TARBORO —
ROCKY MOUNT – The Viking boys and girls swim teams from Tarboro High School participated in their first meet of the year last Tuesday. The meet was held at the Harrison Family YMCA in Rocky Mount and featured nine teams from around the area. From the Eastern Plains 2A Conference, along with Tarboro, was Southwest Edgecombe and Wilson Beddingfield. From the Big 6 3A Conference were Rocky Mount, Nash Central, Northern Nash, Southern Nash, Wilson Hunt and Wilson Fike.
In the girls competition, the 200-yard medley relay team of Kaylyn Norville (backstroke), Anna Johnson (breaststroke), Chandler Harris (butterfly) and Victoria Modlin (freestyle) captured first place. These young ladies also placed first in the 200-yard freestyle relay.
Individually for the girls, Chandler Harris finished first in the 100-yard butterfly and the 100-yard backstroke, Anna Johnson placed first in the 100-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke, Kaylyn Norville took third place in the 200-yard individual relay and second in the 100-yard breaststroke and Victoria Modlin finished second in both the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle events. As a team the girls finished second overall for the event.
The boys 200-yard medley relay team of Evan Vercoe (backstroke), David McIntyre (breaststroke), Cameron Anderson (butterfly) and Alex King (freestyle) placed second. They also finished second in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Individually for the boys, Cameron Anderson captured first place in the 200-yard individual relay and the 100-yard freestyle and Evan Vercoe placed third in the 100-yard backstroke. Overall, the boys place third in the competition.
Swimmers that have automatically qualified for regionals are the girls 200-yard medley relay team and 200-yard freestyle relay team, Chandler Harris (100-yard butterfly and 100-yard backstroke), Anna Johnson (100-yard freestyle and 100-yard breaststroke), Victoria Modlin (100-yard freestyle and 50-yard freestyle) and Cameron Anderson (200-yard individual medley and 100-yard freestyle).
Those swimmers that earned consideration times for the regionals are Kaylyn Norville (200-yard individual medley and 100-yard backstroke), Rachel Tanhauser (50-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke), Katie King (100-yard breaststroke), the boys 200-yard medley relay team, David McIntyre (50-yard freestyle), Alex King (100-yard butterfly) and Evan Vercoe (100-yard backstroke).
Tarboro's swimmers will be back in the water this Thursday as they once again compete at Rocky Mount's Harrison Family YMCA in the Big 6 3A/Eastern Plains 2A meet, with the first event scheduled to start at 4 p.m.
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Viking swimmers successful in 1st meet
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14-Under softball tryout
The Tarboro Parks and Recreation Department and Edgecombe County Girls Softball League will be having tryouts for 14-under girls fast-pitch softball Wednesday, May 29 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Farmington Park in Rocky Mount. The is located at 319 Wellington Dr. There will also be a tryout Thursday, May 30 at Indian Lake Sports Complex on field 1 in Tarboro from 6 - 7:30 p.m. There is a $10 fee for Tarboro residents and a $35 fee for non-residents. For more information call the sports complex at 641-4202, Kathy Webb 252-813-4697 or Jamie Lindsey 252-883-0883 or sftbllgrlunc@hotmail.com.
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Thorne tabbed Regional Player of the Year
Tarboro Lady Vikings forward Shayla Thorne is still learning about the game of soccer. She has turned into one of the best female soccer players in school history. Every time she takes the field she gets better and better, because of her hard work and the help of her teammates. Her hard work paid off for her during her junior year as she led the Vikings with a winning record, co-confoerence championship and into the playoffs for the second consecutive season.
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Cobb, Rhodes inducted in Cougars Hall of Fame
PINETOPS – The SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars athletic department inducted two legendary coaches into their Hall of Fame Monday night. Former football coach Raymond Cobb and former baseball coach Bruce Rhodes were the recipients of the awards.
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SWE Athletes of the Year
SouthWest Edgecombe Cougar Dawson Gould was named Female Athlete of the Year and Kenneth Plummer was named Male Athlete of the Year Monday night at the Cougars annual athletic awards banquet. Gould played volleyball, basketball and softball. Plummer played football, ran indoor and outdoor track.
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Pinetops 300
PINETOPS – With the threat of rain during the weekend, it put a little damper on the Pinetops 300 Tractor and Truck Pull attendance. Friday night there was a large crowd in attendance, but not the amount it has been the last several years. There was 500 less people in attendance Friday then there was a year ago, but it didn't stop the pullers from slinging mud everywhere. The fans in one section even had a chance to see what it looked like when a belt breaks on a fine tuned machine. During the Mini Modified run, Thomas Coleman, of Stoneville, had a belt break on his KB 526 Pure Hell ride and the belt slung into the crowd. No one was injured.
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Vikings, Cougars compete in 2-A state meet
The Tarboro Vikings and SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars had six girls apiece competing in the NCHSAA 2-A state track meet in Greensboro Friday at North Carolina A&T State University.
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Six Tarboro girls to compete in track finals
Motivation is a big part of the Tarboro Viking girl's track team's success this season. They enjoy working hard during practice for their coach Rickie Dozier and get fulfillment when they compete in events. Friday will be no different for the six girls that are headed to Greensboro to compete in the NCHSAA 2-A state championship meet at North Carolina A&T State University. They will compete in three relay events and the long jump.
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BIG FISH
Camden Grant and her boyfriend Ricky Davis, Jr. caught a 10 pound carp at a state wildlife pond Wednesday morning off of Highway 33 just outside of Tarboro. Grant said she caught the fish on a piece of shrimp around 10:30 a.m.
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Vikings ousted from playoffs by Jaguars
CARRBORO – After defeating the No. 1 seed in the playoffs Friday, the Tarboro Vikings forgot one thing, they had to hit the ball again Tuesday against the Carrboro Jaguars or their season would be over.
Tarboro failed to be productive at the plate and were eliminated from the NCHSAA 2-A playoffs after losing 8-0 in the second round. Tarboro never gave in after getting down early, but they just couldn't catch a break offensively and get anything going after trailing by five runs after the second inning. -
Cougars finish 7th in state golf match
The SouthWest Edgecombe Cougars went through the regionals and won by four strokes. They just couldn't get it going in the state golf championships Monday or Tuesday at Longleaf Golf and Country Club in Southern Pines. The Cougars finished seventh as a team after shooting 658 over the two day period.
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