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Tribute to Coach Wilton Baskett; Friend, Mentor, Father Figure
Long-time high school basketball coach and Vance County native Wilton Baskett died Saturday. He was 62. Baskett retired in March 2020 after 37 years of coaching and teaching, much of that time with Vance County Schools. Baskett was head basketball coach at Northern Vance High School and won his 400th game with the Vance County
WIZS SportsTalk – Vance Charter AD Lance Stallings And More 1-7-21
Trey Snide and Ron Noel welcome Lance Stallings, Athletic Director at Vance Charter School, to SportsTalk. Stallings discusses the difficulties of overcoming delayed tryouts and practices due to Covid 19. He also touches on the growing and learning process for basketball teams at the school and the excitement coaches feel now that the season is
Season Starting Fast For Vance Charter Lady Knights Basketball
When a sports team plays 30 games and only loses two, that’s something to be celebrated. That was the case last year for the Vance Charter School Lady Knights basketball team. But the celebration must end when the next season begins, and for the Lady Knights and Head Coach Brian Howard, that time has come.
Vance County Vipers Football Using Quarantine To Transition
WIZS SportsTalk (M-F at 1pm) with host Trey Snide and co-host Ron Noel recently featured the first-year head varsity football coach of the Vance County Vipers, Hunter Jenks. Jenks said the first year has been a lot of good. He said, “The whole world is dealing with changes, and with changes, you just have to
Crossroads Christian School’s Haley Patterson, Hope Macklin, Justice Simmons
On Friday, Dec. 11, three seniors from Crossroads Christian School, Haley Patterson, Hope Macklin, and Justice Simmons, discussed their senior season in women’s basketball and about the leadership role for female athletics. Each Friday on WIZS SportsTalk, host Trey Snide presents the weekly Coach’s Corner segment. Click here for the latest show audio. Simmons said
NCHSAA Conference Realignment Draft Unprecedented
The first NCHSAA conference realignment draft features an unprecedented number of division splits. WIZS SportsTalk hosts Trey Snide and Ron Noel covered the first draft of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association conference realignment Thursday, Dec 10th at 1pm. You can listen back by clicking play here… WIZS Radio · SportsTalk 12/10/20 And be
Tar Heels Football Season Recap; Miami Preview; Jones Angell with Trey Snide
The UNC Tar Heels Football team hosts Miami Saturday, Dec. 12 at 3:30. Airtime on WIZS with Jones Angell and the entire Tar Heel Sports Network is 2:30pm. Listen Local at 1450 AM / 100.1 FM / Click on Listen Live at WIZS.com if you are within 70 miles of Henderson. In Friday’s edition of
Sports Talk 12/01/20: Crossroads Christian Temporarily Halts Basketball Season
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL With questions surrounding mask requirements for student-athletes and health concerns, the Crossroads Christian School Colts have temporarily halted the men’s basketball season. CCS Athletic Director Scottie Richardson said the decision was based solely on what is right for the players. “The
Coach’s Corner 11/13/20: Fresh Off Win Against Duke, Tar Heels Face Wake Forest
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL Jones Angell, the voice of UNC Football, joined Trey Snide on the WIZS Coach’s Corner Show Friday to discuss the Tar Heel’s impressive win over the Duke Blue Devils and to provide a preview for the upcoming match against Wake Forest.
Sports Talk 11/12/20: Granville Central’s Terence Harcum Signs With App State
100.1 FM ~ 1450 AM ~ WIZS, Your Community Voice ~ Click to LISTEN LOCAL After signing his letter of intent to play basketball at Appalachian State University, Terence Harcum, a senior from Granville Central High School, joined WIZS’ Trey Snide and Ron Noel to discuss what the day meant to him and his family. Click
