Game of the Week -- Roanoke Rapids at Rosewood

Midweek football practices are usually scripted and drills are acutely timed. For good reason, Rosewood went a little lighter than usual on Wednesday afternoon. Just three days removed from a physical 23-12 loss in the rain to Hobbton on Tuesday...

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Braves blank Lady Trojans

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive held a 12-5 shot advantage in the second half, but the Trojans were unable to find the back of the net, falling to UNC Pembroke 2-0 in non-conference women's soccer Wednesday at Trojan Field. Melanie...

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Rams hand Eastern Wayne first loss

Eastern Wayne's bid for a perfect finish against non-conference, volleyball opposition came to a grinding halt Wednesday afternoon. Outside hitter Stacie West delivered four kills in the decisive fifth set as Havelock claimed a 23-25, 25-19, 25-20, 18-25, 15-11 victory...

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Local sports digest

Eastern Wayne's Bryan Coltrane scored two goals in the Warriors 5-0 win at home over North Lenoir on Wednesday. Eric Suncin, John Choi and Jose Ponce added one goal each for Eastern Wayne, while Coltrane, Will Hughes and Dustin Smith...

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Trojans win 9-1 at Chowan

MURFREESBORO -- Bradley Carroll and Matt Wallin scored two goals apiece and Erik Small added a goal and two assists to lead Mount Olive to a 9-1 win over Chowan in non-conference men's soccer Wednesday at Murfreesboro. The win snaps...

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K-Tribe wins preseason opener

SALEM, Va. -- The Kinston Indians opened the postseason by beating Salem in game one of the best-of-three Southern Division Series 9-6 on Wednesday night. Shaky Salem fielding led to Kinston bolting out to a 7-0 lead after five innings....

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Memorial service for Capato will be today at 7:30 pm

A memorial service for former Mount Olive College student and tennis player Bruno Capato will be held tonight at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mount Olive. The memorial is open to the public. Capato passed away in...

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