Saints advance to tournament final

DUDLEY -- For once this season, Michael Wiggs was nearly speechless. And after two weeks of shaky play, the Southern Wayne softball team finally posted a near-flawless effort -- offensively and defensively -- against Wilson Hunt on Wednesday evening. The...

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K-Tribe loses 12-6

Kinston and Frederick traded first-inning, three-run homers, but the Keys ended up with a 12-6 victory in Carolina League play Wednesday evening. Both teams collected 11 hits, but the K-Tribe stranded 15 runners on base. Jared Goedert batted 4-for-5 and...

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MOC golf ends fourth in region

MOORESVILLE -- Freshman Ryan Campbell birdied the final three holes and finished eighth overall in individual play as the 2008 NCAA Division II Atlantic/Southeast Super Regional men's golf tournament concluded Wednesday afternoon. Campbell compiled a 54-hole round of 224, the...

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Local digest

PIKEVILLE -- One night after pulling off an upset of fourth-seeded Wilson Beddingfield, the Eastern Wayne softball team couldn't make it two in a row. Top-seeded Charles B. Aycock eliminated the Warriors 11-0 from the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference...

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Rosewood fall to NCSSM

Rosewood's seniors didn't envision this ending. Not this soon. Just days after clinching their third consecutive Class 1-A Carolina Conference women's soccer title, the Eagles' season ended with a 4-1 loss to N.C. School of Science and Math on Wednesday...

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Warriors fall in opening round

Eastern Wayne knocked on the door several times Wednesday evening. Nobody answered. The Warriors couldn't finish several attacks on goal and dropped a 1-0 decision to Southern Alamance in their N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 3-A women's soccer playoff...

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