Category: Sports
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Leesville Basketball falls short against South Granville in Phenom Hoops Report
Carter Whitt loses the ball as he goes up for a layup in a game against South Granville. Leesville looks to pull off a big upset against an undefeated South Granville. (Photo Courtesy of…
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Pride Basketball Playoff Picture
Pictured is players from the men’s team, Wesley Johnson and Alex Daniels, and the women’s team, Lucy Leen and Paige Van Gorden. The Pride teas will encounter playoff season in less than a month.…
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Leesville Road goes down hard in first State Championship appearance
The story of the Leesville Road High School 2019 football team was one of success, hard work, and overcoming the odds. Every tough piece of competition the Pride faced during their 13-0 run, they…
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Busy Times for Varsity Cheer
The cheer team will be at the Championship Game along with continuing to cheer for basketball. (Photo used by permission of Amy Sellers) After cheering for an undefeated football team during many cold Friday…
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JV Cheer Wins Pre-State Regionals
The JV Cheer team posing after their win at Dorton Arena. (Photo used by permission of Lyssa Menendez) On Saturday November 16, while many may have been relaxing, the JV cheerleaders were working hard.…
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Are the offenses of LSU and Alabama better than the Cleveland Browns?
(From left to right) Joe Burrow, Baker Mayfield and Tua Tagovailoa are shown in the picture above. Each of the quarterbacks have thrown for at least 2,000 yards, but that’s the only comparison that…
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A Football Life for Me
Friday nights in the fall, I’m dressed up in a tutu and face paint, standing on the bleachers at a high school field in Raleigh. Saturday afternoons, you’ll find me cheering on a local…
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LRHS Men’s Soccer Advance to Third Round
On November 8, Leesville Men’s Soccer defeated Athens Drive in a 2-0 win under the lights. After the Pride won the conference championship and secured the fourth seed, they received a “bye” week opting…
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Codrington Helps The Eagles Soar Past Delaware State
The last 5 minutes of the game between the North Carolina Central Eagles and Delaware State Hornets told the entire story. What the Eagles fans in O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium did not know when they…
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Leesville VS Broughton volleyball games end in defeat for the Pride
Kaitlyn Canelas, junior, and Mary May, senior, block Jade Demps’ hit during their Monday night game. It was Leesville’s last home game and senior night. (Photo courtesy of Emma Nani) The volleyball games on…
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Defense, Doss and Moore Lead The Pride Over Sanderson
The score is 7-3 (Pride), and Leesville’s defense is once again back out on the field in the first half. Jaxon Masterson, Sanderson quarterback, is leading his Spartans down the field as the clock…
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Women’s Golf Recognition
Anna Claire Bridge holds up her plaque for the “North State Girls Challenge” match, holding the best score for the Leesville girls, with a low score of 72 for the 18-hole course. (Photo with…
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Daniel Jones stuns doubters
Daniel Jones, the rookie quarterback for the New York Giants, stunned haters and doubters across the internet after his debut against the Buccaneers on September 22nd. Jones showed promise in his first week and…
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Wrestling preseason is in full swing
If your morning stroll to class is interrupted by the crashing of metal, the slapping of frantic feet, or the grunting of disheveled kids, you can be sure the wrestling team is afoot.…
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Epic Soccer Win against rival Cardinal Gibbons
The Varsity Men’s Soccer team pulled an epic victory against Cardinal Gibbons Monday, September 16. They won the game after tying, going into overtime, and won during penalty kicks. Alex Walczyk, junior, scored the…
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What’s The Difference Between Fans Of College and Pro Football?
This past weekend, on September 8-9, I had the opportunity to go on an intense football weekend with my father and his friends. On the night of September 8 (Saturday), we went to Kenan…
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Leesville Tennis Dominates Green Level
The Leesville Road women’s varsity tennis team won their match with the recently built Green Level high school at home on Wednesday, September 4. Leesville won every set, with the result being 9-0. The…
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Future of Football
Leesville football has a good reputation, including a record of 10-3 in 2018, and making it past two rounds in the final playoffs in 2018. Although the team has notable losses in the new…
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Staves continuing family basketball legacy
Leesville senior Brittany Staves didn’t even want to play basketball at first. “I saw how much work it took,” said Brittany. She watched from afar as her older brother, Brandon, played and excelled at…
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March Madness bracket season begins
March Madness brings the best of college basketball together, all vying for a national championship ring. Perhaps one of the most popular aspects of the college basketball tournament is bracket building. Bracket building originally…
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What Do Athletes Do In The Offseason?
