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SportsTalk: Louisburg Hopes To Beat Them All
Dante Lassiter, head football coach at Louisburg High School, feels good about his team this season. Of course every coach feels good before the first game but with a turn out of fifty kids perhaps Lassiter is correct. “It’s the biggest turnout we’ve had in years,” Lassiter said. Louisburg lost five seniors from last year’s
The Carolina Panthers Quarterback Battle Heats up in Spartanburg
— story and pictures by Patrick Magoon freelance writer for WIZS The starting quarterback role for the Carolina Panthers is up for grabs, and a decision is looming in the distance. Head coach Matt Rhule is not prepared to name the starting quarterback until after the second preseason game concludes on Aug. 19. Even then,
SportsTalk: Hunt Looks For Improvements In Warren Co. Football
Northampton County may be the kings of the Tar Roanoke Conference in football, but when all is said and done, Warren County may be knocking on the door of the castle. Victor Hunt, Warren County Head Coach and Athletic Director, looks to have the Eagles poised to take their game to the next level this
SportsTalk: Elliott And Vipers Prepare To Kickoff 2022 Season
Twelve midnight! 12:01 a.m. Monday to be exact. That’s when the Vance Co. Vipers football team will begin the first official practice of the 2022 season. According to Coach Aaron Elliott, the team is excited about the “midnight madness” practice. The team will gather around 9 p.m. Sunday to prepare and learn the rules and
Sportstalk: Noel Readies Vipers for Fall Sports
After 15 seasons of guiding Granville Central as athletic director, Ray Noel has started his first season in that same role with Vance Co. High School. Noel is currently preparing for the upcoming fall sports season. “I’m learning a lot and putting my spin on this,” Noel said on Tuesday’s SportsTalk show on WIZS. While
SportsTalk: Downey Prepares Vance Charter For Basketball Season
High school basketball season may not get underway until November, but you can be sure that many of our local players are on the court during the summer prepping for the upcoming season. Vance Charter Men’s Basketball Coach Taron Downey certainly has his team in the gym now preparing for November. Downey, who was a
SportsTalk: Hoyle Leaves Duke For Mississippi St.
Wil Hoyle, son of Henderson’s Wilson Hoyle, has been a key player for Duke University’s baseball team but will be heading to Mississippi St. for his final year of college eligibility next season. Hoyle entered the transfer portal. His change of schools is all about new challenges and, as Hoyle puts it, “experiencing something new
SportsTalk: Wilkerson Helps College Baseball Players Take The Next Step
Daniel Wilkerson has traveled a long way since his days of playing baseball for his father, Todd Wilkerson, at Kerr-Vance Academy. His baseball journey has taken him to Randolph Macon College and then to East Carolina University and now to the Cotuit Kettleers in the Cape Cod League. “I’m following in my father’s footsteps,” Wilkerson
SportsTalk: Remembering Cotton Clayton
CLICK HERE TO PLAY AUDIO WIZS Radio · WIZS SportsTalk 06-30-22 Remembering Cotton Clayton SPORTSTALK WIZS Click for J.M. White Funeral Home Obituary If you know where the Cotton Clayton Country Club was located, chances are you’re from “around here,” as folks like to say. And it’s just as likely that you were saddened to
ACC Announces Football Schedule Model for 2023-26
— courtesy theACC.com GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Tuesday a new football scheduling model that will go into effect beginning with the 2023 season. The new model is based on a 3-5-5 structure whereby each team will play three primary opponents annually and face the other 10 league teams twice during the
