Higginbotham pleased with team's poise

rcoggins@newsargus.com MOUNT OLIVE -- Each time No. 20-ranked Georgia Regents Augusta pulled to within single digits Sunday afternoon, University of Mount Olive head men's basketball coach Joey Higginbotham didn't burn a timeout. He let the Trojans play. And he couldn't...

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UMO-GRU Augusta men's box

Sunday's game At Mount Olive GRU AUGUSTA (5-1) Devon Wright-Nelson 5 1 2-4 15, Vlad Cobzaru 0 0 0-2 0, Keith Crump 1 0 0-0 2, Devonte Thomas 4 3 5-6 23, Keshun Sherrill 4 0 6-6 14, D'Angelo Boyce...

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Prep football players-of-the-week: Nov. 28

OFFENSE: Deshawn Boudy (Eastern Wayne) -- Hauled in three touchdown passes as Eastern Wayne upset No. 1-ranked and unbeaten Southern Guilford, 56-55, in overtime in the NCHSAA eastern 3-A football semifinals.DEFENSE: Cody Garner (Princeton) -- In final game with Bulldogs,...

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Prep notebook: Underdog Warriors continue playoff run

From staff reports Each week, according to head varsity football coach Bubba Williams, Eastern Wayne enters every Friday night as the underdog. It's a role the Warriors have accepted well and used to their advantage -- most recently against No....

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