PREP BASKETBALL: Southern Bank/Mount Olive Pickle Winter Classic tips off Tuesday

MOUNT OLIVE -- Brain teaser time. What does 384 minutes have in common with basketball? Anyone? Hint: Eight teams. Still no answer? OK. Another hint: Four periods. Still stumped? Hmmm. Well, here's the answer: the Southern Bank/Mount Olive Pickle...

Published: Dec 26, 2016 9:59 AM Full Story

ALL-AREA FOOTBALL: Princeton's Gaster cops coach of the year honors

PRINCETON -- The old ball coach is familiar, even if you don't know him. He dresses in the drawstrings of a former linebacker, on the south side of his playing days but not the first person you should try on...

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ALL-AREA FOOTBALL: EW's Britt named defensive player of the year

"Probably working hard in the weight room," said Britt, referring to the source of his achievements. "Just coming to practice every day and trying to get better. I had really good coaches. My defensive coach played defense in college so...

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ALL-AREA FOOTBALL: Princeton's Gibson Jr. named offensive player of the year

"He's a service-before-self person and that can't get lost in one football game. He is a special individual and a vast majority of our players are." And this was a different Earl, too. One year ago, he was timid. Didn't...

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