Legendary
A little boy comes home from school with tears in his eyes. He is “huskier than everybody else” at Tommy’s Road Elementary — making him an easy mark for those who take pride in teasing others. He is “picked on”...
Category: Sports
His eyes on the prize
It’s six o’clock in the morning and the sky is starting to brighten, but the streets that separate the apartment buildings tucked inside the West Haven housing projects remain dark. The groups of young men who were running the block...
Jayda’s gift
Aleah Hill drives toward the basket and pushes off with her right leg — elevating before softly lifting the ball through the net. The crowd goes wild, but the 14-year-old is focused on a single chant coming from the bleachers....
Golden Falcons have already won
It was a particularly cold fall evening in 2019, but I was riding back to Wayne County with the windows down. Truth be told, I needed the fresh air. Two local football teams had just been eliminated from the state...
Through his lens of hope
Deontay Hooker pulls back a Velcro strap and looks down at his wrist. He knows there are only 30 seconds on the clock — that his team might need a divine intervention to overcome the three-point deficit its facing, that...
Reforged
It’s late afternoon, but the conditions are unforgiving. The heat index is north of 100 degrees. Stepping into the humidity steals the breath from Scott Littleton’s chest. He is undeterred. He keeps a steady pace as his feet meet the...
Chosen
Editor’s Note: The following story was published in the debut edition of our most ambitious publication to date — our newspaper, “Wayne Week.” The debut edition of the paper, which we be published on a full-time schedule beginning in August...
Four Wayne teams — and Princeton — have title shots as football brackets are released
The 2022 North Carolina High School Athletic Association Football Playoffs brackets are final and, man, there are some potential storylines that are, well, juicy. Here’s what we know about who is in from Wayne County — and we’ll throw in...
Rosewood, Aycock among local teams vying for state soccer titles
The brackets are set and several Wayne County teams will begin their respective quests for a state championship Monday, as the 2022 NCHSAA boys soccer playoffs begin. Here is what we know: Rosewood High School (1A) — The Eagles landed a...
Southern Wayne stuns Fike
In a stunning upset, Southern Wayne defeated Fike 2-1 Monday evening on Senior Night in Dudley. The Saints will close out the regular season in Pikeville against surging Charles B. Aycock that, thanks to the Saints’ victory, clinched the Quad...