Arelene Sinclair photo Connor Oxendine makes sends the ball up during Saturday’s recreation basketball action. Tre’Mel Sinclair is off the floor also as he plays defense. The youngsters are in t...
ARMS RACE: SEC, Clemson more attractive to in-state star recruits LUMBERTON — National Signing Day has lost some of its luster for football fans in the Tar Heel State. With nine of North Carolina’s top 10-rated players expected to sign elsewhere Wednesday, the m...
Red Springs linebacker commits to UNCP RED SPRINGS — Soon, Red Springs senior linebacker Ty Delainie will be disrupting a backfield near you. The 6-foot-2, 210-pounder verbally committed to The University of North Carolina at Pembroke ...
Coltharp not interested in Westover gig FAYETTEVILLE — Red Springs’ George Coltharp, a Westover High School alum and former head coach, says he isn’t interested in the 3A school’s open head coaching position. John McDonald stepped down ...
Former Red Springs standouts adjusting to college hoops ROCK HILL, S.C. — Larry Brown ducked his head coming out of the tunnel at Red Springs High School and towered over most defenders. He outrebounded some opponents without leaving his feet and skied ...
Winless no more: St. Pauls routs Red Springs in TRC opener ST. PAULS — The bad taste was beginning to linger for St. Pauls’ Deion Gilchrist. After six games without a win, he’d had enough of the wrong end of the scoreboard and on Friday — with his team’s ...
Crawford's Week 1 Hoops Elite Poll Based on a variety of factors, including strength of schedule correlating to classification, quality wins and a personal eye test, here is how staff writer Brad Crawford ranks Robeson County’s six ...
Rams, Devils gear up for tournament PEMBROKE — When county coaches Jeremy Sampson and Derrick Bond got together to formulate plans for the Staffing Alliance Invitational at Purnell Swett High last fall, each did so to create an early...
Crawford: Urban Meyer disrespected Florida Did Urban Meyer bail on the Florida Gators? Remember when Gainesville was the mecca of college football, a place to watch supreme talent of the SEC, enjoy the definition of outstanding quarterback...
VALEDICTORIAN (Player of the Year): Alex Gilchrist, Senior, Fairmont — Robeson County’s most feared two-way player each of the last two years saved his most impressive performance for his final s...
HOPE MILLS — Glenn Patterson took a little more time than usual talking to his Red Springs boys basketball team after Monday’s season-opening loss at Gray’s Creek. With just four returning players...
BOYS Purnell Swett Coach: Jeremy Sampson 2010 Record: 6-15 Players to watch: Juwan Jones, Sr., G; Jamarkus Harrington, Sr., G Outlook: In his first season on the sideline, former UNCP ...
WALLACE — Wallace-Rose Hill continued its quest toward a third consecutive state high school football championship with a 34-19 victory over Red Springs on Friday night in the Class 1AA quarterfina...
RED SPRINGS — Red Springs linebacker Robert Overton didn’t just want to get his offense the ball back — he had to. With just under four minutes remaining in their second round state-playoff bout w...
RED SPRINGS — Wideout Julian Brown liked what he saw when the Red Springs offense first took the field Friday night for its NCHSAA second-round matchup with James Kenan. The Tigers' secondary hadn...
RED SPRINGS — With heavy rain and wind-gusts blowing 20 mph, the conditions weren’t suited for Red Springs to do much throwing last Friday in its first round showdown with Midway. The Red Devils d...
RED SPRINGS -- Red Springs' second-round home playoff soccer game Saturday against Dixon has been moved to Hoke County High School in lieu of expected field damage following tonight's home playoff ...
FAIRMONT — It’s not often an unbeaten football team loaded with seniors can fly comfortably under the radar heading into the playoffs. Keith Wood prefers it that way. “That’s just perfect,” Fairm...
What a difference a few days has made for Garron Warwick. South Robeson’s beleaguered coach resigned after last week’s loss put the finishing touches on an 0-10 season and now, the 15-year vet get...
RED SPRINGS — It didn’t take long for Garron Warwick to reappear with a headset. The former South Robeson coach who stepped down after last week’s loss to East Columbus is joining Red Springs’ foo...
LAKE WACCAMAW — Fairmont didn’t have much to say after Friday’s 35-14 victory at East Columbus. The Golden Tornadoes improved to 10-0 with the win but head coach Keith Wood was disappointed with h...
Fairmont at East Columbus Coaches: Keith Wood, Fairmont. Toby Kasell, East Columbus. Records: East Columbus 3-5, 1-2. Fairmont 9-0, 3-0. Key matchup: Fairmont’s passing game vs. East Columbus’...
St. Pauls walked off its field with a new found sense of self worth last week against East Columbus. Against one of the league’s most physical units, the Bulldogs engineered five scoring drives and...
There’s not enough ink in the office to describe the excitement I encountered during Fairmont’s 40-34 overtime win over Red Springs. The raw emotion and vast number of game-changing plays I tried ...
FAIRMONT — Three games remain in Three Rivers Conference play and Friday’s Red Springs at Fairmont showdown creates breathing room at the top for the victor. For the first time in more than a deca...
The one we’ve all been waiting for. The theoretical Three Rivers Conference Championship game: Red Springs at Fairmont. The preseason league favorite hosts the up-and-coming challenger Friday nig...
ROWLAND — The South Robeson Mustangs aren’t asking for sympathy. Their focused on snapping an 11-game losing streak at home Friday against St. Pauls. “To be honest, our guys don’t think about th...
FAIRMONT — Fairmont coach Keith Wood said Monday he regrets a two-point conversion try last week during his team’s 47-15 victory over South Robeson. Leading by 20 points in the second quarter, Wood...
ST. PAULS — For Red Springs and St. Pauls, Friday’s Three Rivers Conference opener is about emotion and bragging rights. George Coltharp heard about Robeson County’s second biggest rivalry his fir...