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SportsTalk: Carolina Mudcats in the Home Stretch

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Scout Hughes and Steve Lewis talk about the Carolina Mudcats and how they will play their final regular season home series this week against the Delmarva Shorebirds, as the team will move to Wilson, NC at seasons’ end.

Friday MiLB Scores:

  • Lehigh Valley 5 Durham Bulls 2
  • Norfolk 4 Charlotte 1
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    • Rome 7 Asheville 1
    • Asheville 3 Rome 1
  • Winston-Salem 9 Wilmington 0
  • Bowling Green 5 Greensboro 2
  • Salem 3 Carolina Mudcats 1
  • Lynchburg 6 Hickory 4
  • Delmarva 6 Kannapolis 2
  • Fredericksburg 9 Fayetteville 5

Saturday MiLB Scores:

  • Lehigh Valley 5 Durham Bulls 4
  • Norfolk 4 Charlotte 2
  • Greensboro 6 Bowling Green 1
  • Rome 5 Asheville 3
  • Winston-Salem 9 Wilmington 5
  • Hickory 8 Lynchburg 1
  • Kannapolis 5 Delmarva 1
  • Fayetteville 4 Fredericksburg 2
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    • Salem 2 Carolina Mudcats 0
    • Carolina Mudcats 11 Salem 6

Sunday MiLB Scores:

  • Lehigh Valley 5 Durham Bulls 4
  • Norfolk 6 Charlotte 4
  • Wilmington 10 Winston-Salem 5
  • Greensboro 4 Bowling Green 1
  • Salem 3 Carolina Mudcats 2
  • Hickory 9 Lynchburg 8
  • Kannapolis 10 Delmarva 4
  • Fayetteville 6 Fredericksburg 3

Tuesday Games Today:

  • Durham Bulls vs. Worcester – 6:35pm
  • Charlotte vs. Nashville – 7:35pm
  • Greensboro vs. Wilmington – 6:30pm
  • Asheville vs. Hub City – 6:35pm
  • Winston-Salem vs. Rome – 7pm
  • Kannapolis vs. Salem – 6:30pm
  • Carolina Mudcats vs. Delmarva – 6:30pm
  • Fayetteville vs. Myrtle Beach – 6:35pm
  • Hickory vs. Columbia – 7:05pm

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Vance County High School

SportsTalk: Vance County Football Week 1 Recap

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Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue recap Vance County’s win against Warren County on Friday Night. The guys also give an update on other scores in Week 1 for high school football, in addition to Louisburg College Football’s season opener.

High School Scores from Week 1:

  • Vance County 13 Warren County 12
  • Franklinton 29 Person 20
  • Southern Durham 47 Wake Forest 28
  • Heritage 29 Wakefield 20
  • Southern Nash 42 Knightdale 26
  • East Wake 42 Riverside 6
  • J.F. Webb 46 Western Harnett 22
  • Bunn 18 South Granville 0
  • North Raleigh Christian 19 Wake Prep 6
  • E.C. Glass (VA) 28 Mecklenburg County (VA) 0

College Games of Interest in Our Area:

  • Louisburg College 28 Methodist 3
  • North Carolina Central 31 Southern 14

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SportsTalk: Vipers Ready for Season Opener

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UPDATE – FINAL SCORE 

Vance County 13 

Warren County 12 

RECAP MONDAY ON SPORTSTALK 

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Tonight’s County Line Clash pits the Vance County Vipers against neighboring county rival Warren County Eagles. It’s a non-conference game, but Vipers Head Coach Aaron Elliott said his squad is ready to kick off the season in a big way.

“The energy these kids have, they’re ready for Week 1,” Elliott said.

Despite the fact that the Vipers and Eagles are in different conferences – the Vipers are a 6A and the Eagles are a 2A, Elliott said he expects the season opener to be competitive.

“I like it because it fires up the kids for Week 1 and gets them ready,” Elliott said on Thursday’s Sports Talk with WIZS’s Scout Hughes and George Hoyle. “We try to tell them to treat it as a normal game, but it’s hard to do,” Elliott said. The first game of the season against a rival, even though it’s a non-conference game, brings with it a lot of emotions and nerves, the head coach said.

“We’ve got to limit the mistakes, win the turnover battle,” Elliott said. If the Vipers can do that, “I really feel like we’ll be excited in the fourth quarter.”

