I have photographed local sports for going on 13 years now and one thing I see over, over and over is a full bench of players who never play.
The NFL just completed another wildly exciting, wildly unpredictable regular season. As we brace ourselves for the playoffs, let's take a quick look back at some of the highlights of the season. These are my own end-of-the-year awards.
Sometimes the hook you need for a column just hits in you in the face.
A few weeks before his death, the last conversation I had with my grandfather was about baseball.
Tim Bennett has tendered his resignation at Roanoke Rapids High School, where he is a teacher and the school's athletic director.
Carson Smith wasn't on the field but he was remembered in many ways Friday night by his Hobgood Academy teammates and fans.
Billed as the Bracy Bowl because of the friendly sibling rivalry between the superintendents of the Weldon — Elie Bracy III — and Northampton — Eric — school districts, the game between their two high schools came down to a display of defensive force and ended with the Northampton Jaguars hoisting the game's trophy in a 20-0 win over the Chargers this evening.
Weldon coach Grady Williams said it came down to who was hungriest.
Roanoke Rapids had few answers this evening for a Fike team that packed a multi-faceted offensive punch.
The Northampton County School system will be following up with the county commissioners to see if it can have an EMS unit on the scene at high school football games, its athletic director said in email correspondence with rrspin.com today.
