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Post 71 remains unmatched

Success knows no limits, especially in the case of the Johnston County-based Post 71’s American Legion baseball team. Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 9:58 AM | Full story

Search for West football coach is on

Less than two weeks before the start of practice, the Wildcats are searching for a replacement for Kwame Dixon, who resigned last week. Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 12:02 AM | Full story

My View: Miracle Leaguers find admirers

Five County Stadium hosts a game with Miracle Leaguers and Southern League All-Stars playing together. Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 10:13 AM | Full story

McFarland on top in battle

The Pro Cup Series drivers have another late race battle at Southern National. Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 9:45 AM | Full story

JC to host championship tourneys

Smithfield, Selma, Four Oaks and Princeton are all hosting Tar Heel Leagues Inc. state championship games. Updated: Jul. 23, 2008 9:51 AM | Full story

Coghlan makes mom happy

Mudcats' second baseman Chris Coghlan hits a three-run home run to lift the Northern Division to a win in the Southern League All-Star Game at Five County Stadium with his mom in the stands for the first time. Updated: Jul. 16, 2008 7:39 AM | Full story

West football coach resigns

Kwame Dixon has resigned as head football coach at West Johnston High School. Updated: Jul. 16, 2008 2:53 PM | Full story

Post 71 rallies in ninth, wins in 13th

The Sabres go up 1-0 in the best-of-5 series against Cary Post 67. Updated: Jul. 17, 2008 6:56 PM | Full story

Brothers are driven on the water

Brothers Bradley and Daylon Pinkus of Clayton have played it all but nothing has matched the thrill of achievement they find being pulled by a boat. Updated: Jul. 15, 2008 3:45 PM | Full story

Swimmer now in top-100

West Johnston High School student Sarah Henry is now ranked in the top-100 in the world after her string of personal best swims at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Updated: Jul. 15, 2008 3:41 PM | Full story

Clayton, North earn top honors

The Wachovia Conference Cup is the Comets’ fourth straight and the Panthers’ second in the past three seasons. Updated: Jul. 15, 2008 3:49 PM | Full story

The focus is on the fun

Carolina Mudcats’ manager Matt Raleigh leads the Northern Division All-Star squad in Southern League All-Star Game at Five County Stadium. Updated: Jul. 8, 2008 4:21 PM | Full story

Lineup features three Mudcats

Three Mudcats players are included in the starting lineup for the 2008 Southern League All-Star Game to be held at Five County Stadium on Monday. Updated: Jul. 8, 2008 4:37 PM | Full story

Relationship with charity continues

Miracle League players will compete in a Miracle League of the Triangle Game with members of the Southern League All-Star squads before the scheduled All-Star Game. Updated: Jul. 8, 2008 4:42 PM | Full story

Campbell coach to lead camp

Greg Goff, entering his second year as head coach at Campbell University, and his staff will serve as the instructors for a Smithfield baseball camp. Updated: Jul. 8, 2008 4:33 PM | Full story

District baseball tourneys start

Twenty-one Johnston County teams are making their bids for a state championship berth at Smithfield Community Park. Updated: Jul. 8, 2008 4:28 PM | Full story

Dutch just misses Olympic spot

Nineteen-year-old Clayton resident Johnny Dutch placed fifth at the Olympic Trials, two spots away from a place on the U.S. Track and Field squad in Beijing, China. Updated: Jul. 1, 2008 9:32 PM | Full story

Emotions drive double points night

Drivers' rhetoric makes for an interesting race at Southern National Raceway. Updated: Jul. 1, 2008 3:49 PM | Full story

Raynor one of Mudcats' All-Stars

The Benson native is one of four Carolina position players to make the Northern Division roster. Updated: Jul. 1, 2008 3:41 PM | Full story

Locals to make Olympic bids

Swimmer Sarah Henry, hurdler Johnny Dutch and javelin thrower Anna Raynor — three Johnston County residents — all know their best shot at qualifying for the Olympics is probably four years away, but that’s not deterring their bids to earn a spot in Beijing this August. Updated: Jun. 25, 2008 4:27 PM | Full story


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