Victor Vic Johnson Jr., a social activist and former teacher, school administrator and member of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education, died Wednesday night of COVID-19 at Forsyth Medical Center. He was 85.
Constance Johnson, Vic s wife, said Thursday that she, her husband and their daughter, LaTanya Kim Johnson, were recently infected with the coronavirus, and they were treated at the hospital. Constance Johnson said she and her daughter have recovered from the virus. Fortunately, we were able to come home, but he wasn t, Constance Johnson said. With his age and other underlying conditions he (had), it was just too much for him to recover from.
AUGUSTA University of North Georgia women s basketball player Caroline Martin was named the Peach Belt Conference Player of the Week Monday, the league office announced.
Martin got her collegiate career off to a fast start, averaging 17.7 points per game in her first three contests. The freshman from North Forsyth High School in Coal Mountain, scored 14 against Augusta, 23 against Flagler and 16 against USC Aiken, hitting 41 percent from the field. She added four rebounds per game along with five assists and four steals as the 16th-ranked Nighthawks won all three contests.
Against Flagler, she hit seven of 14 shots from the field and three of six three-pointers. Her 23 points in that game is tied for second-most in a single game so far this season. Martin is currently the top-scoring freshman in NCAA Division II and is fourth in the PBC in points and leads the conference in free throws made and attempted.