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Friday, August 17, 2012

WCDS follows coach's advice in victory

Stay intense. Play consistent in the serve game. During each timeout and bench changeover Thursday afternoon, Wayne Country Day head volleyball coach Juliet Jones reminded her team to continue doing those two things against Faith Christian-Rocky Mount. The Chargers listened...

Eagles collect four-set road win

Rosewood is still learning the little things, but the big picture is coming into focus sooner than expected. The Eagles wrapped up the first week of the volleyball season with a 25-23, 23-25, 25-16, 25-18 win over Eastern Wayne on...

JV Sports Digest

JV sports • Volleyball: Rocky Mount Prep d. Goldsboro 25-17, 25-20, 25-21 -- Maddie Jara recorded eight kills and six aces for the Cougars. Shamonica Artis supplied six kills. • Volleyball: Faith Christian-RM d. Wayne Country Day 25-13, 25-17: Tiffany...

James Kenan outlasts Southern Wayne in JV football

JV football • James Kenan 28, Southern Wayne 16 -- Southern Wayne recovered three fumbles, but endured a season-opening 28-16 loss on Thursday night at James Kenan. The Saints' Xavier Pearsall rushed for 59 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown run....

Rocky Mount defeats C.B. Aycock tennis

Rocky Mount 6, C.B. Aycock 3 • ROCKY MOUNT -- Rocky Mount claimed four out of six singles matches and defeated Charles B. Aycock 6-3 on Thursday afternoon. Ashton Walker and Katie Gurley each collected a singles win for the...

Southern Wayne routs Kinston in tennis

Girls' tennis Wayne Country 9, Epiphany 0 • Wayne Country Day launched regular-season play with a 9-0 victory over The Epiphany School at Wayne Community College on Thursday afternoon. It was the Coastal Plains Independent 1-A opener for both teams....

Wayne Country Day tennis blanks Epiphany

Girls' tennis Wayne Country 9, Epiphany 0 • Wayne Country Day launched regular-season play with a 9-0 victory over The Epiphany School at Wayne Community College on Thursday afternoon. It was the Coastal Plains Independent 1-A opener for both teams....

Spring Creek volleyball downs Southern Wayne

Spring Creek 3, Southern Wayne 1 * DUDLEY -- Spring Creek earned its first win of the season with a 25-22, 25-19, 17-25, 25-16 victory on Thursday at Southern Wayne. Sarah Force led the Gators with 12 assists and two...

WCDS, Faith-RM play to draw

Boys' soccer Wayne Country Day 0, Faith Christian-RM 0 • ROCKY MOUNT -- Wayne Country Day and Faith Christian-Rocky Mount played to a scoreless tie on Thursday afternoon. The Chargers (0-1-1) play host to Hickory Christian today in a rematch...

Goldsboro bounces back from opening-set loss to RMP

Volleyball Goldsboro 3, Rocky Mount Prep 1 * Goldsboro shook off a loss in the first set and responded by winning the next three in a 13-25, 25-21, 25-19, 25-17 victory over visiting Rocky Mount Prep on Thursday. Bailee Ellis...

Stevens: It is game day...finally

High school football can galvanize a community, unite student bodies and evoke school spirit like no other sport. There is nothing quite like the smell of freshly cut grass, the look of a newly painted field and the glow of...