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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
SportsTalk: Louisburg College Softball Is Ranked No. 1 In The Nation
When we think of a No. 1 ranked college athletic program, we may think of UNC, Duke or a team from a nationally known institution in other parts of the country. Most people probably don’t think about Louisburg College. Perhaps they should as the Louisburg College Hurricanes softball team is currently the No. 1 ranked
SportsTalk: Former Southern Vance Football Coach Dave Jennings Talks About The Super Bowl
Dave Jennings is likely a familiar name to those who follow local athletics. He was head coach at Southern Vance High School for 14 years before moving on to Franklinton High School where he was an offensive line coach and offensive coordinator . Coach Jennings was a guest on Monday’s SportsTalk and shared his thoughts
SportsTalk: Local Coaches Prep For Basketball Tournaments And Spring Sports
John Hammett and Scottie Richardson may be athletic directors for different schools in different counties but they are both facing the same things: a basketball season that is winding down and the start of spring sports. Hammett, Oxford Prep’s athletic director, says his boys’ basketball team is having a real strong year despite a loss
SportsTalk: Alex Tharp Talks JF Webb Basketball
Alex Tharp, J.F. Webb head basketball coach, discusses the current basketball season. CLICK PLAY! WIZS Radio · SportsTalk: Alex Tharp Talks JF Webb Basketball
SportsTalk: KVA Prepares For Playoffs And Spring Sports
For Kerr-Vance Academy’s athletic director, Mike Joyner, it’s been a long fall season. Basketball tournaments and the holidays have all contributed. Joyner, who was a guest on Thursday’s SportsTalk, said the season is going well. “Our boys basketball team has won two conference games in a row,” Joyner said. The most recent victory was Wednesday
West Virginia defeated North Carolina in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl, 30-10
— by Patrick Magoon freelance writer for WIZS The West Virginia Mountaineers received the opening kickoff of the Duke’s Mayo Bowl and stunned the North Carolina Tar Heels with a one-play, 11-second scoring drive. Quarterback Garrett Greene connected with wide receiver Traylon Ray, who carried the football 75 yards for a touchdown. While under pressure early