8 area runners compete in state cross country championships

KERNERSVILLE -- Spring Creek senior Allen Coor and Princeton's Austin Sullivan placed among the top 60 competitors during the season-ending N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A boys' cross country championships Saturday. Coor, the 2014 Bill Kemp Invitational champ,...

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Princeton volleyball team pens historical chapter in school's athletic history

rcoggins@newsargus.com RALEIGH -- Charley Cox wasn't about to lose. Fellow seniors Jenna Woodard, Kasey Edwards and Kathy Hewitt felt the same. So, when East Surry pulled to within 13-11 in the fifth set, Princeton head volleyball coach Paige Renfrow burned...

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Prep notebook: Bowden growing up in GHS offense

After Goldsboro quarterback Nashir Bowden dropped back and rolled to his left to throw a 29-yard touchdown to Joe Baker, Cougars head coach Bennett Johnson called him to the sideline and talked to him about taking a simple three-step...

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Prep football players-of-the-week: Oct. 31

OFFENSE: Dayshawn Pridgen (Eastern Wayne) -- Rushed for 197 yards and two touchdowns, and threw a 45-yard halfback option TD pass to KK Best just before halftime in the Warriors' 47-21 romp over Charles B. Aycock.DEFENSE: Joseph Baker (Goldsboro) --...

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