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March 12, 2010
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Sports Perkins wins second WVD wrestling title
 TWO-TIME CHAMPION - Comet Justin Perkins competes in the WVD wrestling tournament finals in the 215 pound class against a PH opponent Thursday night in Rocky Mount. (Steven Marsh photo) The News & Record / February 08, 2010
The Halifax County High School wrestling team finished fourth in the Western Valley District tournament Thursday at Franklin County high school.Justin Perkins became the first two-time district champion for the Comets since Shannon Wright. Ethan Collie (103) and Blake Jones (119) finished second for HCHS. Ryan Throckmorton (112), Tyler Bentley (125), Ralph Tuck(130), and Gannon Griffin (140) all finished third and Lewis Ashworth (152) finished fourth. In all, eight Comet wrestlers qualified for this weekend’s Northwest Region Tournament. Franklin County finished first, followed by Patrick Henry, George Washington, Halifax, and William Fleming. Perkins’ tournament title proved a significant highlight for the Comet grapplers. “Perkins wrestled a great tournament. He showed that if you keep going hard, you usually finish on top. We are glad to see him claim his second title, and that should set him up for a good run at regionals. Hopefully he can keep it up and qualify for states,” said Comet coach Brady Taylor. “Putting three into the finals was good, but we really could have had two or three more make it. Overall, we wrestled pretty well. I’m glad some of the younger guys were able to pick up some wins,” said Taylor. “Every wrestler that qualified for regionals earned it. They all had to win a match to earn their spot, which isn’t always the case. In the past we’ve had some wrestlers slide in without winning a match, just because there were only four people at their weight,” said Taylor. “Hopefully we won’t have any weather issues this week, and we will be able to put in a good week of practice to prepare for regionals,” said Taylor. “If we keep wrestling as well as we’ve been, we should be able to qualify a few people for states,” said Taylor. |
SBS cranks up 2010 season Saturday03/11/10 - 1:24 pm
South Boston Speedway will crank up the 2010 season Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. with the running of the NASCAR Whelen All-American Series Twin 75's race program.
HCPS Motorsports Academy fields two cars at SBS03/10/10 - 9:01 pm
Saturday, the race is on.
On Saturday, the Halifax County High School motorsports teams will have their varsity and jayvee cars running in the race at South Boston Speedway.
Pitching an issue03/10/10 - 3:19 pm
Halifax County High School won its lone varsity baseball scrimmage, 6-4, over visiting Heritage Tuesday night, and head coach Kelvin Davis came away generally positive about the Comets’ efforts.
Comets fall to Heritage in scrimmage03/10/10 - 3:05 pm
The Halifax County High School boys’ soccer team dropped a preseason scrimmage to Heritage 6-1 Monday night, but coach Frank Shealy saw some positives.
ACC tournament preview03/10/10 - 3:04 pm
Everything you always wanted to know about this weekend’s ACC men’s basketball tournament:
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