Category: Sports
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Wrestling for the championship
Football might get more of the glory, but the thousand-year-old sport of wrestling is alive and well at Leesville. “[Wrestling] teaches you discipline, gets you into shape, and strengthens your mental toughness,” said Shayaan…
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NC State falls in its season opener
Another season, another disappointing start for NC State football. NC State lost 21-35 to the Tennessee Volunteers. The game was played in Atlanta on Friday, Aug 31. The score was a bad reflection of…
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Varsity football routs Jordan 49-0, sets stage for impressive season
Despite significant personnel losses from a record-breaking 2011 team, Leesville’s varsity football team has shown few signs of rust so far this fall. The team rode on the shoulders of Braxton Berrios and Maurice…
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Caps outrun Pride
The Leesville Cross Country team lost to Broughton’s XC team Wednesday, Sept. 5. After a tough 5k (3.1 miles) on the Leesville course, Broughton just edged out the Pride. Despite the loss, Leesville runners…
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Lady Pride puts the “10” in tennis
On August 28, the Lady Pride tennis team defeated Heritage, 9-0. The possible threat of oncoming rain did not stop the girls as they protected their leesville courts. The girls did not give up…
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New coach, new year for cross country team
Along with many new runners, the cross country team has also gained a new coach, Matt Cross, this year. Cross is not a teacher at Leesville, but he has coached track for two years,…
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Leesville baseball’s playoff run falls short in second round
The Leesville Road Varsity Baseball team fell in the second round of the playoffs to Apex High, but learned a lot about themselves in the process. On Friday May 11, 2012, in the first…
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Softball season finishes with high hopes for next year
For previous years, the Leesville varsity softball team has set a goal to win a second round game in the state tournament and this year, the goal still applied. Sadly, the team lost 9-1…
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Pride Track defeated the Heritage Huskies, boosted confidence
The Leesville Pride track team defeated the Heritage Huskies on Wednesday, March 28. The meet started off well for the boys with first place in the 800 meter relay. The boys team finished with…
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Pride loss brings lacrosse to an end
With a 9-2 loss to Millbrook on April 30, Leesville’s first official lacrosse season came to a bittersweet end. The team, coached by Mr. Fullbright, had an impressive record of 8 wins and 8…
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Pride leaves Wolverines begging for mercy
The Leesville Women’s softball team soared to victory on Tuesday April 24 against Wakefield. The Pride “mercy ruled” the Wolverines in the 5th inning with a score of 10-0. Martha Calvert, senior, said, “It…
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Leesville baseball swinging for the fences
On Tuesday, April 10, after falling behind in the early innings, the Leesville Road men’s varsity baseball team pulled off the late game comeback to defeat Heritage by a score of 4-2. With the…
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Wolfpack wins spot in Sweet 16
Almost one year ago, NC State had no basketball coach and no hope of being a contender in the ACC and the NCAA. They live in their blue neighbors’ shadows during basketball season, but…
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Linsanity Hits Leesville
People are naturally going to unfairly stereotype certain groups. One would imagine Asian-Americans are probably tired of hearing jokes about how good they are at math, or how they’re going to be doctors someday.…
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Leesville’s LAX-ers get crushed by Broughton
On Friday, March 16, Leesville’s up and coming lacrosse team traveled to Boughton to battle their way through their 5th game. The game ended in an 11-0 shut out from the Broughton. “We played…
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Leesville wrestling has hopes for future
After placing first in their weight classes at the Cap-8 regional championships, two Leesville students, Matt Cesari, sophomore, and C.J. Kimmerly, junior, proceeded to the North Carolina state High School championships February 23-25. Taking place in…
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Leesville winds up for softball
The Leesville Softball Varsity softball season begins on March 1 and tryouts took place beginning on February 13. Due to a lack of interest, Leesville will only host a varsity team this year. There…
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High expectations for spring track season
The 2011-2012 Leesville Track and Field team holds high hopes for the upcoming season. Many athletes are confident that at least a few of the runners will make it to Regional- and maybe even…
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Farewell, varsity basketball seniors
As basketball season draws to a close, both the boys and girls teams set a night aside to celebrate their seniors. This year on senior night, both varsity teams played Heritage high school at…
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Sports obsession distracts from true American priorities
In 2011, 111 million people watched the Green Bay Packers defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers in Superbowl XLV. Just over 50 million people watched the 2010 State of the Union address, which is slightly less…
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Leesville swim season ends with a splash
When Matt Hurley, senior, was asked to describe his senior year swimming experience, he only used one word: “super-duper”. Well, one contraction. As the regular swimming season draws to a close, many seniors are…
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Men’s golf tees off
The Men’s Golf team has much to prove in this make-or-break season coming off of last year with a state championship title. Now that their best player has graduated, how will the golfers rebound…
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Wrestling for success
Pride wrestling finished a successful regular season, by placing second in the Cap 8 championships on Wednesday, Feb. 8. The team then moved ahead to the regional championship on Feb. 17 and 18. “We…
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Men’s tennis is set
Leesville’s men’s tennis team is working hard to break into the tops of the Cap-8 ranks this year. After a week of tryouts, February 13-17, Dr. Stone has put together a competitive team of…
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LRHS men’s basketball take on Broughton
The Leesville Pride men’s basketball team fought a hard but losing battle against the Broughton Caps on Jan. 24. The team’s record this season is 7-9. They are tied for fourth place in the…
