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Defense, rebounding lift Cougar girls

GREENVILLE -- No game film. No scouting report. Goldsboro's eastern regional semifinal against East Chapel Hill could have been compared to a blind date. Would the Cougars survive those awkward first minutes, and settle down? At first, the answer...

Jackson shows heart in 4th quarter

GREENVILLE -- Midway through the fourth quarter, a Goldsboro fan noticed that Chevoya Jackson appeared injured and nearly every head turned toward the court. Jackson, who was suffering from cramps, limped downcourt after teammate Clintoria Bryant put the ball...

Track meet favors Hawks in regional

LAGRANGE -- Charlie Stevens has been getting his North Lenoir basketball team prepared to play East Bladen in the N.C. High School Athletic Association's Class 2-A eastern semifinals game tonight at Minges Arena in Greenville. It's a basketball game....

Golden Falcons throttle Eagles

What a difference a week makes. Last Thursday, Wayne County was digging itself out of upwards of seven inches of snow. Thursday afternoon under beautiful 70-degree plus conditions, Charles B. Aycock kicked off its 2004 baseball season with an...

Can Trojans make history tonight at Erskine?

MOC Sports Information Coming into the 2003-04 season, the Mount Olive College men's basketball team had two primary goals -- to win a conference championship and to advance to NCAA postseason play. Tonight, the Trojans have a chance to take...

Case hurls 6-hitter against VSU

MOC Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- Erin Case tossed a six-hitter as host Mount Olive College defeated Virginia State University 5-1 in game two of a non-conference NCAA Division II softball doubleheader Thursday afternoon on the Nancy Cassell Chapman diamond....

Trojan baseball team heads to St. Andrews

MOC Sports Information The Mount Olive baseball team resumes conference action this weekend as the Trojans travel to Laurinburg to take on St. Andrews in a three-game NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference series. The two teams will play a...

Greene Central sweeps South Central

WINTERVILLE -- The Greene Central boys and girls track teams remained unbeaten in two outings with a non-conference sweep of South Central on Thursday afternoon. Tyvonne Johnson prevailed in four events, sparking the Rams past the Falcon boys 73-45. Johnson...

Smith's 73 paces CBA golfers

CBA's Smith medals in win WILSON -- Dustin Smith carded a 1-over par 73, leading Charles B. Aycock past Wilson Beddingfield 302-348 in a non-conference match contested Thursday at Wedgewood Golf Course. Jonathan Burke completed Smith's effort with a 74....

Rosewood netters slip past Chargers

Rosewood prevailed in two of three doubles matches and squeezed past Ayden-Grifton 5-4 in a Classes 1-A/2-A Carolina/Eastern Plains Conference tennis match Thursday afternoon. The Eagles' No. 1 doubles of Wesley Lovelady/Matt Mitchell triumphed 8-3 against the Chargers' Brandon Jordan-Kyle...

Gudac tallies 4 goals for N. Johnston

PINETOPS -- Jenna Gudac registered the hat trick-plus-one (four goals) as North Johnston romped past SouthWest Edgecombe 6-0 in a Classes 1-A/2-A Carolina/Super Six/Eastern Plains Conference match Thursday evening. Gudac scored the Panthers' lone goal in the 24th minute. She...