Last season’s matchup was a close one – with the Vipers leading 7-0 at the half. The Vipers pulled away in the fourth quarter to finish out with an 18-0 win.

Warren County’s team is young, but they’re a seasoned group that’s seen some good playing time.

Elliott said he’s counting on Warren County to bring their best effort to Viper Stadium for the 7 p.m. kickoff. “They’re ready to play football. They’re going to test us a little bit.”

Elliott said he got a chance to see them in action at the recent Jamboree in Louisburg, noting that they’re a “typical Warren County team – well coached, giving 100 percent on every play, with plenty of energy and effort.”

But Elliott said the Vipers are up for the challenge. With Senior Marcus Thomas at quarterback and Aiden Foster, the team’s “Swiss Army knife,” showing up on defense and offense, he said this team is going to be fun to watch.

And then there’s the depth at running back – there are five or six guys at that position, none of them seniors, Elliott noted.

Aiden Labra is back this season to add to the kicking game. Labra gets his kicks in on the football field, then heads over to soccer practice. Elliott said the Viper kicker got a personal best on Wednesday with a 47-yard field goal.

“We practice special teams every single day,” Elliott said. “If you want to be good at it, you’ve got to practice.”

The team starts out each practice with special teams, when they’re fresh, so they’ll be ready at the end of the game. “We’ve got to do everything right when we’re tired too,” he said.

Elliott and his coaching staff installed a new defense that he hopes will work well for this year’s team.

“The kids love it,” he said. “It allows them to fly around and make plays…we’re interested to see how that plays out and works for us.”

There are 14 seniors on the varsity roster, and Elliott said this season’s Vipers team includes a dozen players from the Early College, one from Vance Virtual Academy and a couple of homeschooled students.

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SportsTalk: Warren County Sets Its Sights on the Vipers

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Friday’s County Line Clash pits the Vance County Vipers against the Warren County Eagles in the opening game of the fall football season.

Last season’s matchup was a close game, said Doc Ayscue, with the Vipers clinching it in the fourth quarter for the 18-0 victory over the Eagles.

And he and Scout Hughes are looking for another good game Friday. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. at Viper Stadium.

“It’s going to be an interesting game this year,” Ayscue said. The two schools are in different conferences following a reorganization last year – Vance County High School is 6A and Warren County is 2A, but

that doesn’t seem to bother Eagles Head Coach Victor Hunt.

Beginning his seventh year as head coach, Hunt said the off-season has been pretty good and he’s looking forward to going head-to-head with non-conference teams like the Vipers.

“We accept all the challenges,” Hunt said. “We want to win a state championship,” he said. “You do that by playing playoff caliber teams.”

If that results in some non-conference losses, so be it. Hunt sees them as learning experiences for his team, which, although young with a small group of seniors, has seen a good deal of playing time.

The Eagles participated in the recent Louisburg Jamboree, and Hunt said he saw a lot of good things on the field and some things to work on.

Friday’s game is going to be physical, he said. “That’s what we want…just being tough – that’s our brand of football.”

Penalties hurt them last season against the Vipers, he said, so limiting penalties and turnovers Friday will be key, he pointed out.

“The practice is always exciting Week 1,” he said, noting that there’s a little added pressure – especially for the seniors.

“It is a rivalry game, but it’s not going to determine any championships,” Hunt said. And his players are up for the challenge.

They’re rising to the occasion in guiding the underclassmen with their leadership and holding each other accountable for plays on the field.

holding each other accountable.

For Hunt, coaching is a blessing. “I think I have the greatest job in America. I love our kids. I love our community. It’s so much bigger than football…it’s about the family we’ve built here.”

Former players are returning to talk to this year’s team, working with them and offering encouragement.

“It means everything,” Hunt said. “I wouldn’t trade it for the world.”

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SportsTalk: The Sports World Today

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Scout Hughes, Steve Lewis and Tyler Fleming discuss the way the college sports landscape is today and whether it is a good thing or not.

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SportsTalk: Minor League Baseball Update and a look at NFL Preseason

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue give an update on what happened in Minor League Baseball from teams in North Carolina. The guys also talk about some of the NFL Preseason games that occurred this past weekend.

