Mount Olive now ranked No. 7 in Division II

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive earned its second national top 10 preseason ranking as the Trojans are picked No. 7 in the 2005-06 Division II Bulletin Preseason Men's Basketball Top 25. Division II Bulletin also named guard Elton Coffield as...

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Trojans preseason No 1 in CVAC

Mount Olive received eight of 11 first-place votes and was picked No. 1 in the 2005-06 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll, it was announced Monday. The Trojans received 98 points and finished seven points ahead of...

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MOC loss now a tie

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive's men's soccer match against Lees-McRae, which took place this past Saturday at Trojan Field, has been ruled a 1-1 tie, it was announced Monday by Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Commissioner Alan Patterson. The contest was ruled...

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Local sports digest

Due to Monday's steady rain, several area soccer games were rescheduled. The semifinals of the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference tournament -- Eastern Wayne vs. Wilson Hunt (5 p.m.) and Wilson Beddingfield vs. Charles B. Aycock (7 p.m.) -- were...

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Winter sports schedules needed

Athletics Directors and Winter sports coaches: Please submit Winter sports schedules to the News-Argus as soon as possible By fax -- (919) 778-5408 or e-mail -- sportsline@newsargus.com...

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