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Preps digest: JV school news

JV sports * Baseball: Wayne Christian 22, Rocky Mount Academy 4 -- The Eagles' pitching staff combined to surrender just three hits and strike out seven in the five-inning game. Wayne Christian collected 15 hits as a team....

Miller brothers shut down Wallace-Rose Hill

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Coming off of a pair of losses during the opening week of the baseball season, Spring Creek was a team in search of a calming presence on the pitcher's mound. The Miller brothers delivered. Luke Miller tossed...

S. Creek-WRH baseball box

Wallace-Rose Hill 200 100 1 -- 4 6 6 Spring Creek 101 213 x -- 8 6 2 Leading hitters -- Wallace-Rose Hill -- Walker Inwalle 2-4, RBI; Alex Boyette 1-3, RBI; Ray Malone 1-2; Tyler Likens 1-2, RBI; Gavin...

Walnut Creek LGA season starts

The Walnut Creek Ladies Golf Association launched their 2013 season Tuesday afternoon on the Walnut Creek Country Club links. Hiromi Sueki claimed low gross. Gaye Bryant won low net. Faye Franklin and Evelyn Rose shared low putts....

Vikings nip Rams, 6-5

Hunter Murphy and Justin Woolard supplied two RBI apiece during Greene Central's 6-5, non-conference loss to D.H. Conley on Tuesday afternoon. Justin Lee led the Rams with two hits. Will Creech endured the pitching loss. Greene Central fell to 0-2...

North Duplin stays perfect on baseball diamond

CALYPSO -- North Duplin erupted for nine runs in the third inning of a 15-7, non-conference win over James Kenan on Tuesday evening. Charlie Holloman led the Rebels with three hits and two RBI. Blake Rhodes tallied two hits and...

Goldsboro diamond 9 fall at North Johnston

KENLY -- Four players collected one hit apiece during Goldsboro's 14-6, non-conference loss at North Johnston on Monday evening. Ronald Woody, Zach Falconer, Thomas Vick and Kyle Kyker each cranked out a hit for the Cougars. Woody, Vick and Kyker...

CBA nets second ECC victory of the season

FOUR OAKS -- Charles B. Aycock earned the match-clinching point at No. 3 doubles and slipped past South Johnston, 5-4, in an Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference match Monday afternoon. The third-seeded tandem of Stanton Head-Nick Coston pulled out an 8-6...

Trinity-Raleigh scores late, edges Wayne Christian

Trinity Academy of Raleigh scored in the final three minutes of regulation and upended Wayne Christian, 1-0, on the Carolina Christian 1-A Conference scene Tuesday afternoon. "Kelsey Kornegay played an awesome game in goal," WCS assistant coach Shelly Anderson said....

Southern Wayne blanks Hobbton ... again

NEWTON GROVE -- Dixie Ramirez punched in four goals and unbeaten Southern Wayne pounded out a 7-0, non-conference win over Hobbton on Tuesday afternoon. The Saints swept the regular-season series. Alba Perez contributed two goals. Cynthia Rivera provided one goal...

Bill delivers two goals in Rosewood's opener

Senior Logan Bill notched two goals and assisted on another goal during Rosewood's season-opening, 5-2 triumph over Midway at Branch Pope Field on Tuesday evening. Ashley Duran, Ayana Potter and Kim Scott each scored one goal. Freshman Lexi Mercer dished...

No. 1-ranked Trojans split DH with Wingate

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive head coach Carl Lancaster knows he has little room to complain when it comes to his team's 18-2 record. Lancaster just wishes he saw more consistency out of his team. The top-ranked Trojans split a...

Murphy, Graves selected for East-West All-Star affair

For most players selected to the East-West All-Star Game, it is simply one final chance to put on a high school football uniform before continuing their careers at the collegiate level. For Goldsboro's Julius Murphy and Charles B. Aycock's Devin...

3A East Regional: Warrior girls show trust in coaching staff

Soaked from a post-game water-bottle shower, Tyrone Wagner wiped down his face while Eastern Wayne's players gathered around him in the locker room. Excitement filled the air about what had just transpired on the court. The Warriors clinched the program's...