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SportsTalk: NCHSAA Adds Girl’s Flag Football

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Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue talk about how the North Carolina High School Athletic Association added Girl’s Flag Football in their spring board meeting last week, and how that affects Vance County High School’s Girl’s Flag Football Program. The guys also give an update on High School Baseball and Softball Playoffs action for schools in our area.

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High School Baseball Playoffs – 2nd Round

NCHSAA

1A

  • Northside-Pinetown 5 Oxford Prep 2
  • Falls Lake 8 Cape Hatteras 0

2A

  • East Wake Academy 10 Warren County 0

3A

  • West Bladen 4 Wake Prep 2

4A

  • Bunn 11 Ledford 1

5A

  • South Granville 3 Cedar Ridge 0

6A

  • J.H. Rose 10 Franklinton 0

NCISAA

1A

  • Crossroads Christian 10 Halifax Academy 0

High School Softball Playoffs – 2nd Round

NCHSAA

1A

  • Vance Charter 2 Hobgood Charter 1
  • Oxford Prep 4 Chatham Charter 2
  • Falls Lake 8 Clover Garden 1

2A

  • Pamlico County 10 Warren County 2

4A

  • Bunn 7 Uwharrie Charter 4

High School Baseball Playoffs – 3rd Round

NCHSAA

1A

  • 1Falls Lake vs. 5East Columbus

4A

  • 1Bunn vs. 9Clinton

5A

  • 15South Granville @ 7C.B. Aycock

NCISAA

1A

  • 1Crossroads Christian vs. 4Cape Fear Christian

High School Softball Playoffs – 3rd Round

NCHSAA

1A

  • 5Vance Charter @ 1Bear Grass Charter
  • 2Oxford Prep vs. 6Bethany Community
  • 5Falls Lake @ 1Robbinsville

4A

  • 5Bunn @ 4East Duplin

SportsTalk: NCHSAA Release Boys & Girls Basketball Playoff Brackets

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A number of high school girls’ and boys’ basketball programs in the four-county area have made the playoffs. Schools from Vance, Granville, Warren and Franklin are showing up in brackets from 1A to 6A. Games are scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday this week. The North Carolina High School Athletic Association announced the playoff brackets Saturday. WIZS’s Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue reviewed the brackets on Monday’s SportsTalk.

Locally, the Vance Charter School boys’ team earned the #1 seed in the 1A bracket. The Knights finished with a 19-2 regular season record. They’ll play Thursday against the winner of Tuesday’s contest between the 16-seed Bear Grass Charter and 17-seed Cape Hatteras.

The Vance County High School Lady Vipers have a first-round bye in the 6A bracket. They’ll face the winner of Tuesday’s game between Western Harnett and Lee County. Vipers Head Coach Sheila Gill was named Coach of the Year in the Northern Six (6A/7A) conference.

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Here’s a complete list of area schools and matchups:

1A Boys

  • Top-seed Vance Charter School plays the winner of #16 Bear Grass Charter/#17 Cape Hatteras Charter
  • Falls Lake Academy is the #13 seed and will play Tuesday against the #20 seed North East Carolina Prep from Tarboro
  • Oxford Preparatory School is the #12 seed and travels to Swan Quarter to play #21 seed Mattamuskeet

2A Boys

  • Warren County High School is the #8 seed and has a first-round bye. The Eagles face the winner of the game between #9 seed Camden County High School and #24 seed Lakewood

3A Boys

  • #17 seed Louisburg will travel to Pender County to take on #16 seed Trask of Rocky Point
  • #12 Wake Preparatory faces #21 Hertford County High School

4A Boys

  • #8 Bunn will play Thursday against the winner of Tuesday’s Randleman (#9) /North Johnston (#24) game

5A Boys

  • J.F. Webb, #20 seed travels to Havelock to play #13 seed Havelock in Craven County
  • South Granville High School, the #18 seed, faces #15 seed Rocky Mount

6A Boys

  • Franklinton, the #18 seed, travels to Cumberland County for a contest with South View, the #15 seed

1A Girls

  • #1 seed Falls Lake Academy takes on the winner of Tuesday’s #16 Southern Wake/#17 Excelsior contest
  • Vance Charter School is the #3 seed and has a first-round bye, too. The Lady Knights will play the winner of the #14 Columbia/#19 Sallie B. Howard contest
  • Oxford Prep, the #10 seed, will play #23 seed Weldon

2A Girls

  • Warren County High School is the #4 seed and will play the winner of Tuesday’s #13 Camden County/#20 Northampton County game

3A Girls

  • #6 seed Wake Prep will take on the winner of the #11 Louisburg High School/#22 seed West Bladen game

4A Girls

  • #12 seed Bunn High School plays #21 seed Carver High from Winston-Salem

5A Girls

  • #12 seed South Granville High School hosts #21 Southern Wayne in a first-round matchup
  • #23 J.F. Webb travels to #10 Western Alamance

