Cougar sweep -- Goldsboro takes two from SSS

Good defense makes coaches smile. The Goldsboro High boys and girls teams used solid defensive efforts Tuesday night to sweep both games from Smithfield-Selma at the Cougar Den. The Cougar boys used a pressing defense and forced the Panthers to...

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Tough night for Golden Falcons

PIKEVILLE -- Picked by its peers to occupy the Eastern Carolina Conference cellar, Charles B. Aycock's varsity boys basketball team is sending its opponents an early message -- don't always believe what you see or hear. Just ask North Lenoir....

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Saints edge Vikings 73-71 in boys' action

DUDLEY -- If the Southern Wayne boys' basketball team is to win their second straight Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference title, non-conference games like Tuesday's battle with 4-A foe New Hanover will have the Saints prepared for the rigors of...

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Pride, Billups notch double-doubles for Spring Creek SEVEN SPRINGS -- Tomeka Pride and Brittani Billups each collected a double-double in Spring Creek's 50-46, non-conference victory against Hobbton on Tuesday evening. Pride tallied 19 points, 16 rebounds and two blocked shots...

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Trojan women remain perfect in four tries

CHARLOTTE -- Teneal Boone posted her second double-double of the year with 19 points and 10 rebounds and Ebony Green's three-point play with less than five minutes remaining put Mount Olive ahead to stay as the Trojans defeated Queens 78-70...

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Royals upset No. 6 Mount Olive in men's action

CHARLOTTE -- Mount Olive trailed by 10 at halftime and never got any closer than seven points in the second half Tuesday evening as the nationally sixth-ranked Trojans fell 95-80 to Queens. Elton Coffield led all scorers with a season-high...

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