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Girls' soccer Wayne Country Day 6, Oakwood 0 * GREENVILLE -- Margaret Tanner notched a hat trick (three goals) during Wayne Country Day's 6-0 triumph over Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference foe Oakwood on Friday afternoon. Tanner collected the eventual...

Prep baseball box

North Duplin 102 002 0 -- 5 7 2 Ayden-Grifton 022 000 0 -- 4 7 6 Leading hitters -- North Duplin -- Cedric Kornegay 1-4, RBI; Blake Rhodes 1-4, RBI; Mitchell Thigpen 2-4, RBI; Trey Pate 1-4; Taylan Lewis...

N. Duplin defeats AG baseball

AYDEN -- Mitchell Thigpen got the pitcher's best friend -- a double-player grounder -- at the right time against Ayden-Grifton on Friday evening. The seventh-inning defensive gem helped North Duplin claim an error-filled, 5-4 victory and seize sole possession of...

MOC golf advances to regional

MOC Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- Nationally 24th-ranked Mount Olive has earned an at-large bid to the 2013 NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championship, it was announced Friday. The Trojans will compete in the South/Southeast Regional May 6-8 at Mission...

MOC baseball beats Belmont Abbey in second round

MOC Sports Information BURLINGTON -- Zak Orrison drove in a pair and nationally top-ranked Mount Olive got homers from Jermaine Berry and Daniel Oliver to remain perfect with a 6-3 win over fourth-seeded Belmont Abbey in day two of the...

Epiphany beats Wayne Christian soccer

Wayne Christian was dealt a dose of bad luck before even taking the field on Friday night. The Eagles opponent, Epiphany School, suffered its first Coastal Plains 1-A Independent Conference loss of the season on Wednesday night and the Falcons...

Mount Olive eliminated from conference tournament

MOC Sports Information BURLINGTON -- Top-seeded and nationally top-ranked Mount Olive was denied a fourth consecutive conference championship as No. 2 seed Coker scored five runs in the bottom of the eighth to defeat the Trojans 7-4 in an elimination...