Of The Week: Elizabeth Sasser
Athletes of the Week: Hayden Voeller
Playing one sport is hard, playing two sports is difficult and playing three sports is next to impossible. Yet, it is a challenge Faith Christian senior Hayden Voeller eagerly accepted. Voeller plays basketball, baseball and runs cross country at Faith Christian. Voeller is week’s Brian Allen State Farm Insurance Male Athlete of the Week for…… read more »
Athletes of the Week: Ashton Gupton
When Wayne Country Day senior Ashton Gupton started playing golf, she had no idea she would fall in love with the sport. Golf is a deceptively tricky sport. It may look easy, but becoming a good golfer requires countless hours of practice and dedication to the sport. Through those countless hours of practice, Gupton was…… read more »
Athletes of the Week: Thomas Sumner
Many students play soccer in high school, but few inhabit the sport the way Wayne Country Day’s Thomas Sumner does. The senior goalie became a serious student of the game after taking it up in middle school, and since then, Sumner dedicates at least part of his day to improving his craft. It is evident…… read more »
Eastern Wayne’s Angus Dove runs to Cornell
Eastern Wayne coach Leander Oates is mighty proud of Angus Dove. He has the right to be. He is proud because one of Eastern Wayne’s top student-athletes is headed to the Ivy League. Dove signed a national letter-of-intent to run track earlier this week, and he recently left Goldsboro to attend Cornell University in Ithaca,…… read more »