6A Girls

  • #4 Vance County plays the winner of Tuesday’s game between #13 Western Harnett and #20 Lee County
  • #7 seed Franklinton has a first-round bye and will play the winner of Tuesday’s matchup between #10 seed Jacksonville and #23 Northern Nash

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Games on Thursday, Feb. 19 – Boys

  • Franklinton 74 Heritage 42
    • Northern 6 Conference Tournament
  • Bunn 56 Louisburg 47
  • Wake Prep 67 Nash Central 48

Games on Thursday – Girls

  • Knightdale 72 Vance County 39
    • Northern 6 Conference Tournament
  • 6Crossroads Christian 65 Cape Fear Christian 31
    • NCISAA Playoffs, Second Round
  • Heritage 66 Franklinton 44
    • Northern 6 Conference Tournament
  • Bunn 44 Louisburg 38
  • Nash Central 52 Wake Prep 21

Games on Friday, Feb. 20 – Boys

  • Bunn 72 ALA-Johnston 64

Games on Friday – Girls

  • Bunn 58 ALA-Johnston 16

Games on Saturday, Feb. 21 – Boys

  • 4Crossroads Christian 91 5Cape Fear Christian 55
    • NCISAA Playoffs, Quarterfinals

Games on Saturday – Girls

  • 3Lawrence Academy 58 4Crossroads Christian 44
    • NCISAA Playoffs, Quarterfinals

College Games on Saturday – Men

  • Cleveland CC 86 Louisburg College 80 

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Games on Monday, Feb. 22 – Girls

VHSL Region Tournament

  • Mecklenburg County, VA vs. E.C. Glass, VA

College Games on Monday – Men

  • Louisburg College @ Catawba Valley CC

College Games on Monday – Women

  • 17Louisburg College vs. Southwest VA

The Local Skinny! Warren County Football to Play in Eastern Regional Final Friday Night

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The Warren County Eagles are headed to the Eastern Regional finals of the 2A State Football Playoffs following a 40-14 victory the day after Thanksgiving over the Holmes Aces.

Head Coach Victor Hunt said it took a day or two to soak it all in, but the coaching staff and the team are getting ready for the next matchup, set for Friday, Dec. 5 against the Tarboro Vikings.

“To be able to step into that world of December football is absolutely amazing,” Hunt told WIZS’s Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue on Monday’s segment of The Local Skinny!

Hunt said he’s pleased to see all the positive comments on social media, talking about the team’s accomplishments and hopes for another victory – or two.

If the Eagles- now 11-2 on the season –  win Friday, they’ll play for the 2A state championship.

The Tarboro Vikings are 13-0 so far this season, having easily taken care of East Bladen last week by a score of 54-7.

Hunt has a healthy respect for Tarboro – they broke a record for most consecutive state championships, he said.

In fact, it was Tarboro that ended the Eagles’ playoff run last season, Hunt said.

He said he’d talked with the Tarboro coach and said “it shows that we’re growing as a program that I have to see you again,” he recalled. Last year’s contest was a one-sided win for Tarboro, but Hunt said he’s keeping that in the rear-view mirror.

“I always look at our losses as lessons,” he said. “And we’re back here a year later, just in a later round” to face a team with a long tradition of winning.

This week, practice is going to focus on mental preparation for Friday’s game.

Making sure the kids know their assignments is key to advancing.

Hunt said his team needs to be disciplined, especially on defense. “When you have the opportunity to make the play,” he said, “you gotta make it.”

 

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SportsTalk: Vipers Football Prepares for Round 1 vs. South Johnston

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UPDATE – FINAL SCORE 

South Johnston 47

Vance County 7 

Vipers finish the season at 2-9

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When Vance County Vipers Head Coach Aaron Elliott took a look at the state playoff bracket, he counted nine – NINE – of the 10 teams the Vipers had faced during the regular season.

And that 10th team that didn’t make the playoffs? In Elliott’s opinion, it should have. They’ve got the best quarterback in the state, he said of the Knightdale Knights.

The Vipers travel to Four Oaks Friday for a 7 p.m. matchup against the South Johnston Trojans in the first round of the 6A state playoffs.

“We’ve got teams in the state that have more wins than we do, and they’re sitting at home this week,” Elliott told WIZS’s Scout Hughes and George Hoyle on Thursday’s SportsTalk.

The Vipers had stiff competition through the regular season, and Elliott said that was by design.

“We wanted to win a playoff game,” he continued. “We were tired of being successful and then losing out in the first round (of playoffs). I feel real good about us being able to compete.”

Although the regular season ended with a loss to the Franklinton Red Rams, Elliott said he was pleased with the team’s effort, especially in the first half.

“We’ve just got to do that for a whole four quarters,” he said.

The team practiced this week under the lights and Elliott said he and his staff have developed a game plan for South Johnston running back Holt Langston. Elliott said Langston is one of the fastest running backs he’s seen.

