Preseason exhibitions toughen up UMO women

rcoggins@newsargus.com MOUNT OLIVE -- A scrimmage and two exhibition games against Division I programs, including perennial powerhouse North Carolina, yielded positive results for the University of Mount Olive women's basketball team. The three opponents threw everything but the kitchen sink...

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Nationally-ranked Trojans are the hunted, again

rcoggins@newsargus.com MOUNT OLIVE -- University of Mount Olive has to shut the door on last year's historical run and open a new one this season. And the defending Southeast Regional champ, ranked among the top five in two national preseason...

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Warriors start playoff journey at home

bdavis@newsargus.com Win, lose ... wait ... losing means a team goes home. And that's not an option for Eastern Wayne. The sixth-seeded Warriors kick off the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 3-A (small-school) football playoffs at home Friday against...

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Rosewood, Lakewood meet again in 1st round of playoffs

rcoggins@newsargus.com Man the trenches. No turnovers. Avoid three-and-out series. That's the three-part game plan Rosewood hopes to execute when it meets conference rival Lakewood in round one of the 2015 N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-AA (large-school) playoffs Friday...

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