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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Weather forces postponements

School is closed -- again. That means more schedule juggling as the final week of regular-season basketball winds down. Six games scheduled for today have been postponed. Charles B. Aycock athletics director Charles Davis announced this morning that the...

UMO's Loennechen ties for 13th overall

UMO Sports Information ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. -- The University of Mount Olive sophomore Julie Loennechen carded a two-day score of 155 and shared 13th place overall after completion of the World Golf Invitational. The Trojans placed 13th in the team...

Preps digest: JV, middle schools

JV sports * Boys' basketball: J.H. Rose 53, C.B. Aycock 38 -- Cameron Kornegay and Damien Darden each scored 12 points for the Golden Falcons. * Girls' basketball: J.H. Rose 27, C.B. Aycock 23 -- Destiny Washington led the...

WCDS girls stroll by Epiphany

Wayne Country Day matched its largest offensive output of the season with a 44-16 win over Epiphany in quarterfinal-round play of the CPIC 1-A/2-A tournament Monday evening. Karis Hawkins led the Chargers with 12 points. Bailee Creeger and Lillian Freeman...

Lakewood girls roll over North Duplin

SALEMBURG -- Lakewood defeated North Duplin 53-20 in Carolina 1-A Conference play Monday evening. Rylee Pate and Jordan Jones each scored seven points for the Rebels. North Duplin (2-15 overall, 2-9) visits Hobbton on Friday....

Princeton dominates Hobbton's girls

NEWTON GROVE -- Princeton rolled past Hobbton 51-26 on Monday evening. Charley Cox paced the Bulldogs with 13 points. Savanna Massengill added 10 points and nine rebounds. Princeton (13-8, 10-2 CC) plays host to Rosewood on Friday....

Greene Central boys slip by Ayden-Grifton

AYDEN -- Greene Central slipped past Ayden-Grifton, 51-50, in an Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference game Monday evening. Brandon Belcher scored 17 points for the Rams. Quante Smith and Kevin Ormond each had 10 points. Greene Central (10-11 overall, 2-6 ECC)...

Lakewood boys trip up N. Duplin

SALEMBURG -- North Duplin came up short in a 69-64 loss to Carolina 1-A Conference opponent Lakewood on Monday night. Cedrick Kornegay finished with 17 points for the Rebels. Cody Ivey provided 14 points and Trey Pate had 12. James...

Princeton boys roll past Hobbton

NEWTON GROVE -- Princeton easily knocked off Carolina 1-A Conference foe Hobbton 77-59 on Monday night. Michael Wooten led four Bulldogs in double figures with 17 points. Colby Norris supplied 11 points. Alex Whitley and Tanner Woodard each had 10...

WCDS boys advance to CPIC semifinals

Joel Davis recorded a triple-double during Wayne Country Day's opening-round, 86-36 romp over Pope John Paul II in the Coastal Plains Independent 1-A/2-A Conference tournament Monday evening. The third-seeded Chargers (22-10 overall) entertain second-seeded Freedom Christian on Friday. Tip off...

Rosewood girls closer to league crown

rcoggins@newsargus.com WARSAW -- Goal No. 1 is almost done. Now if only Mother Nature would cooperate. Rosewood moved one step closer to the Carolina 1-A Conference regular-season championship with a 69-48 triumph over James Kenan at Harmon Gymnasium on Monday...

Tigers get key hustle plays in 4th quarter

rcoggins@newsargus.com WARSAW -- Loose balls don't appear in the boxscore. But two mad scrambles proved pivotal during James Kenan's 76-65 conquest of Carolina 1-A Conference foe Rosewood inside Harmon Gymnasium on Monday evening. Each resulted in a three-point play...

James Kenan-Rosewood basketball boxes

BOYS Rosewood 19 14 16 16 -- 65 James Kenan 12 24 18 22 -- 76 ROSEWOOD (6-13, 5-6 CC) Marquail Almontaser 1 0 2-5 4, Kyi Hawkins 0 0 2-2 2, Zack Barnes 2 4 1-1 17, Ethan Chapen...