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SportsTalk: Hoops, Swimming And Wrestling Keeps Noel Busy At Vance Co. High
“Busy, busy, busy,” is how Vance Co. High School Athletic Director Ray Noel sums up the last couple of months. “We have two to three games a week,” Noel said and that’s just for basketball. When you add to that wrestling and swimming it’s easy to understand just how busy Noel must be. Swimming has
SportsTalk: Crossroads Christian Preparing for Conference Tournament
According to Crossroads Christian Athletic Director and Head Men’s Basketball Coach Scottie Richardson, his team has entered the part of the season known as “The Grind.” This occurs near the end of the regular season but before tournament time as teams try to grind their way through schedules. For Crossroads the grind will include a
SportsTalk: Wilkerson Joins UNC Baseball Coaching Staff
You may have heard the saying of going around your thumb to get to your elbow and that might be the best way to describe former Kerr Vance Academy baseball standout Daniel Wilkerson’s journey to get to UNC as an Assistant to the Head Coach and Clubhouse/Equipment Manager. He’s been to Massachusetts, East Carolina in
SportsTalk: Mike Joyner on KVA Athletics
As an athletic director Mike Joyner of Kerr Vance Academy stays busy overseeing all of the sports his school provides to students. In addition to that there are tournaments that also are part of the school’s athletics. Over the recent holiday period KVA hosted a basketball tournament with Oak Forest winning the men’s’ championship and
SportsTalk: Oxford Prep Athletics With John Hammett
John Hammett patrolled the football sidelines as a head coach for many years but the former JF Webb coach now finds being athletic director at a small school such as Oxford Prep to be quite satisfying. Even though there are aspects of being a football coach that he misses, one of the reasons he made
SportsTalk: Richardson And Downey Talk Local Basketball
Scottie Richardson, head men’s basketball coach and athletic director at Crossroads Christian, and Taron Downey, head men’s basketball coach at Vance Charter School, have both seen injuries to players throughout their careers. Both men briefly discussed their thoughts on the tragic injury to Damar Hamlin in Monday night’s NFL game. “I thought the NFL made
Duke’s Dominant Defense Thrived in Military Bowl Win
— text and picture by Patrick Magoon freelance writer for WIZS In their first Bowl game since 2018, the Duke Blue Devils’ stout defense prevailed, tallying a Military Bowl-record six sacks and eight tackles for a loss. The unit also deflected four passes and forced three fumbles. Duke wasted no time putting points on the board. In
SportsTalk: Adcock Hopes To Move Up In Mariners’ Organization
There’s that old baseball saying about a swing and a miss. One has to wonder if that phrase hasn’t gone through Oxford native Ty Adcock’s mind once or twice. Adcock is about to begin his fourth year in the Seattle Mariners organization and hopes this year sees him transition from the minors to the parent
SportsTalk: Holiday Tournament Shaping Up At Kerr Vance
Mike Joyner, Athletic Director at Kerr Vance Academy, is coming to the end of his first year on the job. Joyner, who was a guest on SportsTalk Thursday, expressed gratitude to those who have helped make his transition from bigger schools to KVA a success. “We have great support, lots of tradition and a great
SportsTalk: Mize Goes Out On Top At Webb??
While Lisa Mize is definitely on top, the question is whether she is actually going to retire. Mize was a guest on SportsTalk on Thursday, and she said it is not yet set in stone, but her plans are to fold up the volleyball net. Mize was recently named as North Carolina 2A Volleyball Coach
