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Spring Creek completes regular-season sweep of Southern Wayne

rhanchett@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek is off to the kind of start that head coach Deanna Morris was hoping for this season. After a strong summer and a series of good practices, the unbeaten Gators appear in mid-season...

JV football: C.B. Aycock 22, Rosewood 8

Charles B. Aycock quarterback Jake Flowers threw for 133 yards to lead the Golden Falcons to a 22-8 win on Thursday night at Branch Pope Field. Flowers completed all five of his pass attempts to Chandler Matthews. Tim Farmer paced...

Bulldogs take 3-set match from Midway

SPIVEY'S CORNER -- Savanna Massengill and Taylor Carroll pounded out eight kills apiece during Princeton's 25-19, 25-12, 25-18 triumph over Midway on Wednesday afternoon. Massengill added eight blocks for the Bulldogs, who remained unbeaten in two outings this season. Kasey...

Bunn upends Princeton in volleyball

Princeton dropped the final two sets of a 25-11, 22-25, 25-13, 25-19 loss to visiting Bunn on Thursday evening. Savanna Massengill paced the Bulldogs with 10 kills and five blocks. Jasmine Bombard contributed seven kills. Taylor Carroll and Kasey Edwards...

Goldsboro spikers knock off Hobbton ... again

Goldsboro defeated Hobbton for the second time this week with a 25-17, 22-25, 25-11, 25-8 victory on Thursday evening. The Cougars' Alexus Davis finished with 10 kills and 10 aces. Bailee Ellis contributed 17 assists and five aces. Nickie Tyler...

Morgan cranks out 18 kills, Eagles stay unbeaten in volleyball

Ellen Morgan hammered out 18 kills and Rosewood turned back North Johnston 25-16, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19 on Thursday evening. Morgan also recorded six blocks, three assists and an ace. Anna Ingram handed out 25 assists to go with three aces...

Gryphons hand Rams first loss of the season

SNOW HILL -- Rocky Mount cruised to an 8-1, non-conference win over Greene Central on Thursday afternoon. The Gryphons, ranked No. 6 among the state's Class 3-A programs, won five of the six singles matches. Chasity Holloman claimed the lone...

Experienced Warriors off to 2-0 start in ECC girls' tennis

NEW BERN -- Eastern Wayne dropped just game the entire match in a 9-0 rout of Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference foe New Bern on Thursday afternoon. Faith Sutton, Savannah Sutton, McKenna Dove, Cameron Dove, Debbie Mitchell and Brennan Dove were...

Rosewood upends C.B. Aycock in non-conference golf match

Rosewood's Lindsey Burton and Charles B. Aycock's Madison Aycock shared medalist honors with a nine-hole round of 49 during a dual-team, non-conference meet at Lane Tree Golf Club on Thursday afternoon. The Eagles defeated the Golden Falcons 163-169. Taylor...

Preps digest: JV sports

JV sports * Volleyball: North Johnston d. Rosewood 25-23, 17-25, 26-24 -- Carrie Beckert led Rosewood with six aces. Ada Rivera had five aces. Hannah Daniels added three aces, two digs and two kills. * Volleyball: Hobbton d. Rosewood...

Brooks changing the culture of CBA football program

rcoggins@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- A fresh approach and new philosophy is just as good as a new coat of paint, especially when a football program has struggled to find consistency. Steve Brooks hopes to create his own Picasso at Charles B....

Reiss' final two years at Rosewood will be busy

rcoggins@newsargus.comVolunteering as an assistant coach, participating as a two-sport letterman and learning the discipline of Junior ROTC keeps Evan Reiss a busy person on the Rosewood High School campus these days. He's about to get even busier. The junior is...