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Saints' Connelley named men's coach of the year

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mike Connelley was looking for a sense of community. Southern Wayne High School was looking for wins on the basketball court. It turned out to be a match made in heaven. In his first season with the...

Warriors denied win at Grimsley tournament

GREENVILLE -- Eastern Wayne stumbled 2-1 against D.H. Conley in the opening game of the Jimmie R. Grimsley Hot Stove League tournament on Saturday afternoon at Guy Smith Stadium. Tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the sixth inning, Alex...

Faith Christian collects first NCCSA win of season

Six players collected two hits apiece as Faith Christian hammered Trinity Christian-Greenville 12-3 in a N.C. Christian Schools Association contest. John Spencer doubled and slapped a fourth-inning grand slam home run -- his first of the season. Stephen Sloan, T.J....

Coker sweeps MOC in CVAC baseball

HARTSVILLE, S.C. -- Coker College pulled off a three-game sweep of defending NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference baseball champion Mount Olive College on Saturday afternoon with a 6-5 come-from-behind victory. Coker improved to 18-15 overall and 9-6 in the...

George Mason upends Trojan spikers

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Mount Olive battled to the wire in the first two games, but George Mason pulled away in game three for a 30-23, 30-28, 30-17 in men's college volleyball action Friday evening. Michael Kren and Steve Perez led...

Limestone takes softball doubleheader at MOC

MOUNT OLIVE -- A seventh-inning rally came up short as Mount Olive fell to Limestone (S.C.) College 4-2 in game one of an NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference softball doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Nancy Chapman Cassell Field. In the...

Coffield named all-East Region

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive College guard Elton Coffield has been named to the NABC Division II men's basketball All-East Region first team, as selected by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Coffield was named Most Outstanding Player at the...

Snyder earns first collegiate victory

PINEHURST -- Eastern Wayne High School graduate Lindsey Snyder captured first place out of 15 golfers in the women's competition, while Mount Olive finished third out of 15 teams in the men's competition as the Trojans competed in the St....