The Down East Bird Dawgs hosted the 2026 Hot Stove Banquet at King’s Restaurant, honoring Hall of Fame inductee Ross Atkins, Lifetime Achievement recipient James “Rabbit” Fulghum, and a local girls softball team for its World Series runner-up season. (Watch the banquet on YouTube or inside this article)
Check out our Trey Scott’s third round predictions of the NCHSAA Playoffs. Greene Central girls travels Northwood, Kinston girls host Wallace Rose Hill, and Kinston boys host West Bladen.
Here are all the highlights we picked up from the 2nd round matchup between Kinston and Whiteville for the boys game. Please follow our Youtube channel to stay up to date on all of our content:
Here are all the highlights we captured from the 2nd round matchup between South Lenoir and Northeastern for the boys game. Please follow our Youtube channel to stay up to date on all of our content:
Greene Central girls and Kinston’s boys and girls advanced to the third round, while the Greene Central boys, South Lenoir boys, and North Lenoir girls and boys were eliminated from the playoffs.
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Behind a nine-run third inning and a dominant effort on the mound from sophomore Daniel Boyette, North Lenoir rolled past Southern Wayne 12-2 in five innings, ending the game by run rule in the bottom of the fifth.
Round 2 features tough road tests for South Lenoir, Greene Central (boys), and North Lenoir, while Kinston (boys and girls) and Greene Central girls look to take care of business at home and punch their tickets to the third round. Also a sneak peek at the Wayne County predictions…
Check out the scores from last night for our local teams in Lenoir, Greene, and Jones counties.
Here is our Playoff schedule for this week for the first two rounds of the NCHSAA Boys/GIrls Playoffs
South Lenoir junior Gavin Brock was named East Central 3A/4A Player of the Year and head coach Vance Wade earned Coach of the Year honors after leading the Blue Devils to their first conference championship since 2005 with a 15-8 season and 9-2 league record.
