Category: Sports
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Men’s basketball has unique trio
The 2014 Leesville men’s basketball squad is back practicing and ready to make a run for the CAP-8 championship again. However, it’s a new season, and with a new season comes new faces. In…
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A step into winter track
Leesville’s runners are getting back into the swing of things. Leesville’s track coaches — Jerry Canada, Karen Hawkins, and Brent Hale — return for another competitive season of winter track. “Coming into the second…
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Student athletes: masters of time management
Student athletes across the county, state and country all share a common struggle: managing their time between school work and practices. On the outside, the life of a student athlete doesn’t seem too difficult;…
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LRHS Swim and Dive team 2014-15 preview
The Leesville Swim and Dive team was not able to find a coach, so Jack Rogers, Athletic Director, will be head coach along with Guy Civitello. Non-year-round swimmers meet regularly every morning except for…
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Leesville Basketball defeats Panther Creek, enters Thanksgiving Break 2-2
Ben Zemonek scored 21 points from the floor, interim coach Nick Pendergraft re-focused his team’s excitement after some early foul troubles and Leesville men’s basketball team downed Panther Creek 71-49 on Tuesday for their…
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Reflecting on the 2014 Leesville Football season
Mike Hobgood’s first year as Leesville head coach proved a tumultuous one, as the Pride (5-7, 3-4 Cap-8) lost their last four games (allowing 35 or more points in all four) to fall out…
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Leesville Football season ends with loss in playoffs
The offense failed to gain traction until the fourth quarter, the defense again found Bryce Love impossible to contain and the 2014 Leesville football season ended with a 42-13 loss at Wake Forest on…
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Flipping into the winter season
As the fall sports season wraps up, the winter sports season is only just beginning: Among the various winter sports is gymnastics. The Leesville gymnastics team began their season with tryouts on October 31…
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History made by women’s’ cross country
The Women’s Cross Country Team continues to make history in the 2014 season. For the first time since 2006, the girls claimed total victory at the Cap-8 Championships. “I’m so happy and proud that…
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Turnovers doom Leesville Football to third straight loss
Eight seconds into Friday’s regular season finale, the Leesville football team committed its first turnover, fumbling on the opening kickoff return to give Wakefield the ball. The first play proved an accurate foreshadow of…
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Reflections on Men’s Soccer season
The Leesville men’s soccer team, after a season of improvement, came to an end against Heritage in their first-round playoff game. The boys’ season was a season of growth and bonding. “We got along…
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Leesville Football can’t contain Marshall, loses to Millbrook
In a game of big plays and prolific offense, Leesville’s passing attack proved slightly inferior to Millbrook’s running game, and the contrast made all the difference in Friday’s rivalry game. Led by 328 total…
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Bowling team starts strong
The Leesville bowling team held its first meeting on Wednesday, October 1, at Pleasant Valley Lanes. Tryouts started at 4:00 p.m. The participants competed against each other and tried to get the highest marks…
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Leesville Football falls short in Wake Forest
Clay Vick, junior quarterback, rolled out to his right, evaded a Wake Forest lineman and threw a nine-yard pass to Trey Keeney, senior tight end, in the endzone. Leesville now trailed by 17 points…
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An exciting spring sport for girls
High schools across Wake County plan to incorporate STUNT into their spring sports season. Wake County is the first in North Carolina to offer the sport in high schools. STUNT was only offered at…
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Leesville Football downs Enloe for homecoming win
Clinging to a 14-13 lead late in the third quarter, the Leesville offense — backed up on their own 20-yard line after two threatening Enloe drives produced no points — desperately needed a big…
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Leesville Football overcomes Sanderson, Mother Nature
Seventy-one hours and 18 minutes after the opening kickoff at Sanderson, the Leesville football team made one last tackle, the final seconds ticked off the scoreboard and the Pride secured a crucial conference win.…
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Inside Leesville Football 2014: The new generation
For the second consecutive year, we spent the first game week of the 2014 season immersed inside the Leesville football team. What happens when the team isn’t under the spotlights of Friday night? Read…
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Q&A with new lacrosse coach
Last month, the Leesville men’s lacrosse team landed a new head coach: Franklin Zirkle, a former state champion coach at East Chapel Hill and an administrator for the Carolina Hilltoppers club lacrosse program. The…
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Leesville Football rallies to spoil Broughton’s homecoming
When the Pride needed it most, Leesville’s stars took the initiative and led their team to a critical comeback win on Friday night at Broughton. Mike Dehaney, senior running back, rushed for 136 yards…
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Women’s golf swings towards regionals
Leesville’s Women’s Golf Team has made many improvements since the end of their previous season. “This year we have a new coach, we have new members of our team and we’re doing better. At…
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Leesville Football can’t find offense against Heritage
For the second consecutive game, the Leesville offense failed to create any momentum or find the endzone, cursing the Pride to a 14-3 loss to Heritage on Friday, Sept. 26 at Hamilton Stadium. In…
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Leesville Football shut down by injuries, turnovers and Panther Creek
A woefully depleted Leesville offense committed six turnovers and sputtered to just five first downs as the Pride lost 27-0 to Panther Creek on Friday, Sept. 19. After leading 13-0 at halftime, a 50-yard…
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Leesville hires new varsity Lacrosse coach
Leesville Road High School Men’s Lacrosse named a new head coach on Thursday, Sept. 11, according to Jack Rogers, Leesville athletic director. “LRHS is very excited to announce the hiring of former East Chapel…
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Leesville introduces new JV tennis team
Leesville Road High School introduced a JV women’s tennis team this year. In past years, there was only a varsity women’s tennis team; having a JV team allows more girls to play tennis than…
