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SportsTalk: Hunt Is Getting The Feel Of The Warren Co. Eagles’ AD Position
It was only a week ago Victor Hunt, head football coach at Warren Co. High School, was named as athletic director at the school. He characterizes his first few days as a time to grow and learn. This past football season Hunt took the Eagles to the state playoffs, something that hasn’t happened in quite
SportsTalk: Coach’s Corner: WIZS Players Of The Week – Championship Recap
Conference championships are hard to come by but Thursday night Vance County had two schools do just that. Vance Charter’s women’s team took the Triangle North Athletic Conference Tournament Championship with a 58-47 win over Oxford Prep and Henderson Collegiate took the men’s championship with a 59-46 victory over Durham’s Voyager Academy. Vance Charter relied
SportsTalk: Coach’s Corner: Craddock And Rogers WIZS Players Of The Week
When not in a pool or on the soccer field, you might find Kailen Craddock on horseback. Craddock wasn’t named women’s varsity WIZS Player of the Week for her equestrian skills but for her work in the pool at Vance Charter. The sophomore swimmer placed 3rd in the regionals and 13th overall after turning in
SportsTalk: Vance Co. Vipers Hoping For Wins To Make Playoffs
The state high school basketball playoffs are just around the corner and despite only having a 5-11 record on the season, Vance Co. High School Athletic Director Joe Sharrow thinks the Vipers have a good shot at getting in. Sharrow was a guest on today’s SportsTalk with Trey Snide. Sharrow knows that it will take
SportsTalk: Gladieux Signs To Play For Trine University
“If somebody gives you an opportunity to follow your dream, that’s amazing,” Ryan Gladieux said at his son’s Letter of Intent signing at Crossroads Christian as part of today’s SportsTalk show on WIZS. Mason Gladieux, a 6’3″ senior guard with the Colts, will be playing college ball next season for Trine University in Angola, Indiana.
Jones and Taylor are WIZS Players of the Week
For two years Christian Jones has been the go to guy off the bench for the Vance County Vipers men’s basketball team. The 6’4″ Jones has been so good off the bench that he has now worked his way into the starting lineup. The Vipers have won three of the last four games and Jones
SportsTalk: Coach’s Corner Players Of The Week
In order to be a successful athletic program at any level, you have to have the players, and both Vance Co. High School and Henderson Collegiate have two such players: Jayla Taylor and Ellis Williams. These two athletes are this week’s WIZS Players of the Week. Taylor has helped power the Vance Co. Women’s Vipers
Vance Co. High School Basketball Games Scheduled for Fri., Jan 14 Postponed
According to an email sent to WIZS from Vance County High School Athletic Director and Assistant Principal Joe Sharrow, the JV, women’s varsity and boy’s varsity games scheduled between the Vipers and Southern Durham for Friday, January 14 have been postponed until Wednesday, February 2. The games will be played at their usual time on
SportsTalk: Tharp Has Settled In As AD Of JF Webb
It was Alex Tharp’s long-term goal to become athletic director at JF Webb High School in Oxford, but he thought that might happen a couple of years down the road. “The opportunity came earlier,” Tharp said. Tharp replaces Mike Carroll who is still at the school helping Tharp in his new position. Of course, like
Coach’s Corner: Kayla Simmons WIZS Player Of The Week Honors
“We don’t often play in close games,” said Vance Charter Knights’ head women’s basketball coach Brian Howard on the Coach’s Corner of SportsTalk with Trey Snide. However, the Knights found themselves in a nail biter this week against Granville Central. The 6 – 3 Knights scored with 4 seconds left to pull out a 60
