Warrior's Wooten slugs two home runs

DUDLEY -- Eastern Wayne head baseball coach Jabo Fulghum, despite his team's early-season misgivings, knew a tough non-conference slate had prepared them for Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference play. If Tuesday's performance against archrival Southern Wayne is any indication of...

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C.B. Aycock rallies past Beddingfield

WILSON -- Aaron Dew's first-inning home run didn't seem to shake up defending state 3-A baseball champion Charles B. Aycock on a sun-splashed Tuesday afternoon. "It was a wake-up call," said Aycock head coach Charles Davis. Indeed. The Golden Falcons...

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ECC 3-A golf -- Easter Wayne leads after first 18-hole tournament

MOUNT OLIVE -- The weather might have seemed ideal for a perfect day of golf, but it didn't merit low scores on the Southern Wayne Country Club links Tuesday afternoon. Players found the winding course difficult to tame in the...

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MOC sports digest

MOUNT OLIVE -- Freshman Aubrey Reinhard ripped her first-ever collegiate home run as Mount Olive swept in-state foe Fayetteville State University on Tuesday afternoon. Reinhard, who starred at Rosewood High, belted the round-tripper as the Trojans defeated the Bulldogs 8-0...

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Local digest

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Greene Central improved its record to 4-0 with a 7-1 win at Spring Creek on Tuesday. Michael Speedy, Trey Beaman and Chris Leggett each had two hits for the Rams. Beaman got Greene Central on the board...

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