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It's a slam dunk - ACC stars wow sellout crowd at Wayne Country Day

Many of the spectators wore Wolfpack red and Carolina or Duke blue. But on this night, they were all rooting for the same team -- and same cause. Some of the top seniors from around the Atlantic Coast Conference were...

State-ranked C.B. Aycock drills four HRs

PIKEVILLE -- Both with three non-conference games around spring break, Charles B. Aycock and Spring Creek have hopes of using these contests as a springboard into the second half of their league schedules. The scoreboard may look like only one...

Crowe, Best combine to lift Chargers past RMA

Wayne Country Day's Georgia Crowe and Virginia Best scored two goals in merely three minutes as the Chargers claimed a 3-2 win at home over Rocky Mount Academy on Thursday afternoon. WCDS (8-5 overall) improved to 4-2 in the Coastal...

WCDS netters struggle on match point

Wayne Country Day came agonizingly close to knocking off Rocky Mount Academy on Thursday afternoon, but couldn't convert three critical match points. The Eagles fended off those match points, including two in singles play, and turned back the Chargers 7-2...

Eastern Wayne men's tennis team closer to ECC title

WILSON -- The magic number is one. Eastern Wayne moved within one victory of claiming its first-ever Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference men's regular-season tennis championship after defeating Wilson Beddingfield 9-0 on Thursday. The Warriors (11-2) remained perfect in eight...

K-Tribe collects sixth consecutive victory

KINSTON -- The Kinston Indians just can't lose. The Indians completed a four-game sweep of Wilmington, winning their sixth game in a row with a 4-1 victory over the Blue Rocks on Thursday night. Starting pitcher Scott Lewis gave up...