Friday MiLB Scores:

  • Nashville 6 Durham Bulls 2
  • Memphis 7 Charlotte 5
  • Greensboro 8 Greenville 6
  • Winston-Salem 11 Asheville 6
  • Augusta 7 Kannapolis 1
  • Charleston 4 Hickory 3
  • Fayetteville 20 Carolina Mudcats 3

Saturday MiLB Scores:

  • Durham Bulls 7 Nashville 5
  • Memphis 9 Charlotte 6
  • Greensboro 6 Greenville 4
  • Asheville 4 Winston-Salem 1
  • Charleston 7 Hickory 0
  • Augusta 3 Kannapolis 2
  • Fayetteville 3 Carolina Mudcats 2

Sunday MiLB Scores:

  • Durham Bulls 8 Nashville 4
  • Memphis 6 Charlotte 3
  • Greenville 11 Greensboro 7
  • Asheville 5 Winston-Salem 3
  • Augusta 5 Kannapolis 4
  • Charleston 5 Hickory 4
  • Carolina Mudcats 4 Fayetteville 3

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Vance County High School

SportsTalk: Vipers Prepare for Southern Nash Scrimmage

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Vance County Head Football Coach Aaron Elliott joins SportsTalk to discuss the scrimmage that the Vipers will have on Thursday night when they travel to Bailey to take on Southern Nash. The guys also inquire about the offseason and how it has gone for Vance County.

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SportsTalk: Minor League Update and Schools in our Area

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Scout Hughes and George Hoyle give an update on Minor League Baseball going on in North Carolina. The guys also touch on a few athletic events for high schools in our area as the fall sports season is underway.

Friday MiLB Scores:

  • Durham Bulls 4 Memphis 0
  • Syracuse 9 Charlotte 5
  • Greensboro 9 Asheville 0
  • Winston-Salem 4 Bowling Green 2
  • Carolina Mudcats 3 Lynchburg 1
  • Kannapolis 7 Salem 3
  • Hickory 8 Columbia 2
  • Fayetteville 10 Delmarva 4

Saturday MiLB Scores:

  • Durham Bulls 6 Memphis 2
  • Charlotte 12 Syracuse 6
  • Greensboro 27 Asheville 4
  • Bowling Green 7 Winston-Salem 1
  • Salem 6 Kannapolis 4
  • Fayetteville 3 Delmarva 2
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    • Carolina Mudcats 3 Lynchburg 2
    • Lynchburg 8 Carolina Mudcats 6
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    • Hickory 6 Columbia 1
    • Hickory 4 Columbia 1

Sunday MiLB Scores:

  • Durham Bulls 4 Memphis 2
  • Charlotte 5 Syracuse 1
  • Asheville 5 Greensboro 2
  • Bowling Green 9 Winston-Salem 5
  • Carolina Mudcats 8 Lynchburg 3
  • Salem 8 Kannapolis 7
  • Columbia 1 Hickory 0
  • Fayetteville 1 Delmarva 0

Tuesday MiLB Scores:

  • Nashville 5 Durham Bulls 4
  • Charlotte 13 Memphis 6
  • Greenville 4 Greensboro 1
  • Asheville 4 Winston-Salem 1
  • Augusta 5 Kannapolis 4
  • Carolina Mudcats 7 Fayetteville 5
  • Hickory 6 Charleston 0

Wednesday MiLB Games:

  • Durham Bulls vs Nashville – 6:35pm
  • Charlotte vs Memphis – 7:04pm
  • Greensboro vs Greenville – 12noon, delayed start
  • Asheville vs Winston-Salem – 6:30pm
  • Kannapolis vs Augusta – 6:30pm
  • Hickory vs Charleston – 7:05pm
  • Carolina Mudcats vs Fayetteville – 4:35pm

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SportsTalk: Major League Standings and Preseason AP Poll comes out

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Scout Hughes and Steve Lewis give an updated look at the playoff picture in Major League Baseball. The guys also give a rundown of the new AP Top 25 Poll for College Football that was released on Monday.

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SportsTalk: Vipers Preseason Jamboree in the Books

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SportsTalk 12:30 p.m. M-Th

Scout Hughes and Doc Ayscue recap the High School Football Jamboree that took place at Vance County High School last Friday. The guys also talk about the NFL Preseason Games over the weekend.

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