LOUISBURG -- Louisburg College’s fast-pitch softball team stepped out of league play Sunday and scored a home doubleheader sweep against Southeastern Community College.
The Lady Hurricanes won the opener by a 7-0 margin before closing things out 5-1 in the nightcap.
Franklin County resident Jackson Taylor caught this three-pound Crappie at a private pond in the county. Taylor used minnow as a bait to capture the “giant” crappie. According to About.com, the world record for crappies is five pounds.
Roanoke Rapids batter Josh Stallings (2) tries to avoid being hit by a pitch during last Friday’s baseball game against the Bunn Wildcats. BHS catcher Jake Young (right) is preparing to field the ball in the Northern Carolina Conference matchup.
There were plenty of reasons to celebrate last weekend for the Louisburg College Hurricanes, who went on the road and took three of four games from Pitt Community College in Region X action. (Above) William Swoope (25) is congratulated after scoring a run.
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg’s offense was up to a hefty challenge during Thursday’s home baseball matchup against the Southern Nash Firebirds.
Taking the hill for Southern was ace Kyle Shields, who is regarded as one of the area’s top pitchers. Shields, a senior, has already signed with Francis Marion University.
BUNN - Odessa Moore, 58, died Sunday, March 21, 2010. Funeral services will be today (Saturday, March 27) at 2 p.m. at Zion Spring in Bunn.
KITTRELL - Funeral services for Stephen “Lee Thomas” Turrentine, 72, who died Monday, March 22, 2010, will be held at 3 p.m. today (Saturday, March 27) at Hawkins Chapel Baptist Church, 2199 Grove Hill Road, Franklinton, with the Rev. W. S. Taylor officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Even with his team facing a two-goal halftime deficit, Louisburg girls soccer coach Dominic Petrosillo thought it was only a matter of time before his Lady Warriors would eventually break through.
For Louisburg, persistence paid off as the Lady Warriors rallied with a quartet of second-half goals and went on to defeat Southern Vance by a 4-2 margin in non-conference action Wednesday at Patterson Field on the LHS campus.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg High School came within one run of pulling off an upset against Southern Nash when the clubs met earlier in the season.
But it wasn’t as close the second time around, as Southern rolled to a 13-2 decision over the Lady Warriors during non-conference softball action Thursday on the LHS campus.
LOUISBURG – Margaret Christine Bartley, 80, died Tuesday, March 23, 2010. A funeral service was conducted Friday, March 26, by Father Scott McCue in the chapel of Strickland Funeral Home in Louisburg.
RALEIGH – With budget deficits, recession, and both chambers of the General Assembly up for grabs this fall, North Carolina voters have a lot to think about. But right now, it looks like the single-biggest factor shaping state politics will be the U.S. House vote to nationalize health care.
Dear Editor,
Not that long ago the taxpayers were told of the critical need to infuse millions into Franklin County Schools. They were told fiscal accountability would guide the spending. At the time there was great debate and concern due to the county debt ratio.
CLINTON - Christine Strickland Hayes, 90, died Thursday, March 25, 2010 at Hospice of Wake County in Raleigh. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, March 27) at First Baptist Church, 408 College St., Clinton, with the Rev. Ron Cava officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Memorial Park.
CLAYTON - Belinda Lynch Johnson, 54, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010. A private family funeral service is planned.
YOUNGSVILLE —Joseph W. Lee, 74, died Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Arrangements by Feggins & Feggins, Wake Forest.
WAKE FOREST - Pittman Properties (formerly Ammons Pittman GMAC Real Estate) has announced that it is becoming Real Living Pittman Properties in order to offer even more services to Wake Forest, Rolesville, Louisburg, Youngsville, Creedmoor, Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon and Franklin County home buyers and sellers. Real Living is an award-winning brand with 10,000 agents operating across the country.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Louisburg and Bunn will always be backyard rivals, regardless of the sport -- including boys tennis.
But over the past decade, the matches between the schools have basically been for bragging rights, as Bunn and LHS have not been in the same conference.
RALEIGH -- Bunn picked up its much-needed first baseball victory of the season Wednesday as part of a non-conference showdown against Enloe -- a club that had defeated th e Wildcats earlier in the schedule.
This time around, the Wildcats never trailed after delivering six runs in the top of the first frame en route to an 8-6 conquest.
Bunn carried a 1-7 overall record into Friday’s key home league game against Roanoke Rapids.
Louisburg High School batter Morgan Foster looks over a pitch and eventually draws a walk during Thursday afternoon’s home softball game against Southern Nash.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- When looking to finalize his gimmick for Gouge Wrestling, Lamont Richardson wanted a character that was as close to his real-life persona as possible.
That’s how ‘Redman’ was born.
Richardson, 31, is a Franklin County native who graduated from Louisburg High School in 1998.
High School Baseball
TUESDAY
Louisburg at Bunn 7 p.m.
Franklinton at Durham Arts 5 p.m.
FRANKLINTON -- Franklinton High School will host a Spring Break Soccer Camp from April 6-8 at the FHS Football Field.
Ages 4-14 are welcome to participate in the event, which will run from 9 a.m.-noon each day.
Cost is $50 per camper, which includes a T-shirt.
For more information or to register for the camp, call FHS soccer coach Deran Coe at 494-2332.
By:
GEOFF NEVILLE, Times Sportswriter
LOUISBURG -- Even though her team is in the middle of a competitive season, Monica Gordy is also busy planning for the future of the Louisburg College fast-pitch softball program.
Gordy hopes to bring in eight players for the 2010-11 school year, and she signed three of them last weekend during a ceremony on the LC campus.
Bunn High School No. 2 Singles player Grayson Dodson volleys at the net during his match Thursday afternoon against Louisburg’s Elmer Rayo.
By:
CAREY JOHNSON, Times Staff Writer
Franklin County received a $750,000 grant from the state, which meant the difference between bringing 72 new jobs here or not, said Palviz North America’s executive officer.
The Israeli polymer foam manufacturing and distribution company received a $250,000 One North Carolina Fund grant to help bring them to Franklin County.
