Thursday, May 9, 2013
Preps digest: Middle school news
Middle schools * Baseball: Dillard 14, Eastern Wayne 8 -- Darryl Gaddis, Maurice Stokes, Jeremiah Smith and Alejandro Lugo each had two hits for Dillard. DJ Waters, Tyquandale Jackson and Eli Curtis recorded hit apiece. Lugo recorded seven strikeouts...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story
Princeton notches first-ever, girls' soccer playoff win
PRINCETON -- Princeton didn't just win another game Wednesday evening. The Bulldogs made a little school history along the way. Jessica Brush scored a pair of goals and Princeton defeated Union 3-0 in the first round of the N.C. High...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story
Quillen taking wrestling talents to UNC Pembroke
Watch Nick Quillen on the wrestling mat and you'll find a combination of things he's learned throughout his stellar prep career at Rosewood. There is the technique he's learned from previous lightweights while working out in the wrestling room. You...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story
WCDS gets at-large bid to NCISAA 1A girls' soccer playoffs
Wayne Country Day received an at-large bid to the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association Class 1-A soccer playoffs. The seventh-seeded Chargers play host to United Faith Christian Academy on Friday. Game time is 3 p.m. WCDS is making its 13th...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story
Aycock snaps playoff skid in girls' soccer
SHALLOTTE -- Charles B. Aycock earned its first N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A state playoff win since 2004 with a 3-0 shutout of West Brunswick on Wednesday night. Cheyenne Warrick scored two goals and tallied one assist to lead...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story
MOC briefs
HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, Fla. -- No. 24-ranked Mount Olive College matched its lowest team score of the week and overtook one team on the final day to finish 19th in the 2013 NCAA Division II men's golf South/Southeast Regional. The Trojans...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story
Southeast Regional softball -- Trojans face tough opening-round game
SAVANNAH, Ga. -- While eating dinner in the cafeteria Wednesday evening, Mount Olive College head softball coach Jaime Kylis listened to some of the chatter at the table. One comment constantly filled her ears -- "I'm ready to play." The...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story
NC Wesleyan's academic reputation lured Bill
A small-school setting that thrives on academics? North Carolina Wesleyan sounded like the perfect spot for Logan Bill. Once the Rosewood senior visited campus and attended open house, she knew she belonged in a Battling Bishop uniform. Bill signed a...Published: May 9, 2013 1:47 PM Full Story