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Morris, WAVE president, excited about adding boys' program

Deanna Morris hopes a successful informational meeting about adding a boys' program to the Wayne Area Volleyball Enthusiasts organization is a sign of things to come. A solid number of interested parents and boys attended the recent gathering and left...

Spring Creek blanks Midway, advances in 1-A boys' soccer playoffs

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek had 10 days to sit and think about its final game of the regular season, a loss to archrival Rosewood. The Gators came out hungry and intense in a 3-0 victory over Midway in the...

Rosewood avenges loss to Lejeune

Daily News Correspondent JACKSONVILLE -- The Rosewood Eagles soared into Camp Lejeune and got a 34-20 win over the Devilpups on Friday night in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A (small-school) football playoffs. Lejeune...

Rosewood-Lejeune box

Rosewood 6 14 0 14 -- 34 Lejeune 13 0 7 0 -- 20 First quarter L -- Richardson 9 run (kick failed) R -- Garrison 3 run (kick failed) L -- Collins 5 run (kick good) Second quarter R...

Princeton upsets North Duplin in 1-A football playoffs

CALYPSO -- Since the day he was named head football coach at Princeton, Derrick Minor has preached relentlessly to his players about determination, refusing to quit and believing in one another. The Bulldogs never doubted Minor's message. That belief was...

Princeton-North Duplin box

Princeton 7 14 0 7 -- 28 North Duplin 0 7 7 7 -- 21 First quarter PHS -- McDougald 24 pass from Wooten (Woodard kick), 5:10 Second quarter PHS -- Wooten 1 run (Woodard kick), 2:38 ND -- Royal...

Orange eliminates Eastern Wayne from 3-A football playoffs

HILLSBOROUGH -- Eastern Wayne's season ended with a 38-6 loss to Orange High School in the NCHSAA 3-A (small-school) football playoffs Friday evening. The Panthers (9-2 overall) finished with 331 yards of offense compared to just 157 for the Warriors....

Aycock rallies past Burlington Williams in 3-A football playoffs

BURLINGTON -- Charles B. Aycock staged a second-half comeback and defeated Walter Williams, 36-22, in opening-round action of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 3-A (small-school) football playoffs Friday evening. The fifth-seeded Golden Falcons (6-5) travel to Eastern Alamance,...

NC prep football scores

CLASS 4AA EAST (1) Garner 59, (8) Raleigh Athens Drive 21 (2) Apex Middle Creek 31, (7) Wilmington Laney 21 (3) Raleigh Leesville Road 43, (6) Wake Forest Heritage 13 (4) Raleigh Wakefield 40, (5) Wake Forest-Rolesville 38 MIDEAST (1)...

Lafond leads MOC to 2nd straight trip to NCAA D2 cross country national meet

CHARLOTTE -- Freshman Dylan Lafond emerged one of four Mount Olive runners to break the 33-minute barrier, and helped the Trojans earn a second consecutive trip to the NCAA Division II men's cross country championships in two weeks at...

Eastern Wayne-Orange box

Eastern Wayne 6 0 0 0 -- 6 Orange 13 12 13 0 -- 38 First quarter EW -- Pridgen 29 pass from Pike (kick failed), 1:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -- Eastern Wayne -- Chris Allen 10-18; Mitch Pike 8-13....

Goldsboro wakes up in 2nd half, shuts out Dixon

With his team's high-flying passing game grounded for much of the night, Goldsboro head coach Eric Reid turned to a tried-and-true offensive strategy. The Cougars pounded the ball on the ground and wore down the smaller defenders from Dixon en...

Dixon-Goldsboro box

Dixon 0 0 0 0 -- 0 Goldsboro 0 14 12 14 -- 40 Second quarter G -- Murphy 2 run (McAlduff kick), 11:47 G -- Alston 41 punt return (McAlduff kick), 2:09 Third quarter G -- Maddox 1 run...

C.B. Aycock-Williams box

C.B. Aycock 8 6 15 7 -- 36 Williams 7 15 0 0 -- 22 First quarter W -- Jeffries 4 run (kick good) CBA -- Hooks 10 run (run good) Second quarter W -- McCray 25 run (run good)...

Capt. Antoine Hood patiently waiting for call from NBA

His sleeveless blue T-shirt dripping with sweat and baggy shorts flapping as he dribbles downcourt, Capt. Antoine Hood sizes up his defender. He stops, dribbles between his legs and drives toward the basket. The move momentarily catches his opponent off...