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Where there's a Will -- Bynum carves spot in starting lineup

Too often athletes choose colleges based on conditional factors and then realize that they are not happy after a year or two. Will Bynum has no such worries. The sophomore is getting exactly what he signed up for at Mount...

Coach's doubts erased once players find their groove

Sitting in the comfort and warmth of the press box one winter afternoon, Mount Olive College head baseball coach Carl Lancaster peered out the window and watched his team work out. The players' work ethic, desire to compete and will...

Dillon, Moser, Smith --Trio has emerged as Trojans' pitching leaders

It is officially time to get down to business. And for Mount Olive College pitching coach Jason Sherrer and his staff of young arms, the Southeast Regional marks the beginning of what the team hopes will be another run to...

Trojans' 'Hit' Man: Escalante takes 44-game hit streak into Southeast Regional

Geno Escalante may be California dreaming, but nothing could be finer than to be in North Carolina right now. The junior college transfer hasn't found the surf and sand to be any different on the East coast after spending one...

Chargers' turnaround started after late-March loss

A quarterfinal-round appearance in the 2011 baseball playoffs didn't sit too well with Wayne Country Day during the offseason. The Chargers let close contests slip away. Head coach Michael Taylor felt his team had learned from those difficult defeats and...