WCDS men advance to Charlotte Country Day

The Wayne Country Day men's basketball team had Waccamaw Academy by the numbers Tuesday night. In every possible sense. The sixth-seeded Chargers -- including several members of the school's conference champion JV squad -- used a 16-0 second-quarter run to...

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MOC men leap to best-ever No. 15 in Division II poll

MOUNT OLIVE - Mount Olive earned its highest-ever national ranking, jumping nine spots to No. 15 in this week's NABC Division II men's basketball Top 25, it was announced Tuesday by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. The Trojans spent...

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C.B. Aycock women claim 'ugly' playoff win

PIKEVILLE - Ugly, unintense and unemotional. Veteran Charles B. Aycock women's basketball coach Gary Hales used those adjectives to describe his team's effort Tuesday evening against Smithfield-Selma. Had you not seen the game and listened to Hales' narrative in the...

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MOC baseball batters Shaw Univ.

MOUNT OLIVE - Santos Estremera's bases-loaded triple highlighted an eight-run fourth inning and Daniel Wood pitched six innings of scoreless relief as Mount Olive defeated Shaw 18-4 in non-conference baseball Tuesday at Scarborough Field. Stephen Nordan had three doubles, while...

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Eagles soar into second-round matchup at Midway

During the Class 1-A Carolina Conference tournament, the Rosewood's women's basketball team was unable to get revenge against league rival North Johnston in the semifinals. Tuesday night in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association playoffs, the...

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Hobgood ends WCDS women's season in NCISAA first round

Adversity brings out the best in the Hobgood Academy women's basketball team. It was a lesson learned too late by Wayne Country Day. Visiting Hobgood overcame 28 turnovers and a depleted roster that included only seven players Tuesday night to...

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