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Dixon wrestling champion Thomas Hudson honored
Earns award as one of three best senior wrestlers in Eastern N.C. → Read More
Dixon's Rochelle wants a picture of success with volleyball this fall
Returning senior aims to balance leadership on court with patience of her hobby → Read More
Post 265 baseball hopes to erase tough regular season
Team travels to Whiteville on Thursday to open Area II playoffs → Read More
Southwest's Cook-Watt liked volleyball from the get-go
As a high school freshman in California, Haleigh Cook-Watt “just out of the blue” decided to give volleyball a try after taking in a number → Read More
Cardinals looking to be competitive in ECI under new coach
Rick Scoppe Daily News Staff jdnsports Sean Thompson now leading Jacksonville As a freshman at Jacksonville High School heading into the East Coast Invitational Team Camp, Diante Byass has a different mindset as a senior going into this year’s 18th annual event that features 32 teams from across the state. “First year, it was kind of look at it like you don’t want to mess up. There were all… → Read More
No big blues boated on tough opening day at Big Rock
MOREHEAD CITY – More than a third of the 183 boats in the 60th annual Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament took the opening day off Monday. As it turned out, they knew what they were doing. None of the 114 boats that did hit the water brought a big blue to the weigh station. In fact, only seven blue marlin were hooked (and released), along with one white marlin and a sailfish, on a stormy day that… → Read More
Jacksonville's Dave Miller coach of the year
In more than two decades coaching the Jacksonville girls’ soccer team, Dave Miller has seen his share of ups and downs on the pitch – and there were plenty of both in 2018.But, he said, it was a team that “never ceased to amaze me.”Or surprise him. After a 3-0 start, the Cardinals lost five in a row. Then they won five straight before dropping three of their next four.And then came the… → Read More
Jacksonville's Coleman: Hard work paid off with East-West selection
Before he heads off to play college football, Jacksonville wide receiver Chris Coleman has one last game to play.The 6-foot-1, 194-pound Coleman is one of → Read More
Padgett opts not to take New Bern football job
Coach went 295-69 in 27 years at Southwest's coach → Read More
Laurent to play in East-West game
Before she hits the road to UNC-Greensboro to begin her college basketball career – and barely after the ink is dry on her high school diploma, Jacksonville standout Areon Laurent will play in her second all-star game.The 18-year-old Laurent, The Daily News player of the year this past season, will play in the annual East-West All-Star Game on July 16 at the Greensboro Coliseum.“I’m pretty… → Read More
'Big' Capps & 'Baby' Capps help lead Dixon into playoffs
DIXON – Senior James Carson Capps first met freshman Carson Alexander Capps when Dixon began baseball practice in February.And while they didn’t know each other, they found they shared one passion beyond baseball.“It’s kind of odd,” senior Capps said. “The first day of practice we were talking about duck hunting. That’s his favorite thing to do and that’s my favorite thing to do.“Man, it was on… → Read More
Onslow Cup pinned for second straight year
For the second straight year the annual Onslow County Cup wrestling tournament has lost out to the weather.Officials on Friday cancelled the tournament → Read More
Reynolds throws school-record 6 TDs as Swansboro wins 53-50 over Princeton
SWANSBORO – It was old-fashioned shootout that came down to a pair of huge defensive plays in the final moments – one that kept a runner from getting into the end zone and the other that kept a runner in it.But the plays of Patrick Peterson and Jamel Abalos had to share center stage with quarterback Thomas Reynolds, who threw for a school-record 6 touchdown passes while also rushing for two more… → Read More
Camp Lejeune Marine, wrestler Bryce Saddoris USMC male athlete of the year
It’d be hard to surprise Bryce Saddoris on the wrestling mat.As the all-time winningest wrestler in the more than a century of the sport at the Naval Academy and the top-ranked 145.5-pounder by USA Wrestling, the 27-year-old Saddoris has seen it all while wearing the singlet.But being named the U.S. Marine Corps male athlete of the year was unexpected for Saddoris, a captain and supply officer… → Read More
Northside rolls past Rosewood 62-37 to claim ECCC title
After watching Rosewood bolt to a 14-0 lead over Clinton and score 83 points en route to a 10-point win in the semifinals over a team that handed → Read More
Ex-Dixon star Rookie Davis traded from Yankees to Cincinnati Reds
Rookie Davis never saw this coming. As he was waiting to get some steps he received from his parents as Christmas gifts installed on his truck Monday, → Read More
After earning his doctorate, Tomlinson back coaching Dixon wrestling
DIXON | Dal Tomlinson is back as Dixon’s wrestling coach, and he’s sporting a new title: Dr. Dal. Just don’t expect the man with the → Read More