ECC men's tennis championship

SNOW HILL -- "Get in there and fight for it." Eastern Wayne tennis coach Nancy Dawson offered that advice to the top-seeded tandem of Chris Knobling-Eric Barnes during a changeover Wednesday afternoon. The duo took a deep breath, returned to...

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Local digest

KENLY -- Rosewood found the back of the net three times in the first half, and held on to beat Class 1-A Carolina Conference rival North Johnston, 3-1, on Wednesday evening. Gabby Cornman opened the scoring for the Eagles, finding...

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Pope pioneered Rosewood athletics

Steve Craft lost a great comrade. Rosewood lost an ambassador to its community. Friends, family, former students and athletes paid their final respects to Branch Pope at the Seymour Funeral Home Chapel on Wednesday afternoon. A vibrant, influential individual known...

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Saints top Kinston 6-2

DUDLEY -- Survive and advance. Southern Wayne is taking that approach during the 2008 Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference baseball tournament, which began Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Saints took their first step with a 6-2 victory over fifth-seeded Kinston on the...

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Eastern Wayne soccer advances

Eastern Wayne won't take its title shot for granted. Not after defeating pesky Wilson Beddingfield 2-1 in the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference women's soccer tournament semifinals on Wednesday evening. Runners-up in regular-season play, the second-seeded Warriors (10-6-0 overall) travel...

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C.B. Aycock downs Beddingfield

WILSON -- Part of the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference regular-season softball championship will reside in Pikeville for another season. Charles B. Aycock made sure of it Wednesday evening. The reigning ECC regular-season and tournament champions, the Golden Falcons hammered...

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