Twin Counties to send seven teams to state volleyball playoffs

The Twin Counties will send seven high school volleyball teams to the North Carolina High School Athletic Association state playoffs this weekend. North East Carolina Prep, North Edgecombe and Rocky Mount Prep (Class 1A), Nash Central (Class 4A), Rocky Mount and Southern Nash (Class 5A) and Northern Nash (Class 6A) are all in the postseason this year. The Gryphons (4-16) are seeded No. 21, and they will be the first local team to play when they travel to Elon to face No. 12 seed Western Alamance (14-6) at 6 p.m. on Friday. The remaining teams all play Saturday. At 11...