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Sunday, January 25, 2004

Youth, inexperience plague Cougar boys

Youth and inexperience crept into Goldsboro High's basketball's game and led to critical mistakes against Washington's boys in Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference play Friday evening. Two fourth-quarter turnovers, within a 15-second span, proved costly as the Pam Pack...

Aycock girls, Saint boys top rivals

DUDLEY -- Defense was a staple of the Southern Wayne boys basketball team's regular-season and Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference tournament championship run last year. Five new starters and one year later, the Saints are finding their defensive stride again....

EW - W Carteret

Eastern Wayne's boys basketball team certainly believes in share-and-share alike. It's the kind of philosophy that keeps then in the hunt for the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference regular-season title. Eastern Wayne put five players in double figures and shot...

Spring Creek nearly hits century mark

CALYPSO -- Spring Creek came out gunning and nearly hit 100 points as the Gators chomped North Duplin 99-66 Friday night in a key Carolina 1-A Conference clash at the Rebels' gym. "They shot the ball extremely well, especially in...

Rosewood girls suffer first Carolina loss

FARMVILLE -- Rosewood's girls took Farmville Central down to the last four minutes before the Lady Jaguars went on a late run to beat the Lady Eagles 59-46 Friday night in a battle of Carolina 1-A Conference leaders. The 18-4...

Saints dominate Millbrook Quads

RALEIGH -- Seven Southern Wayne wrestlers finished the day unbeaten as the Saints captured three victories in the Millbrook Quads contested Friday at Millbrook High School. Mastafa Springston, Stephen Witt, Reggie Faire, Josh Richards, Jonathan McKinney, Kevin Hash and Thomas...

Rosewood knocks off Princeton

PRINCETON -- Rosewood placed first in 12 of 13 events and received three individual first-place finishes from Brandon Briggs in a 90-18 victory against Princeton in Class 1-A Carolina Conference indoor track competition. Briggs prevailed in the long jump (17...

Galarza paces Mount Olive men

BANNER ELK -- Johnny Galarza led a balanced offensive attack with 13 points as Mount Olive College hammered Lees-McRae 98-71 in an NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference men's basketball game Saturday. The Trojans, ranked No. 2 in the East...

Pirates picked 5th in preseason CUSA baseball poll

CHICAGO -- Coming off of its sixth consecutive NCAA appearance and armed with 17 returning lettermen, Tulane has been selected as the preseason favorite in the 2004 Conference USA baseball poll, chosen by the league's 12 head coaches. East Carolina...