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Mount Olive men crowns visiting Queens

MOUNT OLIVE -- A pleasant surprise. A great defensive effort. No one would argue with veteran men's basketball coach Bill Clingan's assessment of Mount Olive College's 104-62 dismantling of Queens University of Charlotte on Saturday evening at College Hall. Six...

MOC women hold off fiesty Royals

MOUNT OLIVE -- Nothing was going to stop the Mount Olive women's basketball team from remaining undefeated in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference. Not a car accident the previous night and not even a better-than-advertised group of Royals. Senior guard Ladora...

Goldsboro High teams sweep at S. Wayne

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne entered Friday's contest against county rival Goldsboro as the lone unbeaten team in the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference ranks. The Saints no longer hold that distinction. Goldsboro held Southern Wayne without a field goal in...

Blue Devils upset N. Lenior

DEEP RUN -- South Lenoir coach Jimmy Smith stood in the middle of the Munn Gymnasium basketball court, surrounded by hundreds of cheering Blue Devils' supporters. He was crying, but he didn't care who saw him. South Lenoir had just...

E. Wayne splits at C.B. Aycock

PIKEVILLE -- Quaneisha Milner made a believer out of Eastern Wayne women's basketball coach Brent Holland. Charles B. Aycock's junior point guard did a number on Holland's team, too. Milner scored 10 points and dished out five assists -- including...

Gators improve to 3-1 in Class 1-A Carolina Conference

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Before his free throws Friday night against Farmville Central, Spring Creek's Chris Wright spun the ball, took two dribbles, then swirled the ball behind his back. It was the first time the senior guard used the pre-shot...

Princeton-N. Johnston

PRINCETON -- A standing-room-only crowd at Princeton was treated Friday night to another chapter in the heated cross-county basketball rivalry between the Bulldogs and North Johnston. The teams split in two extremely physical Class 1-A Carolina games. North Johnston cruised...

Prep basketball roundup

The third meeting in a 20-day span between Wayne Country Day and Rosewood ended in the same fashion Friday evening. Spenser Briggs sizzled the nets for a game-high 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in a 66-36 non-conference victory in...

Fall state Wachovia Cup standings

CHAPEL HILL -- Charles B. Aycock (Class 3-A), Greene Central (Class 2-A) and Rosewood (Class 1-A) were among the top 14 in their respective classifications in the fall sports, according to the Wachovia Cup standings released by the N.C. High...