The Leesville Pride women’s soccer team kicked off Thursday, May 6, against rival Broughton in the Cap-7 Championship. Leesville beat Broughton twice during the regular season, and hoped to make it a third time for the title. Both teams’ defenses held their ground ground throughout the first half not allowing a single goal. “At half [...]

The 2010 school year has been one to remember. We have come a long way since we first stepped foot on campus again on August 25. Freshmen have now experienced the high school culture, sophomores will look forward to becoming upper classmen, juniors cannot wait to be seniors and the seniors just want to graduate. [...]

The Leesville Pride women’s soccer team kicked off Thursday, May 6, against rival Broughton in the Cap Seven Tournament Championship. Leesville beat Broughton both times in the regular season, but this was different because the Pride would be playing for their fourth straight Cap Seven title. Both teams’ defenses held its ground throughout the first [...]

Leesville’s baseball senior night was Tuesday, May 4, versus Cap Seven rival Millbrook. The game would also put one of the two teams one game closer to becoming the Cap Seven champions. Millbrook would roll past the Pride 11-1. The night started off by honoring both the senior players and the sports medicine team followed [...]

At the Millbrook dual meet and the Wake County Championships, Lauren Strapp, senior, broke two school records. Strapp broke the 1600 meter record at the Millbrook meet on April 21 with a time of 5:07 and the 3200 meter record at the Championships on April 24 with a time of 10:55. Strapp already held the [...]

On Thursday, April 8, Tiger Woods returned to the Masters tournament in Augusta, Georgia after a four month leave of absence. He took the league of absence to deal with his recent publicity involving affairs. During his time away from golf, Woods entered himself into a sex rehabilitation clinic in Mississippi to receive treatment for [...]

On April 14 the men’s track team defeated Wakefield 74-72, recording their eleventh win and adding to their perfect record. Dedication, hard work ethic and practice have helped contribute to the Pride’s success this season. Nate Wooten, senior, throws shot put and the discus, believes the guys care about the team as a whole more [...]

Duke defeated Butler University, 61-59, on Monday, April 5, to claim their 4th NCAA championship; the win gave the ACC and the state of North Carolina back to back NCAA championships. Road to the Final Four Duke began the tournament with a dominating win against #16 seed Arkansas-Pine Bluff University, 73-44, followed by a win [...]

The Leesville varsity women’s soccer team kicked off the season with a scrimmage against Fuquay-Varina. The Pride defeated Fuquay 8-1 in a lop-sided battle. One part of the Pride’s success would be newly added attacking midfielder, Kelsey Reeves, freshman. The young Reeves started off her high school career with one assist. “She played great and [...]

The Wake County High School hockey Championship Tournament was held Feb. 6- 7 at Dreamsports in Apex. The tournament was set in a double elimination format, and Leesville entered the tournament as the second seed. In the first round Leesville faced Apex, a team who had beaten Leesville in the regular season. Leesville started off [...]

Leesville’s Varsity Basketball senior night was held Monday, Feb. 8, versus Sanderson High School. To recognize the senior ladies, jerseys were placed on the wall of the base line with their last names and numbers. The senior men wore pink socks or pink colored shoes to honor their last home game as well as support [...]

Spencer, Grayson and Chandler Hawkins are three brothers who have grown up competing in a sibling rivalry. All three have attended Leesville Road High School; Spencer graduated in the class of ’07, Grayson is currently a senior and Chandler is a sophomore. All three brothers have played basketball and football throughout school. Spencer led the [...]

The Leesville Varsity men’s basketball team entered winter break with a disappointing 4-7 record. The team continued to practice early during the break to prepare for the annual holiday tournament in Lee County. After winning the first three games of the season the team began slipping downhill losing its next seven bringing the record to [...]

In the Pride’s opener the team’s offense started strong, led by Bobby Iannuzzelli, who scored three goals; overall the team would manage to put seven goals past the opposing goalie. The defense would prove to be shaky, allowing six goals, four coming in the third period. The Pride would be able to hang on to [...]

PRE-PRACTICE/POWDER PUFF MEETING The players on each team became familiar with each other beginning on Oct. 1 when the Powder Puff meetings were held. The juniors, excited about the game, could not wait to get out on the field for the first time. The seniors, on the other hand, were eager to get back out [...]