SportsTalk: NFC North & AFC East NFL Preview
Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue continue their NFL Preview in preparation for the 2026 Season. This time we take a look at the NFC North and the AFC East.
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SportsTalk: The Best of the Best
As the High School Football Seasons approaches, Scout Hughes and George Hoyle talk about the best teams that had the best years and finishes from our area.
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SportsTalk: MLB All Star Game Preview
Scout Hughes and Steve Lewis talk about the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday Night, who is playing, and a look at the current MLB Standings.
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SportsTalk: NFC Preview
Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue preview the NFC as we discuss the outlooks of the 2026 NFL Season with teams from the NFC South, NFC East, and NFC West.
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SportsTalk: BBQ, AD’s & A Trip Down Memory Lane at Veterans Field
It’s been more than a few years since the last football game was played at Veterans Field, but George Hoyle said the field is still in good shape.
The rest of the facility needs a little TLC, and Hoyle and WIZS’s Scout Hughes wondered aloud about what it would take to restore one of Henderson’s gems.
The short trip down Memory Lane came about after Scout said he stopped by to visit the football field recently. And although he didn’t grow up in Henderson, he said he could feel the nostalgia that so many – including his grandfather Howard – have for the football stadium that sits just behind the current Center for Innovation on Charles Street.
Depending on your age, you may remember Friday nights in the crisp fall air sitting on the Home side under the press box. If you didn’t arrive in time, you’d be relegated to the Visitor Side and those massive stone bleachers to watch the local high school team defend its home field.
June commencement exercises were held on Veterans Field, too. Oh, the stories that field could tell.
One well-documented story took place on Thanksgiving Day in 1947. That’s when Henderson High School hosted the state Class A football championship. And the local boys won, beating Mt. Airy, 25-14.
It’s probably been since the late 1980’s or early 90’s that any football has been played at Veterans Field, but Hoyle said it might just take the right person or people with the right vision to get football back.
There are grants through the NFL, for example, to support youth football.
The right person with the right vision could breathe new life into a space that has been the source of many good memories for generations in Henderson.
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Veterans Field in its Current State
It’s been more than a few years since the last football game was played at Veterans Field, but George Hoyle said the field is still in good shape.
The rest of the facility needs a little TLC, and Hoyle and WIZS’s Scout Hughes wondered aloud about what it would take to restore one of Henderson’s gems.
The short trip down Memory Lane came about after Scout said he stopped by to visit the football field recently. And although he didn’t grow up in Henderson, he said he could feel the nostalgia that so many – including his grandfather Howard – have for the football stadium that sits just behind the current Center for Innovation on Charles Street.
Depending on your age, you may remember Friday nights in the crisp fall air sitting on the Home side under the press box. If you didn’t arrive in time, you’d be relegated to the Visitor Side and those massive stone bleachers to watch the local high school team defend its home field.
June commencement exercises were held on Veterans Field, too. Oh, the stories that field could tell.
One well-documented story took place on Thanksgiving Day in 1947. That’s when Henderson High School hosted the state Class A football championship. And the local boys won, beating Mt. Airy, 25-14.
It’s probably been since the late 1980’s or early 90’s that any football has been played at Veterans Field, but Hoyle said it might just take the right person or people with the right vision to get football back.
There are grants through the NFL, for example, to support youth football.
The right person with the right vision could breathe new life into a space that has been the source of many good memories for generations in Henderson.
(This audio was originally played on the June 25th, 2026 edition of SportsTalk)
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SportsTalk: The Big Four Football Preview
Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue talk the 4 schools on Tobacco Road in this preview of College Football. We talk about NC State, UNC, Wake Forest & Duke.
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SportsTalk: Baseball & Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026
Scout Hughes and Steve Lewis go over the Class of 2026 inductees for the Baseball Hall of Fame and the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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SportsTalk: A Look at Historical Schools in the Kerr-Tar
Scout Hughes and George Hoyle talk about a few of the historical schools that hailed from the Kerr-Tar.
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SportsTalk: The Protect College Sports Act
Scout Hughes and George Hoyle speak about the Protect College Sports Act which, if passes can change a lot about what we know College Sports to be now.
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