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Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Soccer players of the year

Charles B. Aycock junior forward Garrett Davis didn’t get a chance to see freshman Alex Rodriguez during preseason soccer practices this summer. Davis was busy hurling fastballs for the Wayne County Post 11 American Legion team. Still, he heard...

Trojans rally past Patriots

MOUNT OLIVE -- Even a team loaded with talent at the guard spots needs a specific leader to step up on a given night. The second half of Tuesday night's non-conference game against Francis Marion (S.C.) University was Mount Olive...

Prichard delivers tough shot

MOUNT OLIVE -- Freshman Tomeka Prichard drained an off-balanced, turn-around shot on the baseline to give Mount Olive a one-point lead with 6.3 seconds left in regulation. But those six-plus seconds seemed like an eternity. Virginia State senior Erica Glasper...

Gators start low, capture nine-point win vs. Midway

SEVEN SPRINGS -- High School basketball games are not supposed to be this good in November. The Spring Creek boys looked to be in mid-season form with good shooting and crisp ball-handling in a 78-69 victory over Midway in a...

Local sports digest

SMITHFIELD -- Southern Wayne's Delawn Armwood -- one of seven Saints' seniors -- knocked down six 3-pointers on his way to a career-high 39-point performance as the Saints dropped Smithfield-Selma 106-78 at the Spartans' gymnasium on Tuesday. It was the...