Rosewood and North Duplin tennis

News-Argus/Kaye Nesbit Rosewood senior Kayce Brantham returns a shot to North Duplin's Brittany Coley during their singles match Tuesday afternoon at Mount Olive College. Brantham improved to 13-0 overall with a 6-0, 6-0 win -- her seventh shutout of...

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Trojans ranked No. 5

MOUNT OLIVE -- Expectations exceeded. Coming off its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight, the Mount Olive College men's basketball team finds itself ranked among the nation's top 10 programs heading into November. Writers at Street and...

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Lawrence, Warriors run past Falcons

PIKEVILLE -- Eastern Wayne's Michael Lawrence ran a first-place time of 17 minutes, 21 seconds and paced five Warriors among the top runners in Eastern Wayne's 18-37 victory at county rival Charles B. Aycock on Tuesday afternoon. Joey Burridge finished...

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Eagles wrap up conference title

MOUNT OLIVE -- Before the girls' tennis season began, first-year Rosewood High coach Debbie Bailey held a stenciled foot in her hands. The players stared and waited for Bailey's explanation, which was simple. Bailey said the team's goal is to...

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Local sports digest

Aycock tennis team wins another championship Charles B. Aycock blanked Eastern Wayne 9-0 and put the finishing touches on its fifth consecutive Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference regular-season tennis title and 27th overall in program history Tuesday afternoon. The Golden...

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