Aycock, Goldsboro to meet for ECC 3-A tourney title

Thursday night at the Cougar Den, top-seeded Goldsboro and second-place Charles B. Aycock's women's basketball teams dispelled the often-used adage that it's hard to beat a team three times in the same season. Sparked by a season-high 24 points from...

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Turnovers kill Princeton in Carolina 1-A semis

MOUNT OLIVE - If the Princeton men's basketball team could only take back a few precious minutes of the first half, the Class 1-A Carolina Conference tournament final might have a vastly different look. Instead, North Johnston will be looking...

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No. 24 Mount Olive keeps pace in CVAC race

GAFFNEY, S.C. - The first half of Mount Olive's men's basketball game at Limestone looked like it might be a repeat of last year's trip to Gaffney for the Trojans, as well as a repeat of Monday night for Limestone....

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North Lenoir men blast into EPC 2-A final

SNOW HILL - Coach Paul Dunn had a two-word prediction about who will win tonight's Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference tournament final tonight at North Lenoir. Why not be confident after the Hawks' resounding 83-63 win over second-seeded Greene Central...

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Johnson no-hits MOC in doubleheader sweep

FLORENCE, S.C. - Jessica Johnson tossed a no-hitter as Francis Marion defeated Mount Olive 8-0 to complete a doubleheader sweep in non-conference softball Thursday at Florence. In the first game, Allie Aleman doubled in each of her first three at-bats...

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MOC women fall in OT

GAFFNEY, S.C. - Tiffany Jones scored 16 points and hit a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer at the end of regulation as Limestone defeated Mount Olive 76-67 in overtime in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference women's basketball Thursday at Gaffney. The loss...

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