By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
KENLY -- For one of the few times this season, Bunn had to face a bit of adversity last Friday en route to wrapping up the Northern Carolina Conference girls basketball regular season championship.
Undefeated BHS, in an extreme rarity, trailed at halftime at second-place North Johnston before rallying for a title-clinching 63-49 decision over the Lady Panthers at the spacious NJHS Gymnasium.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Heading into the final month of the regular season, Coach Mike Holloman understands two things about his 2010-11 version of the Louisburg College women’s basketball squad.
That the Lady Hurricanes are capable of beating anybody in Region X, and are capable of losing to just about anybody in the league.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Just a few days after wrapping up the team championship portion of the Northern Carolina Conference, the Louisburg Warriors set their sights on individual heroics last Saturday at the LHS Gymnasium.
Louisburg, coached by Jason Crawford, earned six first-place finishes at the annual NCC Individual Tournament.
Everybody looks forward to the Super Bowl, without fully thinking about the post-game consequences.
For year another year, football is done with.
It starts in early August, with visits to oven-baked high school fields for the start of fall practice.
That season begins a few weeks later, followed by college football in early September.
SAM SIGNS WITH LEES-MCRAE. Franklinton High School’s Samantha Arendt (front, right) signs a letter-of-intent last Wednesday to continue her soccer career at Lees-McRae College. Also pictured are (back, l to r) FHS Assistant Principal David Averette, FHS soccer coach Jordan Germano and FHS Principal Charles Fuller; (front, left) Nancy Boggs (mother). (Photo Submitted)
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Strange as it may sound, Louisburg College men’s basketball coach Mark Vanderslice faced a somewhat difficult proposition heading into last Saturday’s home matchup against backyard rival Vance-Granville Community College.
After all, Vanderslice’s Hurricanes had defeated the Vanguards by 62 points last month in Henderson.
LOS ANGELES -- Christian Buffaloe, the 11-year-old son/student of Kenny Buffaloe, former Nash County resident, recently won the youth division of the Japan sponsored “2011 Kyokushin Karate U.S. Weight Category Tournament” in Little Tokyo in Los Angeles.
This annual tournament is one of the largest and most prestigious Kyokushin full contact competitions outside of Japan.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College’s much-anticipated baseball season began one day later than expected on Sunday at Frazier Field.
The Hurricanes were originally supposed to have a four-game weekend series against Wilkes Community College, but last Saturday’s action was called off due to poor weather.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
WILSON -- Franklinton will represent Franklin County at the annual Brittany Girls Soccer Showcase on April 8-9.
This will be the seventh installment of the event, which is staged at Gillette Park in Wilson.
The Lady Rams, under the direction of first-year head coach Jordan Germano, will meet West Brunswick High School on April 8 at 5:30 p.m. on Field Five.
The Louisburg College football squad had 18 current players sign last Wednesday as part of National Signing Day. Those standouts will now continue their careers at four-year schools. In the photo above, offensive lineman Gideon Scott signs with South Carolina State University as LC head coach John Sala looks on.
Last Wednesday was quite a day in Gibson, Ga., as three players from Glascock County High School signed letters-of-intent to continue their football careers at Louisburg College. The players are (l to r) tight end Jeremy Bennett, running back Montavias Myrick and fullback Zach O’Connor. Glascock County is located between Augusta and Macon in the central portion of The Peach State.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Junior college football coaches are in a unique situation on National Signing Day, as they are concerned about both what is coming and what is going from a personnel standpoint.
LC head coach John Sala and his staff must be diligent in the recruiting process, trying to find the best high school seniors who will fit into the schematics of their program.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
BUNN -- Only because of a few scheduling twists of fate will Patrick Limer be unable to finish off his career as the all-time winningest wrestler at Bunn High School.
Limer, a senior standout, currently owns 101 victories, compared to 48 losses as part of his standout four-year tenure at Bunn.
FRANKLINTON -- The Franklinton Recreation Association is currently holding signups for its T-Ball, Baseball and Touch Football Leagues through Feb. 26.
Registration will be held at the Franklinton Town Hall Annex between 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Touch Football is for ages 5-6 only.
Members of the Louisburg High School wrestling team celebrate after the Warriors claimed their fourth straight league title by winning the Northern Carolina Conference Championship.
Among the Franklin County performers at last Saturday’s Northern Carolina Conference Wrestling Championships at the Louisburg High School Gymnasium were (above) Franklinton’s Jackson Hooten (left) against Roanoke Rapids’ Kyle Pratt.
LOUISBURG – Cheryll-Anne Binkley died Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. Services were held Friday, Feb. 4, at Lighthouse Baptist Church in Rolesville, 800 Louisburg Road.
On Friday, Feb. 11, at 8 p.m., Louisburg College will present The Tams as part of the Allen de Hart Concert Series. The Tams have been entertaining and thrilling audiences for over 40 years with hits such as “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy,” “What Kind of Fool,” and “I’ve Been Hurt.” Though their style of music has historically been referred to as Beach Music, it can be also classified as a mixture of Smooth Soul and R&B.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Last weekend set off a whirlwind inside the offices at 285 T. Kemp Road.
Longtime lawman and Sheriff Pat Green resigned, citing health and personal issues. A day later, prosecutors prompted a probe into missing funds at the office.
District Attorney Sam Currin said Green’s departure prior to the revelation is probably not a coincidence.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County staff have delayed, again, plans to boost emergency communications in the field.
County emergency communications staff expected to present plans to provide mobile Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD)/Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) systems for deputies, police, fire and rescue workers during a meeting in December, but the matter was pulled from discussion.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
A former Bunn police officer is slated to appear in Superior Court soon on sexual assault charges that got him thrown off the force.
Investigators arrested James Newton Perry, 26, in January, days after a grand jury indicted him on four counts of taking indecent liberties with a minor.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
After only one county registered an increase in the number of folks getting work in November, December provided a Christmas gift.
Including Franklin County, the unemployment rate decreased in about two thirds of North Carolina counties in the last month of 2010, according to the latest statistics released by the state Employment Security Commission.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Former Congressman Bob Etheridge, who used to push for stimulus funds in his district, will now direct how that money is spent across the state.
Gov. Bev Perdue announced this week that she had tabbed Etheridge to direct the Office of Economic Recovery and Investment.
By:
GARY CUNARD, Times Publisher
Although current revenues look “pretty good,” according to Louisburg town manager Mark Warren, even the council’s usually long “wish list” seemed pared down to reflect the new economic reality as work began Thursday night on a 2011-12 budget that begins July 1.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Bunn Commissioners will be asked to schedule work sessions this month that will help officials and staff with personnel issues and dilapidated buildings.
And the board will have reinforcements as Don Mitchell will take an active role in his first board meeting on Monday night.
