Blog – Moore County Edition

Apr

03

2024

County baseball teams all enjoy winning streaks

SportsMoore County sports

Baseball All three teams in the county entered this week on winning streaks. North Moore swept a home-and-home series with Jordan-Matthews to extend its winning streak to seven games in a row. The Mustangs won at home, 9-7, over the Jets, then went to Jordan-Matthews to post a 3-1 victory. North Moore is now 8-1 on the year, 5-1 in the Mid-Carolina Conference. The Mustangs continue conference play this week with a home-and-home against Bartlett-Yancey. Pinecrest bounced back from its first two losses of the season to sweep Southern Lee in a home-and-home series. The Patriots won 16-4 at home,…

Apr

03

2024

By Ryan Henkel

Aberdeen to install four-way stop on South Street

NewsAberdeen Town Board

The Aberdeen Town Board met Monday, March 18, voting to approve a new four-way stop at the intersection of South Street and Glasgow Street as an attempt to slow down through traffic. According to Director of Public Works Joe Wood, the four-way stop will be installed after the street resurfacing project is finished in the area. The town had already reduced the speed limit on South Street down to 20 mph and posted new signage indicating such, but the commissioners felt that that still wasn’t doing enough to address the issue, so the four-way stop was a necessary next step.…

Mar

21

2024

By North State Journal Staff

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Nicole Norman

Sportsathlete of the week

Nicole Norman is a senior catcher and outfielder for the Union Pines softball team. The Vikings are 5-1 on the year and went 1-1 last week. Norman, who will be playing in college at Barton next season, leads Union Pines in batting, on-base percentage, slugging and hits. She’s tied for the lead in homers and doubles and is second on the Vikings in RBIs. Last week, she went 2-for-3 with a run, 2 doubles and 2 RBIs in a win over Richmond.

Mar

20

2024

By North State Journal Staff

Pinecrest baseball, Union Pines girls’ lacrosse remain unbeaten

SportsMoore sports

Baseball Pinecrest ran its perfect record to start the season to 5-0 before dropping two games to finish the week. The Patriots are now 5-2, 1-1 in the Sandhills Conference. Pinecrest shut out Richmond on the road, 5-0, in its Sandhills opener. The Patriots came back from a trip to Harnett Central with their first loss of the season, however, falling 6-1. A home rematch with Richmond gave Pinecrest its first Sandhills loss, 5-1. North Moore had a big week, winning all three games to stretch its winning streak to five. The Mustangs are now 6-1 on the season, 3-1…

Mar

20

2024

By Ryan Henkel, North State Journal

School Board close to finalizing new budget

NewsMoore County Schools

Moore schools Superintendent Tim Locklair presented his proposed operating budget for the 2024-2025 fiscal year to the Board of Education at its March 11 meeting. The updated projections would require an increase in funding from the county of $1,340,200 — increasing the local contribution to a proposed $3,540,200 — while pulling money from existing cash and using other methods, including leaving some vacant positions unfilled, some technology expenses being covered by a federal rural grant and other measures help to offset the extra spending. The superintendent noted that, thanks to staff vacancies, unspent funds were reallocated over the year to…

Mar

20

2024

By Rep. Richard Hudson

HUDSON: The state of our union is in crisis

Opinionsrep. richard hudson, state of the union

Under President Biden’s failed leadership, the State of the Union is in crisis. He can try to convince the American people his policies are working, but after his address last week, one thing is clear — they’re not buying it. Over the past three years, Americans have experienced one crisis after another. From the catastrophic open border, skyrocketing prices fueled by inflation, to surging violent crime, to weakness on the world stage, President Biden has made our country less prosperous and less safe. Since President Biden took office, folks in our region and across America are paying more for everything.…

Mar

13

2024

By Associated Press

Cooper rescinds order setting NIL guidelines

News

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper rescinded an executive order from 2021 on Friday that established guidelines for allowing college athletes to profit from their fame. The executive order originally came as the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to make money off the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL). It was designed as “a standard for for individual institutions to use as they formalize their own policies and procedures” while multiple states passed their own varying NIL laws. But a federal judge recently barred the NCAA from enforcing NIL rules in a case involving the states of…

Mar

13

2024

By Associated Press

21-year-old bests longtime Rep. in NC House primary

GovernmentNC house primary, Wyatt Gable

While his college friends celebrated the end of midterm exams with a spring break trip to Florida, 21-year-old Wyatt Gable entered the home stretch of his bid to oust a 10-term Republican from the North Carolina House. Weeks spent phone banking after class and driving about an hour home on the weekends to knock on doors paid off. The East Carolina University junior narrowly beat state Rep. George Cleveland, 84, this week in a primary election in which he cast himself as “the future of the Republican Party.” Gable’s victory comes as voters nationwide express misgivings about the older ages…

Mar

13

2024

By North State Journal Staff

Moore County schools have successful week in spring sports

SportsMoore County, spring sports

Most of the spring high school teams continued promising starts to the season in a busy week outdoors across the county. Baseball Pinecrest is off to a perfect start this season, going 4-0. The Patriots swept all three games this past week, beating Terry Sanford, 13-1. Two days later, Pinecrest topped Oak Grove, 12-4, and they finished the week with a dramatic walk-off, 4-1 win over Myers Park. Bryant Kimbrell was the hero, with a three-run homer to end it. He also pitched the final four outs of the game to get the win on the mound. North Moore won…

Mar

13

2024

By North State Journal Staff

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Bryant Kimbrell

Sports

Bryant Kimbrell is a senior two-way player on the Pinecrest baseball team. The Patriots are a perfect 4-0 on the season and had three wins last week: 13-1 over Terry Sanford, 12-4 over Oak Grove, and 4-1 over Myers Park. Kimbrell hit, scored and drove in runs in all three games, going a combined 5-for-9 for the week, with 4 runs scored and 8 driven in. He also stole two bases. Against Myers Park, he hit a walk-off, three-run home run to break a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the seventh, giving Pinecrest the victory. He also earned the…