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Princeton sweeps Wallace-Rose Hill in 1A volleyball playoffs

[email protected] PRINCETON -- They're not a dynasty. But Princeton High School's volleyball team is three games away from holding the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A state championship trophy for a second straight year. The third-seeded Bulldogs (25-1 overall)...

WCDS launches defense of tennis title with shutout of University Christian

[email protected] Wayne Country Day head tennis coach Blake Vail tucked his pen behind his ear and called his players away from the bleachers for a pre-match meeting. The talk didn't last long. "I just told them this was the start...

C.B. Aycock soccer shuts out E. Wayne on senior night

[email protected] PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock has tinkered with its starting formation throughout the season, and gotten quality results on the soccer pitch. The Golden Falcons finally discovered the right combination Thursday evening. Ten different players got into the scoring...

Gray's tweak has improved Warriors' offense

[email protected] Phil Gray had a Sir Isaac Newton moment. Only an apple didn't fall from the tree and knock him on the noggin. Instead, Gray kicked himself -- and has been doing it for the past two weeks since he...

Cougars, Chargers play pivotal ECC 2A football game

[email protected] It's not the quote Darth Vader said to Luke Skywalker in Star Wars Episode V, but it still sounds pretty good. "Playoff wise, we control our destiny," Goldsboro head coach Bennett Johnson said, who is focused on his team's...

PREPS DIGEST -- JV football, middle school football

JV football * Greene Central 44, Goldsboro 32 -- Xavier Bowden rambled for 122 yards and scored all five touchdowns in the Cougars' loss at Cougar Stadium on Thursday evening. Bowden also ran in a two-point conversion and surpassed the...