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SportsTalk: Sports in Black History

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Scout Hughes and Steve Lewis talk about the impact of historically black high schools & colleges, and their athletic programs. We also touch on some of the more local entities of historically black schools in Vance County and surrounding areas like Henderson Institute, Mary Potter School, and Kittrell College.

This is a photo of the 1959 Kittrell College Bulldogs Football Team. Picture from the 1960 edition of the Kittrell College Yearbook “The Bulldog” found at the Granville County Public Library.

Games on Monday – Girls

VHSL Region Tournament

  • Mecklenburg County, VA 65 E.C. Glass, VA 55

College Games on Monday – Men

  • Catawba Valley CC 108 Louisburg College 90

College Games on Monday – Women

  • 16Louisburg College 92 Southwest VA 53

Games on Tuesday – Boys

NCISAA State Semifinals

  • Crossroads Christian vs. Albemarle School

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NCHSAA Basketball Playoffs – Boys

1A

  • 1Vance Charter vs. 16Bear Grass/17Cape Hatteras
  • 13Falls Lake vs. 20North East Carolina Prep
  • 21Oxford Prep @ 12Mattamuskeet

2A

  • 8Warren County vs. 9Camden Co./24Lakewood

3A

  • 17Louisburg @ 16Trask
  • 12Wake Prep vs. 21Hertford County

4A

  • 8Bunn vs. 9Randleman/24North Johnston

5A

  • 20J.F. Webb @ 13Havelock
  • 18South Granville @ 15Rocky Mount

6A

  • 18Franklinton @ 15South View

 

NCHSAA Basketball Playoffs – Girls

1A

  • 1Falls Lake vs. 16Southern Wake/17Excelsior
  • 3Vance Charter vs. 14Columbia/19Howard
  • 10Oxford Prep vs. 23Weldon

2A

  • 4Warren County vs. 13Camden Co./20Northampton Co.

3A

  • 6Wake Prep vs. 11Louisburg/22West Bladen

4A

  • 12Bunn vs. 21Carver

5A

  • 12South Granville vs. 21Southern Wayne
  • 23J.F. Webb @ 10Western Alamance

6A

  • 4Vance County vs. 13Western Harnett/20Lee Co.
  • 7Franklinton vs. 10Jacksonville/23Northern Nash

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National Mary Potter Club Home Goods Sale May 1

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The National Mary Potter Club, Inc. is having a “Home Goods Sale” on Saturday, May 1, 2021 from 7 a.m. to noon and proceeds will be used to support ongoing projects of the club.

The sale of new and second-hand items will be held at the Mary E. Shaw Memorial Center, located at 205 Lanier St., Oxford. Masks and gloves are required.

Club member Linda Wortham said the money raised will help maintain buildings that were part of the original Mary Potter Academy, including the Shaw Museum and the former gymnasium. The club works to preserve the history of the school, which was founded in 1888 as a boarding school for African American children. Students came from all over the United States to the school, she said.

Wortham was a member of the graduating class of 1970 – the last class to graduate from the high school. The club was established in 1975.

For more information or to donate items for the sale, please contact Wortham at 919.939.9077.