FOREST CITY – In a game that featured several major shifts in momentum heading down to the wire, a slide at home plate for the winning score gave East Rutherford an 8-7 win over Morehead in the bottom of the eighth inning in the fourth round of the 2024 NCHSAA state playoffs Friday night.
Audrey Jenkins has been Grimsley's high jump record-holder since her freshman year. With quick success, improvement has been slow but patience has paid off in a prolific high school career.
LINVILLE — Grandfather Mountain, the not-for-profit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is once again offering its adult field course series for 2024, allowing participants the chance to explore Grandfather Mountain like never before and take a deeper dive int…
The 68-year-old employee in High Point had asked the suspect's girlfriend to show her receipt. "Take care of him," the girlfriend allegedly said. The employee was then punched in the eye.
RANDLEMAN – The distant low rumble of approaching motorcycles grew to a loud roar at the Victory Junction compound as hundreds of motorcycle enthusiasts led by “The King,” Richard Petty himself, followed by his son Kyle, led several hundred charity riders to their final destination on the 20…
The Dudley boys and girls each won the NCHSAA 3A Midwest Regional outdoor track meet for the third consecutive year with this year’s coming on Saturday at Jay M. Robinson in Concord.
Doug Barron won the Regions Tradition on Sunday for his third PGA Tour Champions victory and first major title, shooting a 4-under 68 to hold off Steven Alker by two strokes. Barron finished at 17-under 271 at Greystone in the first of the season's five senior majors.
LINVILLE – Grandfather Mountain, the nonprofit nature park run by the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation, is welcoming guests to celebrate the beauty of this season by partaking in our Rhododendron Rambles, a series of guided strolls that showcase the park’s blossoming rhododendron …
Brad Keselowski moved to the front when Chris Buescher and Tyler Reddick hit each other with nine laps left and held on to win the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. It was Keselowski's first victory since 2021 and his first triumph since rejoining magnate Jack Roush as a co-owner at Roush Fenway Keselowski Racing. It was Keselowski's 36th career win and his second at Darlington. He snapped a 110-race winless drought since taking the checkered flag at Talladega in April 2021. Ty Gibbs finished second and Josh Berry third.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association’s boys individual tennis 2024 championships were decided on Saturday at four different locations across the mid-state.
GREENSBORO – As part of its 63rd season, which will take place through June 22 through July 27, the Eastern Music Festival recently announced a free performance by the United States Air Force Heritage Winds Quintet on July 10. Comprising four esteemed EMF alumni who now serve in the United S…
Week No. 1 of the 2024 NCHSAA state baseball and softball playoffs are officially in the books, and out of the seven teams from Rockingham County that made the postseason cut, just two advanced to the third round.
The Commissioner’s Trophy Awards are designed to recognize member schools’ athletic programs that do outstanding work in community service. Schools had their “team or teams” identify a need within the community and create a plan to conduct the service project. Each team had a sponsor, who wa…
Josh Berry's path to NASCAR's top series was filled with doubts. Berry spent about a decade toiling at small tracks, learning the lessons needed to achieve stock-car racing success. The 33-year-old Berry is now driving the No. 4 Stewart-Haas machine previously run by NASCAR champion Kevin Ha…
WENTWORTH — Colby Gunter has a small-town soul. After graduating from Rockingham Community College on May 9, he’s headed to UNC-Chapel Hill to study biology, then will apply to medical school.
EDEN – Team members from Purina in Eden recently presented a $15,000 donation to the Madison Police Department, supporting the Department’s acquisition and training of a new K-9.
REIDSVILLE—Although she and her husband, Jeff, were childless, Betsy Penn loved children. In the mid-40s, they built a Chinqua-Penn Girl Scout Camp off Iron Works Road. But, when Lake Reidsville was expanded in the late 40s, the camp was buried beneath its waters.
WENTWORTH—Rockingham County High School senior Will Attaway, who is currently ranked No. 1 in his high school class of 2024, learned earlier this year he was selected to receive the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship and attend the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill later this year.
Baseball
Monday was a great day for sports in Rockingham County. All four baseball teams: McMichael, Morehead, Reidsville and Rockingham all qualified for the 2024 NCHSAA state playoffs.
The HSXTRA 2024 All-Area Girls Basketball Team, led by player of the year Kylie Torrence of High Point Christian and guided by coach of the year Hannah Revis of Southeast Guilford.
The HSXTRA 2024 all-area boys basketball team, led by player of the year Kendre Harrison of Reidsville and guided by coach of the year Wil Perry of Southern Guilford.
STAR –The artists at Starworks Glass will host their final fiery demonstration of the season Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
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