Gamble pays off

RALEIGH -- The Glaxo-SmithKline Invitational has had its share of big name players over the years. NBA stars like Penny Hardaway, Tim Thomas, Travis Best, Allan Houston, Chris Duhon, Shawn Bradley, Jerry Stackhouse and Phil Ford, to name a few,...

Published: Dec 29, 2006 2:11 PM Full Story

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Varsity boys Princeton falls in championship game ROBERSONVILLE -- The Princeton Bulldogs fell to the 10-1 Roanoke Redskins 75-52 in the championship game of the Roanoke Holiday Tournament on Thursday night. Daniel Jarrell scored 12 points to lead Princeton and...

Published: Dec 29, 2006 2:10 PM Full Story

Mount Olive tries to make it four in a row

The last two times the Mount Olive women's basketball team has played the same team in back-to-back games, the Trojans have swept the series. The Trojans are one win away from making it three consecutive sweeps. Mount Olive returns to...

Published: Dec 29, 2006 2:09 PM Full Story

Trojans return to action after long layoff

After going more than three weeks since its last game, the Mount Olive men's basketball team begins a stretch of four games in six days, beginning this weekend at the UNC Pembroke Classic at Pembroke. The Trojans take on Chowan...

Published: Dec 29, 2006 2:07 PM Full Story