Extra Effort Award Coverage
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Terry Sanford's Davis Molnar puts in Extra Effort in basketball and with his brother
Davis Molnar is a Tom Suiter Extra Effort award winner from Terry Sanford High School. -
Virginia Batten dances with extra effort
Virginia Batten wins Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award -
Virginia Batten dances with Extra Effort
They say dance like no one's watching. Virginia Batten dances so that someday everyone will. -
Extra Effort: Owen Schmitz is dedicated to his Middle Creek, his business and his family
Owen Schmitz is a senior defensive end and wide receiver for Middle Creek. He also runs his own landscaping business and visits his father weekly in the hospital who is battling Leukemia. -
Extra Effort: Owen Schmitz is dedicated to Middle Creek, his business and his family
Owen Schmitz is a defensive end and wide receiver for Middle Creek. He also runs his own landscaping business and visits his father weekly in the hospital as he battles Leukemia. -
Extra Effort winner Brooke Zettel bound for college and Olympic Trials
For someone who makes a habit out of beating the clock, sometimes there simply aren't enough hours in the day for Brooke Zettel. -
Family and faith driving forces for Extra Effort winner Kaden Sigmon
Grace Christian's Kaden Sigmon will play college baseball at Dickinson College, perhaps bound for medical school after that. Before he sets sail on a no-doubt successful voyage, we had a going-away present: the Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award. -
"Gritty" Extra Effort Award Winner Pearce gets what she sets her mind on
There simply aren't enough hours in the day for North Johnston High's Arial Pearce. -
Extra Effort: High school football player always 'finds a way'
A torn meniscus and ACL disruption stole Scott Casagrande's final high school football showdown away from him, but Jared Fialko found out the Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award winner always "finds a way." -
Cape Fear cheerleader puts Extra Effort into program that feeds hungry
Avery Pickett started a Backback Buddies program at her church as a third grader. It has grown into feeding 138 students per week in the Fayetteville area. -
Extra Effort: Claire Andersen, Middle Creek (Feb. 27, 2020)
Extra Effort: Claire Andersen, Middle Creek (Feb. 27, 2020) -
Hail to the Chief! Middle Creek lacrosse standout, student body president earns Extra Effort Award
Claire Andersen is always thinking of others while showing school spirit, whether it's on the lacrosse field or as Middle Creek High School's student body president. -
Extra Effort: Lucy Leen, Leesville Road (Feb. 21, 2020)
Extra Effort: Lucy Leen, Leesville Road (Feb. 21, 2020) -
Follow Lucy Leen's lead; Leesville Road basketball standout, newspaper editor earns Extra Effort Award
Lucy has earned the respect that comes with four years of varsity experience, two seasons as a co-captain and a full basketball scholarship to Rollins College in Florida. She's done it all playing point guard, the position that commands leadership. -
Extra Effort: Dallas Wilson, Cape Fear (Feb. 13, 2020)
Dallas Wilson of Cape Fear High School is this week's Extra Effort winner. -
Cape Fear Extra Effort winner takes family's passion for wrestling to state title again
Dallas Wilson is a two-time defending NCHSAA 3A state wrestling champion for Cape Fear High who is going to his third straight title this Saturday. His father, Heath, is also his coach. Back in 1990, the elder Wilson also won a state title wrestling for Cape Fear. -
Extra Effort: Tristan Smith, Terry Sanford (Feb. 7, 2020)
Extra Effort: Tristan Smith, Terry Sanford (Feb. 7, 2020) -
Hard work, karate mindset lead to swimming success for Extra Effort Award winner
Terry Sanford senior Tristan Smith will swim for a state title in the 100-meter freestyle event, but he took a unique path there considering he was scared to go in the water as a kid. -
Extra Effort: Christian Decatur, C.B. Aycock (Jan. 23, 2020)
Extra Effort: Christian Decatur, C.B. Aycock (Jan. 23, 2020) -
Extra Effort: Aaron Ross, Northwood (Jan. 16, 2020)
Extra Effort: Aaron Ross, Northwood (Jan. 16, 2020)
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