1A PLAYOFFS -- Cotten has helped changed hoops culture at "The Swamp"

jhayes@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Time takes its time here. At first glance, there's modern fare -- grease and sodium stuffed in wax paper and oyster pails, advertised by neon signs that buzz like a child's toy. A grocery store, known...

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1A PLAYOFFS -- Rosewood girls begin quest for another regional trip AND beyond

rcoggins@newsargus.com Rick Grantham still recalls that first team meeting three years ago when he took over the Rosewood varsity girls' basketball program. He pointed to a bright purple banner, trimmed in gold, hanging on the wall. There were just three...

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2A PLAYOFFS -- Stephens: Goldsboro boys beginning 'new' season

bdavis@newsargus.com Lift your heads up, Cougars. It's playoff time. Goldsboro, the No. 10 seed, plays host to West Bladen today in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 2-A boys' basketball playoffs. Before those two teams...

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Area playoff schedule -- Round 1

GIRLSNorth Brunswick at GoldsboroLejeune at  RosewoodNortheast Guilford at Eastern WayneSpring Creek at East CarteretSouthern Wayne at Fayetteville Terry SanfordBOYSWest Bladen at GoldsboroNorthern Vance at Eastern WayneRosewood at James KenanC.B. Aycock at Eastern Alamance...

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