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Preps digest: JV sports

JV sports * Volleyball: Rosewood d. James Kenan 24-26, 25-23, 25-19 -- Payton Lane led the Eagles, who earned their second win of the season, with three kills and three assists. Kendall Gurley had four aces and three assists....

Chargers take weather-shortened win on soccer pitch

[email protected] When the Wayne Country Day soccer team jogged to the sidelines they gathered and took a few swigs of "Michael's secret stuff" from the movie Space Jam. Or you could call it water. Either way, it worked for the...

D.H. Conley tops Eastern Wayne in ECC tennis

Sophomore Elizabeth Sutton and senior Brennan Dove accounted for Eastern Wayne's points in a 6-3 loss to D.H. Conley on the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference girls' tennis scene Tuesday afternoon.Sutton, who sat out last season, handed the Vikings' Erin Chaney...

Hawks double up Jaguars in non-conference play

Hector Vasquez scored the eventual game-winning goal in the 35th minute for North Lenoir in a 2-1, non-conference victory over Farmville Central on Tuesday. Braxton Greene tallied the other goal in the 19th minute on a deflected ball off the...

North Raleigh Christian defeats WCDS

North Raleigh Christian prevailed in five of singles matches and upended Wayne Country Day, 5-1, in a weather-shortened match at Wayne Community College on Tuesday afternoon. Thunderstorms cancelled doubles play. Top-seeded Gianna Democko earned the Chargers' lone point with a...

Saints take two wins against New Bern in ECC tennis

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne claimed wins at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles during a 7-2 loss to New Bern on the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference scene Tuesday afternoon. Hope Jones earned the Saints' lone singles point. Jones and...

Unbeaten Golden Falcons blank South Central

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock claimed straight-set sweeps on all six singles courts and claimed a rain-shortened, 6-0 victory over South Central in Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference play Tuesday. Severe thunderstorms washed out the doubles matches. Ashton Walker, Casie Belom...

McCollum delivers 15-kill outing against North Duplin

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Rachel McCollum smashed 15 kills and Sarah Ford dished out 23 assists as Spring Creek defeated Carolina 1-A Conference foe North Duplin 25-20, 25-17, 25-13 on Tuesday evening. Daisy Martinez had one block and Lexie Reyes had...

Mercer blocks James Kenan's upset bid

WARSAW -- Rosewood handed James Kenan a 25-20, 25-23, 25-15 defeat in Carolina 1-A Conference play inside Harmon Gym on Tuesday evening. Lexi Mercer led the Eagles with 12 blocks, two digs, one ace and three kills. Ada Rivera added...

Goldsboro upends Wayne Christian in 4 sets

Mercy Wright led Wayne Christian with nine kills, four service aces and 17 digs in a 16-25, 23-25, 25-15, 20-25 non-conference loss against Goldsboro on Tuesday evening. Emily Wells added five aces and nine assists. Brooke Slusher had two aces...

Uzzell sparks Wayne Country Day in CPIC volleyball opener

GREENVILLE -- Wayne Country Day opened Coastal Plains Independent 1-A/2-A Conference play with a 25-15, 25-17, 25-22 victory over scrappy Pope John Paul II Catholic School on Tuesday evening. Rachel Uzzell had 25 assists to lead the way for the...

Walnut Creek Ladies Golf news

Faye Franklin seized low gross during play on the Walnut Creek Country Club links. Mary Morris and Gaye Bryant earned low net and low putts, respectively....

Lane Tree Ladies Golf news

Mary Cotner and Rhonda Morris each claimed game-of-the-week honors during recent play at Lane Tree Golf Club. Linda Watson secured low net on each occasion, while Rhonda Williams secured low gross for two straight weeks....

Sauls scores 52 in Aycock's first ECC match of season

Charles B. Aycock freshman Abby Sauls carded a 52 and finished seventh individually during the first Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference match of the season at Lane Tree Golf Club. Rachel Boulanger and Anna Williams posted nine-hole rounds of 57 and...

Golden Falcons net three-set sweep of Saints

[email protected] PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock still has some "cleaning" up to do, while Southern Wayne looks to apply its practice regimen to game day after the county rivals met on the volleyball court Tuesday afternoon. Junior Alexis Bynum and...