School of Rock teaches art of live performance




CORNELIUS – Students are often told they can pursue any career they set their minds to. But what if the dream is to be a rock star?The School of Rock offers youth a chance to be trained in live music performance. The private music education program started in 2002 in Philadelphia, and a franchise recently opened here.The School of Rock […]

Students organize event to honor veterans




DAVIDSON – Students at Community School of Davidson helped plan a public service project to honor local military veterans at a ceremony on Friday, Nov. 4. Veterans Day is Friday, Nov. 11.Kim DuBois, a practicum leader and substitute teacher at CSD, is responsible for organizing community events. This year, DuBois planned a community blood drive for the Red Cross and […]

Reflecting on a veteran’s story


Guest Editorial

Every year when Veterans Day comes around I always think about my wife’s grandfather.  Like many members of the Greatest Generation, the man had a story for every situation.  After getting to know him and hearing those stories (some more than once), I dubbed him “Forrest Gump without the money.”Grandpa had more careers and life experience than most.  He was […]

Football stats through 11 games




OffensePassingPassing       NameSchoolGamesComp.Att.YardsTDsINTsSam HartmanDD112293483,733456Richard LatimerWM101642682,929369Kyle HolcombMIC111312092,8483410Cole LadowskiLN111091851,658123Marcus GrahamEL10811441,626218Jackson GibbsHou111262221,509156Jaelan AndersonNM101062031,319155Bailey JonesSLC101112351,3191112Teddy SpoonerLNC11992171,290125Luke WattsCSD8771871,106819Nick FerensEG105610973986Chris MurrellM11437750823Josh BenfieldEG7315250444Reed McRorieNL11347941536Kenneth NusserM9183733331Jo Jo CastronovoPLP1193514223RushingRushing     NameSchoolGamesCarriesYardsTDsDonshel JettonM112321,74122Cole JacksonLN112121,59023Emanuel WilsonNM102011,45014Aapri WashingtonMIC11721,10414Jarrett NagyHou111541,0498Taylor HochmanPLP111539039Will HarwoodPLP111428008Stephen JacksonNL81117836Terrell HagerMIC98876112Marcus GrahamEL109574011Jared JonesWM11967072Sean DuganLNC111256867Chandler JonesEL9956454Will HussSLC1013555010Elijah BurrisMIC7695504Nick FerensEG10945428Ethan HicksNL10674985Cole LadowskiLN118049310Clayton CribbDD11794899Myles DarkCSD91104425TJ SandersEG9974313Trevor ChildersEL106841810Richard LatimerWM101073919Kris PetroskiPLP11483736Lazarus HayesM10503564ReceivingReceiving     NameSchoolGamesReceptionsYardsTDsNolan GroulxDD111081,85324Tikwan JohnsonMIC11431,03312Eric Gallman IIMIC11501,00413Cameron DollarEL104897812Khafre BrownWM93380212Dyami BrownWM104479510Aapri WashingtonMIC113375111Tommy LawleyDD114168410Tyler BarnesWM10416718Jake FicaraCSD9395956Aedon JohnsonDD11325904Austin RobinsonLN11295868Cameron EvansHou11434565Nyree HardyNM10254187Nick FerensEG10154164Jacob NelsonDD11263834Emanuel […]

Arts & Entertainment Briefs – Week of 11/11



Arts Center to hold holiday-themed activities CORNELIUS – The Cornelius Arts Center has several upcoming events. Santa’s Mailbox comes to the center from Nov. 28 to Dec. 15. Youth should bring their letters to Santa and send it express to the North Pole. Writers are asked to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope so Santa can write them back. Cocoa with Santa will take place […]

Veteran’s Day ceremony




Army veteran Michael Macintyre and his son, Garret, a fifth-grader at Community School of Davidson.

Boyle




Former North Lincoln cross country star Chris Boyle will walk in the NYC Veterans Day Parade.

Faith Briefs – Week of 11/11



Book club to meetHUNTERSVILLE – The Lake Forest Church-Huntersville Women’s Book Club will meet 7-8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 14, at Waterbean Coffee off of Exit 25 in Huntersville.The discussion will be on the book, “The Nightingale,” by Kristin Hannah.The novel celebrates the resiliency of the human spirit and durability of women.There is no need to RSVP for the event.For more […]

News Briefs




Fatal crash on Sam Furr and WestmorelandHUNTERSVILLE – At 6:50 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, Huntersville police responded to a motor vehicle crash involving three vehicles at the intersection of Sam Furr Road and Westmoreland Road.The crash involved a passenger car, a pickup truck and a cargo van, according to a release from the Huntersville Police Department.The driver of the passenger […]

Spartans stake claim to title

CSD finished the season 28-1, riding a 26-game win streak and with the first volleyball title in school history.


DAVIDSON – Each of the previous three seasons, the Community School of Davidson volleyball season has ended in the fourth round of the playoffs.It almost happened again. South Stanly had pushed the Spartans to a 3-2 game earlier in the year and opened up the team’s fourth round playoff game with a win in the first and fourth games.They appeared […]