As winter sports seasons come to a close, fall sports seem more like a distant memory, and we welcome the onset of spring sports. But as time passes and new sports begin, we’re left…
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A history of excellence for Leesville women’s swimming
On February 7, the Leesville women’s swimming and diving team clinched a North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) 4A state championship. (Click here to read more.) But this victory was not the first…
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Pride football duo sign together to play at Limestone College
Jeremiah Stubbs and Dylan Reeves, Leesville seniors, have played football together since sophomore year. On Thursday, February 28, the two signed their National Letters of Intent (NLI) to continue their football journeys together at…
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Leesville Wrestling Regionals and States: The End To A Great Season
On Friday, February 8, Leesville wrestling set out for New Bern High School with a single goal in mind: qualify as many wrestlers for the state tournament as possible. New Bern High School was…
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Leesville Wrestling Expands Their 100 Win Club
The 100 Win Club, as of January 2019, remains an exclusive group inside the Leesville Wrestling team. Only four members of the Varsity Wrestling team can own the right of extending their win number…
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Leesville girls swim and dive captures first state title in 23 years
For the past few years, Hough High School has dominated the state in girls swimming. Hough won the NCHSAA 4A Girls Swimming and Diving state title each of the past three years, and looked…
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Triangle College Basketball: ACC Preview
The triangles’ heralded teams began ACC conference play this past week. All teams have started their seasons well each with winning records so far, NC State at (13-2) (1-1), UNC (12-3) (2-0), and Duke…
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Pride comes up short against Panther Creek
The Leesville Pride Men’s Basketball team (4-3) played the Panther Creek Catamounts (9-1) on December 14. The game started back and forth with the Pride ahead 7-6 with two and a half minutes to…
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LRHS Men’s Swimming scores first meet win in over three years
“We are Leesville; we are Pride! We are Leesville; we are Pride!” chanted about two dozen teenagers in green Speedos on a pool deck in Smithfield. It was the swim team’s third meet of…
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Pride Basketball cruises past Cary High
On Wednesday, December 12, the Pride Men’s Basketball team (4-2) faced off against Cary High after a short snow break. Pride started off the hot game on a 16-3 run that was ended by…
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The Leesville Road High School Swim Team Continues to Dominate North Carolina High School Swimming.
November 15 was the first LRHS swim meet of the 2018-19 season. Leesville left the Triangle Aquatic Center (TAC) with an overall win by 17 points and a win for the LRHS women by…
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Cross Country Cap 7 And Beyond
On Wednesday, October 17, Leesville’s cross country team faced off against the best competition our conference has to offer in the 2018 Cap 7 Championships. Despite both the boys and girls teams falling just…
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Dylan Reeves Football Journey
Football is a game of passion, hard work, and pure dedication. Dylan Reeves, a senior at Leesville Road High School, has been displaying these characteristics since he first started playing the game in the…
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A bright future for the Leesville XC team
After a successful season of racing, the cross country teams have started to buckle down and focus on the most important meets of the season: CAP-7, Regionals, and the NCHSAA 4A State Championships. Looking…
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Arostegui and Pardo: Bound by soccer
Over the years, friends Malina Pardo, Leesville senior, and Hannah Arostegui, former Leesville student, would sometimes discuss the possibility of attending the same college together, side by side. As elite soccer players, the two…
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Pride rolls to victory vs Southeast Raleigh
On Monday, September 24, Leesville Men’s Soccer Team (6-4-1, 3-1 CAP-7) looked to continue their winning streak against Southeast Raleigh, coming off a win at Broughton last week. The game started out a little…
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2018 NFL season kicks off
With the countdown of 214 days of no football almost over, the sports community is buzzing over the beginning of the season. The beginning of school, though tough to adjust to, means a new…
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Pride Football Take on Green Hope in Their First Away Game of the Season
On Thursday, August 30, the Pride traveled to Green Hope for the teams first away game of the season. The Pride walked away with a well deserved win over the Falcons. After losing to…
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Previewing the CAP-7 soccer season
The Leesville Men’s soccer team has had a great start to the season going 3-1-1 in their first five games. The team wants to continue their success into the conference season. After three convincing…
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Girls Track Brings Home Conference Championship
On Saturday, April 28, Leesville Road High spring track and field took on the Cap 7 conference championships. Southeast Raleigh High hosted this event and the stakes were higher than ever as the Pride…
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Leesville’s JV Women’s Soccer Falls Short Against Cardinal Gibbons
Last Thursday, April 12, during the JV Women’s soccer game, each half told a different story. In the first 35 minutes of the game, no team gave up a goal. The ball moved back…
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Junior Varsity Softball Returns to Leesville
After a six year hiatus, a Junior Varsity Softball team returns to Leesville. In 2012, JV softball played their last game–until this year, that is. This spring season, head coach of the Varsity softball…
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Jalen and Ishua Benjamin: A bond on and off the court
Leesville assistant men’s basketball coach Ishua Benjamin received a call one day from Raleigh from his wife, Lisa, while playing basketball professionally overseas in Europe. It seemed as if their son, Jalen Benjamin, a…
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Athlete Spotlight: Richie Rizzuto
Richie Rizzuto, a sophomore wrestler at Leesville Road High, is taking the high school wrestling scene by storm. This past season–Rizzuto’s first in the starting lineup–he achieved or surpassed nearly every goal set for…
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Elise Hall Brings Home the State Title In Pole Vault
On Saturday February 10th, the NCHSAA 4A Indoor Track State Championships were held at JDL indoor track stadium in Greensboro, North Carolina. Elise Hall, Leesvilles star pole vaulter, competed against many of the states…
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Leesville women’s track excels at indoor state championship
In 2015, the Leesville women’s track team finished fourth at the 4A Indoor Track State Championship, its best finish ever. At this year’s state championships on February 10, the team displayed its best performance…
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Leesville wrestling takes on regionals
The 4A East region wrestling championships took place on February 9-10, and Leesville showed up in force. Of the nineteen schools present, Leesville placed fourth overall, narrowly losing third place to Corinth Holders. The…
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Women’s basketball vs. Southeast Raleigh more than just a game
The Leesville women’s basketball team was unable to come out with a win on February 2 against Southeast Raleigh, losing 59-36. But the game was much bigger than basketball. For the four senior members…
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NFL 2017-18 Season Playoff Scenarios
As the year of 2017 comes to a close, the playoff season for the National Football League is just beginning. Teams with higher records race to secure their spot in the playoffs while division…
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Wake County Track Meet
Leesville Road High School traveled to JDL Fast Track in Winston Salem on Friday, December 15 to compete in the Wake County Invitational #2. The team performed very well, both in individual competitions and…