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SportsTalk: KVA Finds WIns On The Baseball Field
Practices cancelled and losing games from the schedule are just a couple of the problems that Mike Joyner, Athletic Director at Kerr-Vance Academy, has faced this season. It’s been a challenging year for Joyner and KVA with all of the rain that has happened this spring. “Seven of the first 10 games were rained out,”
SportsTalk: Former KVA Baseball Standout R.J. Johnson Returns To NC
Rutgers University in New Jersey may seem like a long ways away from North Carolina but former Kerr Vance Academy and current Rutgers standout baseball player R. J. Johnson gets back to the area more than one might think. “We are here almost every weekend,” Johnson said on SportsTalk. Johnson and Rutgers were in the
SportsTalk: KVA Baseball Finally Gets On The Field
Like so many other schools in the area, Kerr Vance Academy has had trouble getting in games due to the recent wet weather. “Our first five games were rained out,” head coach Mike Rigsbee said on Thursday’s SportsTalk. The school has only just this week gotten on the field. They lost their opener 3-0 against
SportsTalk: Hammett Rebuilds JF Webb Softball
It was only a couple of years ago that JF Webb had no softball team. Covid and a lack players meant the program had become dormant. That has all changed with Corey Hammett. Last year she brought the program back and took the Warriors into the state playoffs. Hammett sees more success this year for
SportsTalk: Rain And Umpire Shortage Are Obstacles For KVA
“Rain rain go away, come again some other day” might be what’s on the mind of Kerr Vance Academy Athletic Director Mike Joyner. “We’ve had no baseball, no soccer and only one golf match,” Joyner said on Thursday’s SportsTalk. Rain has caused seven baseball games to be cancelled this year. “We have nowhere for the
Goalkeeper Peralta Among 2024 WFU Sports Hall Of Fame Inductees
Back in the mid 1970’s, when José Peralta was in middle school at what was then Vance Academy, soccer hadn’t yet gotten a toehold in the area. But by the time Peralta and some of his Spartan teammates made their mark on the soccer field as Vance Senior High School Vikings, all that was
SportsTalk: Vance Charter Girls Basketball Advances
Brian Howard talks about Vance Charter Girls first round tournament victory. WIZS Radio · SportsTalk: Vance Charter Girls Basketball Advances
SportsTalk: Oxford Prep Softball Looking For Back To Back Championships
It’s never easy to repeat as a champion, but Oxford Prep Softball Coach Tommy Anstead feels as though his team has a pretty good chance to win a conference championship in 2024. “We have 12 or 13 girls returning including all of our starters except one,” Anstead said on Thursday’s SportsTalk. The team is counting
SportsTalk: UNC Baseball Starts Friday
Former Kerr-Vance Academy standout and Granville County native Daniel Wilkerson is excited about Friday! Wilkerson, assistant to the head coach for UNC Baseball, is ready to get the 15th-ranked Tar Heels on the field for the first game of the season Friday. “I can’t sleep the night before. It’s like Christmas morning,” Wilkerson said. The
SportsTalk: Crossroads Gets Ready For Tournament
Scottie Richardson has reason to be happy, back-to-back regular season championships for the Crossroads Christian boys basketball team. Richardson, the school’s athletic director, was a guest on Wednesday’s Sportstalk, and he said, “The boys will get a bye in the first round and we will play at home at 2 p.m. Saturday.” The opponent will
