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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
SportsTalk: Vance Charter Cheerleaders Heading to Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
From a sealed envelope after a recent cheerleading practice, the 21 girls who make up the Vance Charter Cheerleading team discovered that they had been selected to participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. Stacey Long, the girls’ coach, said there was excitement followed by disbelief. “Is this really happening,” Long
SportsTalk: 7 On 7 Football Makes Positive Impact On Local Youth
In 2007 both Marcus Henderson and Theo Perry graduated from Southern Vance High School and Perry was a part of the Southern Vance Football team that went to the state championship game. While the Raiders were unable to cap off that season with a state title, both Henderson and Perry have continued to work in
SportsTalk: Murray Plans For Championships At Henderson Collegiate
“The energy is great and I’m ready to get going,” says Paul Murray. Murray is the new men’s basketball coach at Henderson Collegiate and he is preparing for his first season after spending three years as an assistant at The Burlington School which has a reputation for being “a basketball powerhouse,” as Murray put it
SportsTalk: Elliott Prepares For First Season As VCHS Football Coach
Aaron Elliott, the new head football coach for Vance County High School, has had a few days to watch his players during workouts this week. And he’s pretty impressed with what he sees so far, he said on Thursday’s Sports Talk. Elliott joined Bill Harris, Doc Ayscue and George Hoyle and said he liked the