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Broughton outlasts Lady Pride
On December 13, Leesville Road’s women’s varsity basketball team hosted Broughton, only to fall short, 55-33. Although not reflected in their 0-5 record, players claim this year’s team has much potential. This year’s team…
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Lax to battle in local tournament
This Saturday, on December 10, several members of the lacrosse team will enroll in a one-day lacrosse tournament. Under the name of the Loonies, the team will gear up for a preseason rally to…
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Leesville JV soars past Eagles
On December 8, the Leesville JV men’s basketball team beat Enloe, 71-62. The game started off sloppily, with turnovers and missed free throws by both teams. Enloe played an up-tempo style that tested the…
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Unbelievable football season ends with bitter loss
“After everything we’ve been through, all the challenges and adversity we faced, I’m so proud of our guys. We had an unbelievable season, coaches as well as players. I couldn’t have asked for any…
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Pride gymnastics season springs into action
Wednesday, November 2 marked the first official practice of the year for the LRHS gymnastics team. The girls gathered at Gym Carolina, a gym conveniently located off of Leesville Road. Leesville’s gymnastics team is…
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Pride volleyball season successful
At this time last year, Pride Varsity Volleyball would’ve been done with their seasons for about two weeks. This year, though, the team made it into the top 16 of the state–something they haven’t…
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Leesville loss ends soccer season for Pride
With a 4-2 loss to Jordan High on Nov. 4, the 2011 Leesville Road varsity men’s soccer season came to an unfortunate end. The Pride, under Paul Dinkenor, fell to the number two seeded…
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Girls basketball season starts
Leesville basketball players tried out for the women’s basketball team Oct. 31 through Nov. 2. This year, two new coaches have taken charge of the varsity and junior varsity teams: Coach Crump for varsity,…
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Gymnastics team hits the beams
Wednesday, November 2 marked the first official practice of the year for the LRHS gymnastics team. The girls gathered at Gym Carolina, a gym conveniently located off of Leesville Road. Leesville’s gymnastics team is…
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Swim team practices early and often for championships
Students who craved a winter exercise fix signed up for the championship-winning and record-setting swim team at Leesville. Emily Izquierdo, the coach of the swim team, said that the last few years have treated…
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Wrestlers lose weight to gain a championship
After an underwhelming 2010 season, Leesville Road wrestling fell from the ranks of the elite squads in the Cap-8. Wyss is looking to reclaim the conference title this year through hard work and team…
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Boys basketball builds expectations
The Leesville men’s varsity basketball team has high hopes for the 2011-12 season. Kris Sherrod, junior, said, “I’m really looking forward to the season. We should have a lot of talent.” Mr. Roderic Brewington,…
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JV Football: getting up the hill
Leesville Road High School’s JV football team had one goal: getting up the hill. “The ‘hill’ represents the varsity team which practices near us but up the hill. We constantly reminded the team that…
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Track and Field tries to catch its breath
On October 17, 2011, athletes met in the auditorium to kick off the 2011-2012 track and field season at Leesville. The meeting was open to all students and parents interested in the winter or…
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Varsity men’s soccer strikes on Senior Night
On Monday, October 17, the Leesville varsity men’s soccer team defeated Heritage High 1-0 on senior night. Monjue Campbell, senior, said, “It was a great way to go out.” Throughout the first half, the…
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Pride football wins Cap-8
Blistering cold, constant rain, even seemingly insurmountable injuries– nothing could stop the Pride. With Leesville Road’s 41-16 victory over Wake Forest-Rolesville on Friday, October 28, the Pride did what no other team in school…
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WFR @ LRHS Preview
On Friday, October 28, the regular high school football season will come to a close. The undefeated Leesville Pride is scheduled to play their rival, Wake Forest Rolesville, on Leesville’s Senior Night. If the…
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Ice hockey club looking to repeat
On Tuesday, October 25, the Leesville Road ice hockey club will face off against the Millbrook Wildcats in their second game at the Polar Ice House in Wake Forest. Officials will drop the puck…
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Varsity boys defeated in 2nd round of CAP 8, still hopeful for state playoffs
October 25, the Leesville boys soccer team lost 2-1 to Enloe High School in the second round of the CAP 8 playoffs. It prevents them from a chance to win the Championships, played on…
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Boys soccer wins, advances in CAP 8
The boys soccer team beat Wake Forest Rolesville in their first round of the CAP 8 Tournament 5-2 last night, October 24, 2011. This game has put the boys through to the next round,…
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Leesville shows Milbrook who is boss, improves record
Friday, October 14, the Leesville Road varsity football team further established itself as one of the greatest threats in the CAP-8 conference by defeating Millbrook 56 to 24. With the win, Leesville’s record remains…
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Volleyball smashes undefeated Wakefield
Thursday October 6, the Leesville Pride Volleyball beat number one, undefeated seed, Wakefield. “We did awesome,” said varsity coach, Taine Merganthaler. “I’m so proud of us.” The lady pride beat them 3 sets to…
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Women’s golf keeps par
The Leesville Road High School women’s golf team has been working hard since first stepping onto the course this summer. In their first match, and only match so far, at Heritage, the team ended…
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Cross country seniors run traditional race
“It’s always a sad sight to see the end of cross country,” said Ben Tyner, junior. “Five months of training will be ending soon, and every year it seems to go by fast.” On…
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JV Volleyball hopes to build strong team
The Leesville JV Volleyball team defeated Durham Jordan 25-4, 25-15 on Sept 27. The Pride rallied hard and had great performances from the entire team. “The team did a lot of things well on…