He’s brought up 16 JV players to join the team for the trip to Four Oaks, and Elliott said they’re a good group.

“They’re 110 percent effort on everything they do,” he said.

Elliott’s teams have made the playoffs each of the four years he’s been head coach, and he said he feels like the coaching staff has done a good job of preparing the Vipers for Friday’s contest.

“We just have to execute,” he said.

 

First Round High School Football Playoff Games in our Area:

  • 23Vance County @ 10South Johnston – 6A Playoffs
  • 12Franklinton vs. 21Gray’s Creek – 6A Playoffs
  • 13Wake Forest vs. 20North Brunswick – 7A Playoffs
  • 19Heritage @ 14New Hanover – 7A Playoffs
  • 21East Wake @ 12Sanderson – 7A Playoffs
  • 14J.F. Webb vs. 19Person – 5A Playoffs
  • 23South Granville @ 10Western Alamance – 5A Playoffs
  • 12Wake Prep vs. 21Bartlett Yancey – 3A Playoffs
  • Mecklenburg County, VA vs. Tunstall, VA – VA Regular Season Week 11

Vance County travels to Four Oaks to take on South Johnston for the 1st round of the NCHSAA 6A State Playoffs on Friday, November 7th and you can hear all the action on WIZS 1450AM, 100.1FM, and online at wizs.com with pregame starting around 6:50 p.m. and kickoff at 7:00 p.m.

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SportsTalk: South Johnston hosting Vance County for First Round of Football Playoffs

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South Johnston High School is hosting the Vance County Vipers in the first round of the state 6A football playoffs Friday.

Trojans Head Coach Lee Webb said his team is coming off a big rival win against West Johnston, but they’ll be ready for the Vipers. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Ronald Avery Stadium in Four Oaks.

Webb’s team is the #10 seed in the 6A playoffs, and the Vipers are the #23 seed, but the fifth-year head coach said he and his staff have been getting the team ready to face a very physical Vipers team.

“They’ve played a tough schedule,” Webb told WIZS’s Scout Hughes and George Hoyle on Wednesday’s SportsTalk.

“Every team that you play is going to be tough in the playoffs,” he said, adding that the Vipers are a well-coached team, “physical and fast up front,” and ready on offense, defense and special teams.

“We have to be ready for anything,” he said.

With 20 seniors on this year’s team, Webb said he’s proud of the way they’ve stuck together the past four years.

“The relationship that these guys have with each other and the underclassmen and the things that they’re showing them with their leadership – the way they do things…As a community, as a staff, we’re very proud of how they’re representing South Johnston,” Webb said.

In preparation for Friday’s matchup, Webb said he and his coaching staff continue what they’ve said all season long – not focusing on the next W, but focusing on the team’s identity and players’ character.

“If we stay true to who we are, I don’t think we can lose,” Webb said, no matter what the scoreboard says.

He said he wants his players to focus on one play at the time, making sure they’re doing things the right way to prepare, so they’ll respond in a positive way when things go awry.

The Trojans use three words to keep them focused, motivated and ready: humility, love and determination.

Keeping those words in mind, on and off the field, is what Webb said he wants his players to do. “You’re going to make mistakes on the football field, just like in life,” he said, adding that it’s what you do after you make those mistakes that show a person’s true identity and character.

 

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SportsTalk: Vance Charter Girls Soccer to take on Hobbton in Playoff Matchup

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UPDATE – FINAL SCORE 

Hobbton 3

Vance Charter 0

Knights finish the season at 15-5

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Johnny Yount, Head Girls Soccer Coach at Vance Charter School, joins SportsTalk with George Hoyle and Scout Hughes to talk about their upcoming playoff game tonight on the road against Hobbton.

Vance Charter vs. Hobbton at Hobbton @ 6pm – 2nd Round of the NCHSAA 1A Girls Soccer Playoffs

Go Knights!

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SportsTalk: Playoffs Are Upon Us

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue speak on the upcoming and current playoffs in the NBA and the NHL. Doc also gives a tribute to Ronald Stainback Sr., who recently passed away That and much more on SportsTalk.

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SportsTalk: Vance County vs. Western Alamance Preview

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UPDATE – FINAL SCORE 

Western Alamance 36 

Vance County 31 

Vipers finish the season at 9-2 

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SportsTalk on WIZS 12:30 p.m. M-Th 

Scout Hughes and George Hoyle sit down on SportsTalk to talk about the upcoming playoff game between Vance County and Western Alamance, in addition to other playoff games happening in our area. The guys also take a look at the new ADM numbers that came out on Wednesday and see where Vance County lines up.

Vance County travels to Western Alamance for the first round of the North Carolina 3A Football State Playoffs on Friday, November 15th and you can hear all the action on WIZS 1450AM, 100.1FM, and online at wizs.com with pregame starting at 6:50 p.m. and kickoff thereafter at 7:00 p.m. 

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