Sports & Recreation

Pender Early College student giving back to Burgaw Middle

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Monday, May 6th, 2013, 12:52pm

Pender Early College student giving back to Burgaw Middle

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – A Pender Early College High School student is giving back to Burgaw Middle School by volunteering to help young baseball players improve their skills.

Zach May is assisting Coach Willie Jones and his dad, Coach James May, with the middle school baseball team.

“Zack has great knowledge of the game,” said Coach May. “ [He] will be welcomed to help with the program as long as he wants. The players respect and look up to him. Everything he tells them, you can just see them taking it in.”

Coach Jones agrees, saying he is happy with his very young team.

Pender Early College requires students to earn 150 service learning hours of the course of five years. Many students have far exceeded this minimum requirement.

Zach May is assisting Coach Willie Jones and his dad, Coach James May, with the middle school baseball team.

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Registration underway for Blueberry Open golf tournament

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Monday, April 8th, 2013, 11:41am

Registration underway for Blueberry Open golf tournament

BURGAW, NC (WECT) – Registration is underway for the Burgaw Chamber of Commerce’s annual Blueberry Open golf tournament.

The event will take place Friday, May 3, according to the chamber’s Facebook page.

The tournament will be held at the River Landing Golf Club in Wallace. You can sign up a team, become a sponsor or even donate a raffle item.

Click here to register for the tournament. The cost is $100 per person to play.

To learn more, call 910-259-9817.

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Registration underway for Blueberry Open golf tournament

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director

Monday, April 1st, 2013, 11:41am

BURGAW, NC (WECT) – Registration is underway for the Burgaw Chamber of Commerce’s annual Blueberry Open golf tournament.

The event will take place Friday, May 3, according to the chamber’s Facebook page.

The tournament will be held at the River Landing Golf Club in Wallace. You can sign up a team, become a sponsor or even donate a raffle item.

Click here to register for the tournament. The cost is $100 per person to play.

To learn more, call 910-259-9817.

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Pender Co. coaches meet former NFL player, coach

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer

Thursday, March 21st, 2013, 11:26am

Pender Co. coaches meet former NFL player, coach

PENDER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Two Pender County coaches recently got to meet a famous face of the NFL.

Topsail High School’s Coach Bryan Davis and Heide Trask High School’s Glenn Sellers met Tony Dungy, an NFL Super Bowl champion, television analyst, author, and parenting/coaching advisor, according to the Pender County Schools website.

The coaches met Dungy at the Carson-Newman football clinic, which helps encourage coaches and their wives to provide a positive environment to young people by modeling good marriages.

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Annual Blueberry Open golf tournament scheduled for May

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer

Wednesday, March 13th, 2013, 11:41am

Annual Blueberry Open golf tournament scheduled for May

BURGAW, NC (WECT) – If you’re an avid golfer, go ahead and mark your calendar now – the Burgaw Chamber of Commerce’s annual Blueberry Open golf tournament will take place Friday, May 3, according to the chamber’s Facebook page.

The tournament will be held at the River Landing Golf Club in Wallace.

You can sign up a team, become a sponsor or even donate a raffle item.

To learn more, call 910-259-9817.

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Have high school sports scores sent directly to your phone

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer

Sunday, March 10th, 2013, 8:00am

Have high school sports scores sent directly to your phone

SOUTHEASTERN, NC (WECT) – If you’re a big high school sports fan, you know that nothing is worse than not knowing whether or not your team won a game, or what the final score was.

Now, WECT is now sending text alerts with the final scores straight to your phone.

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