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Girls' basketball Eastern Wayne 66, Southern Wayne 30 * Eastern Wayne got scoring contributions from 13 different players en route to a 66-30 win over Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference rival Southern Wayne on Tuesday night. The Warriors were led by...

Stevens: Panthers' defense must improve in 2012

The final game of the Carolina Panthers' 2011-12 campaign was four quarters of a long, hard look in the mirror at a glaring weakness. New Orleans' exposed Carolina's overmatched defense to the tune of 45 points, 617 yards of offense...

Southern Wayne takes control of conference

Two teams with polar opposite styles of play met on the court at Eastern Wayne High School on Tuesday night. Southern Wayne came away with a 58-45 win over archrival Eastern Wayne on the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference basketball scene....

Prep basketball boxes

Boys Southern Wayne 15 10 12 21 -- 58 Eastern Wayne 19 3 6 17 -- 45 SOUTHERN WAYNE (11-3, 3-0) Ronnell Outlaw 1 0 0-0 2, Chris Artis 0 0 4-4 4, Andrew Matthews 3 0 3-6 9, Jaylen...

Trojan women take care of pesky Cobras

MOUNT OLIVE -- All the close games Mount Olive played during the non-conference portion of its schedule appear to be paying off. The Trojans watched an 11-point lead slip away but executed late in a 78-75 win over Coker on...

Hayes enjoys career night for MOC

MOUNT OLIVE -- Joey Higginbotham's screaming voice could be heard over the loud music blaring inside Kornegay Arena. Higginbotham sat surrounded by his Mount Olive players during a timeout, his neck tie long gone, furiously imploring his team to bring...