Topsail's Candon Rusin just moved to North Carolina from Vermont this past summer. But the Wilmington, Vt. native decided to head back up north, signing with Marist University, which is in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. "It's basically the basketball program,"...
White Oak star catcher Rebekah McDaniel has signed to play softball for Mount Olive, saying she chose the Trojans over Meredith because of both athletics and academics. "I love the decision," said McDaniel, who had a signing ceremony at the school...
It's what she's wanted since a coach told her as a 10-year-old she had what it took to play for a Division I softball program, but it was still a bit unnerving for the Croatan star shortstop Paige Williams when her dreams became a reality by signing...
Danielle Adams didn't plan this four years ago. But it's not as if she is complaining about getting a track and field scholarship to attend North Carolina State University. Rather, the academically and athletically gifted Adams just never thought...
Two of the area's best soccer defenders will take their talents to the next level. Richlands goalkeeper Horatio Bynes signed a national letter of intent to play at North Carolina-Pembroke on Tuesday and Dixon defender J.J. Schoonover will soon...
Richlands' Melanie Kiser and Jacksonville's Britney Joiner will soon be college soccer teammates while Southwest wrestler Dennis Clark and Northside football player Chris Jones also have plans to play at the next level. Kiser and Joiner recently...
A pair of Stallions and a Cardinal have made plans to play their respective sports at the next level. Southwest High football players Jamaal S. Williams and Brandon Harris and Jacksonville High baseball player Greg Knapp recently let their intentions...
Editor's note: This is the first part of the series of stories on recent college signings for area athletes. A quartet of Jacksonville High School basketball players will soon be joining college programs. Cardinal seniors Jeremy Hearst, Damien...
Opposing players have found out how hard it was to budge Greg Spann. Turns out the Jacksonville High lineman was just as staunch when deciding which college he would attend. Spann, the Cardinals mammoth 6-foot-3, 325-pound senior, signed a National...
EDITOR’S NOTE: These are the first of the National Signing Day stories to be published by The Daily News. We will continue to cover other signings over the next several days. Being a workhorse may not have ended just in high school for Adrain...