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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Eagles pull away

A key defensive switch in the fourth quarter proved crucial as Rosewood's girls basketball team advanced to the Class 1-A N.C. High School Athletic Association sectional semifinals with a 48-34 win at home over Lejeune on Monday. With the score...

Bulldogs bounce Aycock

NASHVILLE -- Coming off not-so-good performances in their respective conference tournaments, Charles B. Aycock and Nash Central entered Monday evening's playoff contest with the same agenda -- stick to the game plan. Each team stayed within in the framework of...

Chris Brown signs with Barton soccer

Like many young athletes, Eastern Wayne's Chris Brown found soccer to be the ideal fall sport to keep him in shape for playing baseball. But, next fall, soccer will no longer be his secondary sport as the senior midfielder/defender will...

Goldsboro graduate leads Mount Olive College to big win over Pfeiffer

MOUNT OLIVE -- Victor Young scored a career-high 38 points to lead regionally seventh-ranked Mount Olive to a 105-89 victory over Pfeiffer in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference men's basketball Monday at Kornegay Arena. Elton Coffield added 26 points and Melvin Creddle...

Mount Olive women crush Lady Bulldogs

MOUNT OLIVE -- Teneal Boone led four players in double figures with 20 points as Mount Olive celebrated Senior Night with an 80-53 victory over Pfeiffer in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference women's basketball Monday at Kornegay Arena. Monday's contest was the...

Area wrestlers headed to state

MOREHEAD CITY -- Before wrestling his first individual match of the season, Chris Tesar sat in the old gymnasium athletic office and stated he wanted to achieve one goal -- a perfect record -- through regional competition this season. Tesar...