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JV Girls' Basketball --D.H. Conley 24, CBA 13

PIKEVILLE -- Ebony Green and Jada Spruill each scored five points as Charles B. Aycock suffered a double-digit setback on Friday to D.H. Conley. The loss moved CBA to 7-5 overall this season, and 3-5 in ECC 3A matters....

JV Boys' Basketball --Goldsboro 84, James Kenan 44

WARSAW -- Aaron Scott's 26 points led Goldsboro to a lopsided victory on Friday over East Central 2A foe James Kenan. Khari Anderson also performed ably for the Cougars, finishing with 13 points. Jamin Jacobs rounded out the Cougar scorebook...

JV Boys' Basketball --CBA 32, D.H. Conley 24

PIKEVILLE -- Sophomore Michael Williams scored a team-high 13 points to pace Charles B. Aycock by ECC 3A foe D.H. Conley on Friday. Trever Reid also factored prominently for the Golden Falcons, scoring six points. Omarreyon Johnson and Ashton Peronzenie...

Girls' Basketball --Rosewood 40, Lakewood 36

Sophomore guard Braylee Butts scored 21 points, Ar'Zhane Dozier added seven points and Rosewood turned in a clutch performance from the free throw line to spurn visiting Lakewood on Friday. The Lady Eagles, who went 19 of 24 from the...

GIrls' Basketball --East Duplin 56, Spring Creek 36

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Freshman Virginia Edmondson scored 14 points and added three steals during Friday's setback to East Duplin. Sophomore forward Belinda Carson scored 10 points, hauled in nine rebounds and registered one block for the Lady Gators, who fell...

Girls' Basketball --Goldsboro 57, James Kenan 51

WARSAW -- Tziah Kelly paced finished with a team-high 19 points, Aleesha Boyette tallied 15 points and Goldsboro pulled away from host James Kenan on Friday. Freshman Mary Archibald also registered a solid night for GHS, netting 14 points. Next...

Girls' Basketball --South Central 57, Eastern Wayne 54

Junior guard Myesha Best exploded for a game-high 30 points on Friday, including eight three-pointers, but it wasn't enough to motivate Eastern Wayne past ECC 3A leader South Central. Nyesha Best also provided a solid floor game for the Lady...

Girls' Basketball --D.H. Conley 37, CBA 32

PIKEVILLE -- Freshman Abbey Thomas scored 16 points on Friday as Charles B. Aycock fell to ECC 3A rival D.H. Conley. Hannah Vinson finished the contest with seven points, while Katlyn Parrish tallied five points. CBA (3-13, 2-6 ECC 3A)...

Boys' Basketball --Rosewood 58, Lakewood 46

Marquel Vaughn netted 13 points to led Rosewood past Carolina 1A foe Lakewood on Friday evening. His effort was complemented by seniors Chance Howard and Kolby Harris, who finished with 12 and 11 points, respectively. Rosewood, now 9-6 overall and...

Boys' Basketball --Princeton 62, Hobbton 55

NEWTON GROVE -- Have game, will travel. Such was the case for the Princeton Bulldogs on Friday, who ran their record to 9-8 overall and 5-2 in Carolina 1A play with a narrow victory over league foe Hobbton. PHS returns...

Boys' Basketball --Spring Creek 47, East Duplin 35

SPRING CREEK -- A balanced scoring effort pushed Spring Creek past visiting East Duplin on Friday. Junior guard Landon Smothers paced the Gators with 11 points and 10 rebounds, while Dominique Morse finished with 10 points and six boards. Senior...

Boys' Basketball --Goldsboro 76, James Kenan 48

WARSAW -- Dameon Brown and Tyzhaun Claude each scored 17 points in Goldsboro's runout victory over James Kenan on Friday. Senior guard Keyshorn Smith and forward Isaiah Wilder added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Now 15-2 overall this season and...

Boys' Basketball --Southern Wayne 63, New Bern 53

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne turned back ECC 3A foe New Bern on Friday, moving its overall record to 4-14 in the process. The Saints, now 3-4 in league play, return to the floor next Tuesday in Greenville versus J.H. Rose....

Boys' Basketball --CBA 43, D.H. Conley 42

PIKEVILLE -- Eli Batts scored 11 points and Marquez Farmer added 10 to lead Charles B. Aycock to a narrow home triumph on Friday over ECC 3A rival D.H. Conley. The victory, which moved the Golden Falcons to 8-10 overall...

Southern Wayne's Rebecca Coor inks with Wingate

DUDLEY -- Waste not, want not. Such could be said of Southern Wayne shortstop Rebecca Coor, whose no-frills prep softball methodology culminated on Friday with her signing a national letter-of-intent to continue her playing career this fall at Wingate University,...

CBA's Dave Thomas -- A man for all seasons

PIKEVILLE -- He was a pillar of a different time, when practice was clocked by deadpan honesty and a high sun, and never inconvenienced by gassed players on bended knee around the water cooler.   One worked under his watch, and...