Back to the Big Dance: MOC men face Millersville (Pa.)

MOUNT OLIVE -- Experienced and loaded. Mount Olive College men's basketball coach Bill Clingan used those two words to describe Millersville (Pa.) University, the Trojans' opening-round opponent in this weekend's NCAA Division II East Regional. He's not wrong. The Marauders...

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Wayne Country Day opens season with 5-3 win at North Duplin

CALYPSO -- The players sitting in the Wayne Country Day School dugout watched in awe as North Duplin pitcher Doug Lloyd set down the Chargers 1-2-3 in the first inning. The nervousness of an opening game and going against a...

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Golden Falcons' Talton signs with Pitt Community College

PIKEVILLE -- Junior Bailey is on a mission to find -- and sign -- the best softball talent eastern North Carolina has to offer. The second-year Pitt Community College head coach hasn't done too bad, so far. Before Bailey pulled...

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Lancaster (Shelly) delivers game-winning hit PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock put together another seventh-inning rally Thursday evening and turned back Clayton, 2-1, on the Golden Falcons' diamond. Emily Jordan drew a one-out walk. Heather Farmer, Jordan's courtesy runner, scored when...

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