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WCDS-Waccamaw baseball box

Friday's box Waccamaw    300    400    0    --    7    9    6 WCDS    003    430    x    --    10    7    2 Leading hitters -- Waccamaw -- Blake Davis 2-3, RBI; Lance Caffee 2-4, RBI; Hunter White 2-4. Wayne Country Day -- Hil...

MOC athletes honored with season-ending awards banquet

MOC Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- Jasmine Whitby, Michael Knox, Aleks Mitrovic and Brittany Miller emerged the top award winners during a season-ending banquet, which was held to honor Mount Olive College's athletes in 17 sports. But Ana Cooke stole...

Chargers avoid Warriors' ambush

Perennial independent baseball powers Wayne County Day and Waccamaw played the classic game of "I don't want it, you take it" on Friday afternoon. The Chargers finally took control in the fifth inning. Tyson Pearson's bases-loaded, RBI walk led to...

Local teams to compete in NCHSAA golf regionals

Wayne County will be well represented when the N.C. High School Athletic Association boys' golf regionals tee off Monday and Tuesday on eastern North Carolina courses. Each one-day, 18-hole tournament will determine competitors in the season-ending NCHSAA Championships, which will...

Adkins: Aycock's ECC title run was pleasant surprise

Charles B. Aycock head coach Kevin Adkins considers winning the first Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference regular-season championship in the history of the girls' soccer program is a bit of a surprise. The Golden Falcons can't expect to surprise anyone in...

Southeast Region foes MOC, Catawba split baseball twinbill

MOUNT OLIVE -- If Mount Olive hopes to host the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional, it has some work to do. The No. 2-ranked Trojans split a pivotal doubleheader with No. 11-ranked Catawba on Saturday afternoon at Scarborough Field. MOC...

Trojan squads record best Joby Hawn Cup finish in program history

MOC Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- Since joining the Division II ranks in the mid-1990s, the Mount Olive College athletics program enjoyed its finest season in Conference Carolinas competition during 2010-11. The Trojans ended up among the top three schools...

Gators, Rebels chasing Chargers

Ayden-Grifton is in the driver's seat. But the Chargers are certainly aren't in cruise control ... yet. With one week left in the regular season, the Carolina 1-A Conference baseball standings are as close as they can be. And the...

County baseball rivals begin ECC tournament title quest Tuesday

Charles B. Aycock has accomplished one goal. Eastern Wayne still has an objective, while Southern Wayne has built some confidence. There isn't a clear-cut favorite when the sixth installment of the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference tournament launches Tuesday in the...