The Athletes of the Week are Kinston’s Isaac Parson and Anzaryia Cobb.
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On the seventh episode of The Flourish Hill podcast, Junious Smith III and Graham Hill are joined by owner/instructor of Pitt Fit Society Chappriel Pitt.
In their fourth road game in five days, the Kinston High School girls rallied past Wilmington New Hanover while the boys fell in a close decision.
North Lenoir's boys couldn't pull off an upset against West Craven, but the girls won by a wide margin.
Kinston, despite playing its fifth game in eight days, took care of South Lenoir on the road in boys and girls basketball.
Junious Smith III delivered a throwback to The Flourish Post with an Eastern Carolina Conference Power Poll for boys and girls basketball.
Bethel Christian defeated Faith Christian in boys’ and girls’ basketball Thursday. The boys had gone 2-5 prior to the contest while the girls snapped a 12-game skid.
One night after defeating North Lenoir on the road, Kinston’s boys and girls kept momentum by defeating Goldsboro Wednesday.
LCC whittled a 36-point deficity to 21 but couldn’t rally past Louisburg College Wednesday night in Kinston.
The Neuse News Athletes of the Week are North Lenoir's De'Shaun Kee and Kinston's Quiaira Powell.
North Lenoir’s Taiwan Hines was named the first Neuse News Soccer Player of the Year.
Greene Central’s boys and Ayden-Grifton’s girls had little issue in their games Tuesday.
Kinston defeated North Lenoir in a pair of road games Tuesday. The Vikings won 69-65 in the boys’ game, while the girls took sole possession of first place in the Eastern Carolina Conference with a 41-30 victory.
Greene Central defeated Westover 59-49 in the MLK Invitational and Imajae Dodd finished with 14 points, 12 blocks and nine rebounds.
First Flight took 58 3-pointers against Ayden-Grifton, hitting 23 in a 93-64 victory in the MLK Invitational at Farmville Central.
Twenty first-half turnovers put Kinston in a 22-point hole at halftime as the Vikings lost at Garner on Saturday.
North Lenoir finished the week 3-0 after knocking off Princeton in the BSN Basketball Classic Saturday in Wilson.
The Kinston boys scored the most points in a game since 2007, while the girls won their fifth straight game in a night of routs at Viking Gym.