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Track & Field University of Mount Olive senior Akiharu Kitigawa turned in a personal-best time and beat an NCAA provisional standard during the prestigious Mt. SAC Relays in California. Kitigawa completed the men's 10,000k in 30 minutes, 30.93 seconds --...

Published: Apr 18, 2016 1:48 PM Full Story

ALL-AREA: Rosewood's Mercer selected Girls Player-of-the-Year

"We all played our hearts out. She said she loved me. We fell short, but there was nothing else we could do. It's been a great journey." Joining Mercer on the All-Area first team are Coastal Carolina signee Naheria Hamilton;...

Published: Apr 18, 2016 1:48 PM Full Story

ALL-AREA: Spring Creek's Cotten named Girls Coach-of-the-Year

"(But) he took me under his wing, started teaching me the fundamentals." And Cotten proved an apt pupil. Along with a few teammates, he routinely stole away with his coach to places scrawled on our state's tradition-rich basketball road map....

Published: Apr 18, 2016 1:48 PM Full Story