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Leesville Football surges past Athens Drive
A critical defensive stop and ensuing 99-yard drive helped the Leesville football team earn a 27-16 win over Athens Drive on Friday, Sept. 12 at Hamilton Stadium. 6:11 remained in the third quarter when the…
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Leesville Volleyball loses to Millbrook, 3-2
The Leesville varsity volleyball team lost, 3-2, to Millbrook Tuesday night, in a long, hard fought match. From the moment Meghan Gasper, junior, stepped back from the line, raised her arm and made the…
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Men’s Soccer
After multiple games being rained out, the Pride is starting off the pre-season with a two and one record and is preparing for their CAP-8 opener on September 8th vs. Heritage high school. Paul…
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Leesville welcomes new coach
Leesville has started their 2014 football season with new players and even a new coach. Coach Hobgood has been a football coach for over 15 years. He started coaching at Northern Durham, where he…
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A new season for boys Cross Country
Leesville Cross Country is back, and they’re ready to rumble. After a long summer of workouts and distance runs at Umstead State Park, runners are excited for their meet against Apex. Cross Country is…
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The kickoff to women’s cross country
The women’s cross country team made an early statement with a first place finish in the varsity race at this year’s 3k Wake County Kickoff Classic. Placing in the top ten, Nevada Mareno, sophomore,…
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Leesville Football thrashed by Apex
The away sideline and visitors’ bleachers sat in hushed disbelief and concern as Khamari Alexander, senior running back, lay motionless and surrounded by paramedics. The scoreboard clock read 6:25 remaining in the second quarter,…
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Leesville Football victorious in season opener
Quarterback Clay Vick threw three touchdowns to lead Leesville to a season-opening 34-12 win over Durham Jordan on Friday at Hamilton Stadium. Vick, junior, completed 13 of 16 passes for 241 yards, three TDs and no interceptions…
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Men’s Lacrosse starts with a bang
This lacrosse season has begun with 4 wins and no losses for both varsity and jv lacrosse. Coach Fullbright and his teams are working together to unite as one stronger and more successful group.…
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Women’s Soccer Preview
Paul Dinkenor, longtime head coach of the Leesville Road women’s soccer team, loves a good challenge, although this season may be a big one. The Lady Pride is coming off an 18-win season, along…
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Leesville dominates the David Oliver Classic
On January 25 in Leesville’s biggest track meet of the year, a school record was set, and Leesville qualified for states in over five events. Leesville’s winter track team traveled to Winston-Salem for the…
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Leesville Basketball cruises past Enloe
Jumpstarted by a decisive start and balanced scoring attack, the Leesville Men’s basketball team defeated Enloe 74-58 on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The Pride (5-4, 9-10) jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the game’s…
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Leesville Basketball holds off Heritage, 58-50
Editor’s Note: Before the snow hit and cancelled school for the remainder of the week, Leesville Men’s Varsity Basketball faced off against Heritage on Monday night. The recap follows. Alex Hunter, Leesville freshman guard,…
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Lady Pride blowout Heritage, 62-26
Editor’s Note: Before the snow hit and cancelled school for the remainder of the week, Leesville Women’s Varsity Basketball faced off against Heritage on Monday night. The recap follows. The Lady Pride came out…
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Leesville Basketball loses double-overtime thriller
The Leesville Mens’ Varsity Basketball team fell 79-75 to Cap-8 rival Sanderson in double overtime on Friday, Jan. 3, failing to translate a rousing second-half comeback and double-overtime lead into a much-needed conference victory.…
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Winter Sports updates
View on the online compilation of our brief articles on each winter sport, as seen on page 16 of Monday’s paper, below: Swimming The Leesville swimming team has begun the winter with several…
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Basketball: behind the scenes
For the first full week of the regular season, we followed every move of the Leesville Men’s Varsity Basketball team. From the high-energy drills of practice to the prime-time plays of the game, every…
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Pride, it’s time to run!
With the incorporation of the ultimate frisbee club last school year, more fitness clubs are underway. Sean Nicol, sophomore, is starting a running club for students wishing to participate in local road races. “We’re…
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Leesville XC team competes at 4A States
The 2013 girls cross-country team left an impressive mark this season. On Saturday, Nov 2, the Women’s cross-country team participated in the NCHSAA 4-A States at Kernersville for the first time since 2001, a…
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Middle Creek squeaks by Leesville Basketball
Despite having the lead in crunch time, Leesville fell short to the Middle Creek Mustangs, 56-53, on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Jonathan Mebane, frehsman, got the ball rolling, scoring Leesville’s first three buckets. Leesville came…
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Leesville Basketball falls short to Smithfield-Selma
The Leesville Pride (2-2) came up short against the Smithfield Selma Spartans (2-5) at home. A nail-biting 4th quarter saw Leesville take the lead, only to lose it in the closing seconds. “We did…
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Leesville Basketball rallies to win home opener
The Leesville Mens Varsity Basketball team beat Apex for the second time in two weeks Tuesday, scoring 16 of the game’s final 18 points to capture a 47-43 victory. Trailing 41-31 early in the…
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Leesville Men’s Varsity Basketball season preview
Leesville basketball is coming off a year in which the program was reignited. The team went 19-9 last year, the first above-.500 record in 7 years for Leesville. Much of the credit has gone…
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Leesville Football’s season concludes with loss to Millbrook
Marshall L. Hamilton stadium was silent. Gone was the steady beat of the band, the roar of the student section, the shriek of the referee’s whistle, all the sounds of the game of the…
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Leesville football falls to Wakefield in final seconds
One by one, the seniors of the 2013 Leesville football team walked out with tears streaming down their faces. Elation over an apparent Braxton Berrios game-winning touchdown catch with no time left turned to…