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CALYPSO -- North Duplin got off to a slow start offensively and never recovered as they fell to Lakewood 68-36 on Monday night. The Rebels' attack fell flat in the first quarter as the team managed just five points....

Published: Jan 6, 2009 1:50 PM Full Story

MOC baseball receives No. 1 ranking

MOUNT OLIVE -- A historical ending has led a benchmark beginning. Mount Olive College, which won the NCAA Division II national baseball championship last June, starts the 2009 season ranked No. 1 in the preseason Collegiate Baseball magazine top 40...

Published: Jan 6, 2009 1:50 PM Full Story

Injuries, turnovers cost MOC women

MOUNT OLIVE -- Coker just wouldn't go away. And injury-plagued Mount Olive couldn't finish on offense. The Trojan women succumbed to 21 second-half turnovers and the Cobras claimed a 57-55 victory in Conference Carolinas play Monday evening at Kornegay Arena....

Published: Jan 6, 2009 1:50 PM Full Story

Trojan men tame Cobras

MOUNT OLIVE -- As difficult as the first 10 games have been in Joey Higginbotham's tenure as the Mount Olive College men's basketball coach, a 3-0 start in Conference Carolinas play is easing some of those pains. The Trojans (4-6...

Published: Jan 6, 2009 1:50 PM Full Story