Aycock's depth proving frutiful

By CAM ELLIS cellis@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- This time last year, the Charles B. Aycock women's basketball team was 5-7 and struggling to find an identity. Composed of mainly freshmen and sophomores, they'd win just one more game and conclude the...

Published: Dec 31, 2014 3:54 PM Full Story

Jones notches 100th win

By ALLEN ETZLER aetzler@newsargus.com Just as you walk into the Rosewood wrestling room there's a whiteboard on the wall to the right. On the white board there's usually the weight classes of each member of the Eagles wrestling squad. But...

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Reiss gets career win 100

By ALLEN ETZLER aetzler@newsargus.com After years of pushing himself to the brink to cut and make weight, Evan Reiss is finally getting a reward in his senior year. Reiss wrestled as a 145-pounder in his freshman, sophomore and junior season,...

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Wooten earns All-Tournament

Boys' Basketball Princeton 66, Edenton Holmes 64 Mike Wooten earned All-tournament honors as Princeton got its second win of the season with a 66-64 win over Edenton Holmes on Tuesday. Wooten scored 25 points to lead the Bulldogs and Tanner...

Published: Dec 31, 2014 1:48 PM Full Story

Mount Olive men's team ready for conference play

As the University of Mount Olive Men's basketball team heads into conference play, it's hard to ignore the obvious, regardless of how badly coach Joey Higginbotham might want his players to. The Trojans are good. Maybe even great. Off to...

Published: Dec 31, 2014 1:48 PM Full Story