Cornman boots crucial penalty kick

PRINCETON -- "Gabby! You take it." An astonished Gabby Cornman looked toward coach Eddie Maldonado. Cornman pointed to herself. "Me?" she asked. Maldonado shook his head, "yes." Cornman slowly stepped to the penalty kick line, took a deep breath and...

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Local Preps Digest

From staff reports Wayne Country Day is peaking at the right time. Cameron Ford smashed the game-winning home run in the sixth inning as the Chargers stunned No. 2-ranked Kerr-Vance Academy 11-10 in their Class 1-A Coastal Plains Independent Conference...

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Mount Olive men's golf starts regional play Monday

MOC Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive College begins play Monday in the NCAA Division II Atlantic/Southeast Super Regional men's golf tournament at The Point Lake and Golf Club in Mooresville. The Trojans are making their third consecutive postseason...

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Daughtry tosses two-hit six-inning gem for PHS

PRINCETON -- Princeton needed little motivation in its regular-season baseball finale Friday evening. The opponent was archrival Rosewood. Four seniors were honored. And second place in the Class 1-A Carolina Conference, not to mention a home playoff game, was on...

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Keene delivers key hit in Bulldogs' victory

PRINCETON -- April Keene had a senior night to remember. The lone fourth-year player on Princeton's softball team, Keene threw a shutout and cranked out the game-winning hit in a 3-0 victory over archrival Rosewood. But Keene had another incentive....

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