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Winston-Salem, NC — If you’re headed south at any point over the next few days and see some red and white streak past, it might belong to a Winston-Salem State University fan. The Rams are playing in Saturday’s NCAA Division II National Championship game in Florence, Ala., and they’ll have plenty of support. Not only will WSSU fans being cheering [...]

Jonathan Figgers, a student at Winston-Salem State University, is the winner of a $10,000 scholarship from the 105 Voices of History HBCU National Concert Choir. Figgers, a bass from Charlotte, was one of two students who represented WSSU at the event in September at the Andrew Mellon Stage in Washington. He started participating in rehearsals around the country in April [...]

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL Lake Marion 3, Lee Central 0 The Lady Gators defeated Lee Central 25-9, 25-7, 25-9 in region play. MarQuayla Lee-Parson pushed Lake Marion to victory with 20 points, three kills and three aces. Sherie Asberry had 19 points, 10 aces and three kills. Carmen Robinson finished with 13 points, four aces and two kills. Nekochia Moody tallied 11 [...]

Defending Central Interscholastic Athletic Association (CIAA) and 2011 NCAA semifinalist Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) scored 21 points in the second half and rolled to a 35-3 victory over Bowie State University (BSU) on Saturday Sept. 29 in Bowie, Md. The Bulldogs fell to 3-2 overall on the season and 0-2 in CIAA play, while Winston-Salem State improves to 5-0 overall [...]

It’s more than a game. Yeah, yeah, sports fans say that all the time. But it’s true in the case of the Cleveland Classic. At noon Saturday, the football game features Morehouse College against Winston-Salem State University at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Tickets start at $15 and are available through ticketmaster.com. But the second year of the Classic also rolls out [...]

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Winston-Salem State University alumnus Donald Cureton Jr. is featured on the latest edition of Charlotte’s The Paradigm Beauty & Barber Magazine. The 34 year-old Mecklenburg County District Court judge sports a fresh haircut in the cover photo, but Paradigm writer Rashad Phillips says it was his former Garinger High School (Charlotte) classmate’s achievements, not his sense of style, that made [...]