Paul Durham

1 week ago | restorationnewsmedia.com | Paul Durham |E.J. Proctor

When one of my podcast hosts drops a quote that perfectly aligns with sports, I get so excited to sit down and write a column, and that was what happened a couple of weeks ago. In a recent Jay Shetty podcast, he covered seven topics he wishes he’d known in his 20s and one of those was: “You learn who someone is when they’re stressed, not when they’re at their best.” I love this because it is so true both in life and in athletics. Jay went on to say, “Pressure doesn’t create cracks.

1 week ago | restorationnewsmedia.com | Paul Durham

GOLDSBORO — The Wilson American Legion Post 13 senior baseball team collected its first win of the season Monday might, May 26, with a 10-hit explosion in a 14-3 five-inning triumph over Cary Post 67 at Carolina Athletic Park. The game was part of a showcase of American Legion baseball teams organized by Garner Nationals Post 232 head coach Chris Cook. Wilson (1-1) built a 9-0 lead in its first three turns at-bat before Post 67 scrapped together three runs in the bottom of the third.

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The Wilson Tobs announced Tuesday morning, May 27, that the exhibition game scheduled for this evening has been postponed due to inclement weather. Tobs general manager Mike Bell said the game against the Virginia Beach Valor will be played Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at Fleming Stadium. The $2 Tuesday promotion will be honored with $2 prices on tickets, hot dogs, […]

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After two attempts to hold the North Carolina Baseball Museum’s Celebrity Golf Tournament at Wedgewood Public Golf Course this month, the 23rd annual edition will be a fall one instead. Kent Montgomery of the museum board said Monday morning that the tournament would be rescheduled due to rain in the forecast for Tuesday. The Celebrity Golf Tournament was originally set […]

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PUEBLO, Colo. — Aniya Heckstall blazed into Barton College track and field history as its first female All-American on Saturday afternoon, May 24, at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The junior sprinter finished seventh in the 100-meter dash at CSU Pueblo’s ThunderBowl, tying her own school record of 11.41 seconds. The performance made her Barton’s first female All-American in outdoor track and field and first overall since long jumper Larry Russell in 2018.