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Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Michael Lawrence -- Boys Cross Country Athlete of the Year

Four years ago, Tony Parrish, a physical education teacher at Eastern Wayne, had a hunch that Michael Lawrence might be a solid cross country runner after watching Lawrence run a mile in five minutes and thirty seconds as a freshman....

Parrott beats buzzer to nip Wayne Christian

Arendell Parrott Academy junior Nathan Perry knocked down a running jump shot from the free throw line at the buzzer to push the Patriots past Wayne Christian 38-37 in non-conference action at the Eagles' gymnasium on Monday night. Perry finished...

Lady Falcons improve to 3-0 with win versus Greene Central

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock and Greene Central split a pair of varsity contests on Monday night in the Golden Falcons' gymnasium. Aycock's girls ran their record to 3-0 on the season, defeating the Rams for the second time this...

Vikings sit atop ECC poll

The Kinston boys' basketball team turned around its 2004-05 season by winning 10 of its final 12 games and advancing to a sectional championship game. That was enough for the Eastern Carolina 3-A basketball coaches to give the Vikings the...

Local sports digest

Wayne Country Day's Adam Wright dropped in 28 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and dished out four assists in the Chargers' 83-61 loss to Word of God-Raleigh on Monday night at home. Tavon Waters contributed 11 points and eight assists for...

Mount Olive College volleyball

MOUNT OLIVE -- Heidi Busch and Sara Christie were named to the first team, while Sam Mitchell and Nikki Murphy earned second team honors as Mount Olive led the Atlantic Region with four players on the 2005 Daktronics Division II...