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SB/MOPWC: Saints finally get much-needed win

[email protected] MOUNT OLIVE -- Coaches aren't supposed to smile. Don't tell that to Southern Wayne basketball coach Dwight Smith. His Saints won their second game of the season -- a 69-57 decision over Spring Creek during consolation-round play in the...

SB/MOPWC: Chargers shut down Eagles late in 4th quarter

[email protected] MOUNT OLIVE -- Rosewood erased a 41-27 deficit in the third quarter against Wayne Country Day during game five of the Southern Bank/Mount Olive Pickle Winter Classic at the University of Mount Olive on Tuesday evening. The Eagles' hopes...

SB/MOPWC: Goldsboro sticks pitchfork in Blue Devils

[email protected] MOUNT OLIVE -- Stay focused. Be on point offensively. Learn from the little things. Goldsboro worked the simple gameplan to near perfection against Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference foe South Lenoir on Tuesday evening. Myron Carmon led four Cougars in...

SB/MOPWC: Parrott Academy hangs around, shocks EW boys

[email protected] MOUNT OLIVE -- Parrott Academy just hung around. Hung around. And hung around some more. When the Patriots took a five-point lead against Eastern Wayne in the final 90 seconds, one small section of Kornegay Arena -- the fans...

Panthers get out of gate, blow past Bulldogs

ROBERSONVILLE -- North Pitt bolted to a 28-point, first-quarter lead and rolled past Princeton, 77-21, on day two of the South Creek Holiday Tournament on Tuesday evening. The Panthers led 52-9 at halftime. Austin Sullivan and Kelvin Woodard paced the...

Payton leads Rebels in loss to East Duplin

BEULAVILLE -- JP Payton knocked down 10 points during North Duplin's 75-46 loss to East Duplin in a holiday tournament on Tuesday. Luke Britt and Schmid Romeus added six points apiece for the Rebels. Terrion Addison and Malik Cobb each...

CBA boys knock off Bartlett Yancey

CLINTON -- Cameron Kornegay provided a team-high 19 points as Charles B. Aycock defeated Bartlett Yancey, 61-50, in a holiday tournament contested at Clinton High School. Keyshawn Cobb added 12 points for the Golden Falcons, who prevailed for the seventh...

Saints' Atkins flirts with quadruple-double

JACKSONVILLE -- Zaria Atkins flirted with a quadruple-double as Southern Wayne rolled past Richlands, 52-31, in consolation-round play of the East Coast Christmas Classic on Tuesday evening. Atkins recorded 16 points, pulled down 11 rebounds, collected 13 steals and dished...

North Duplin girls fall to East Duplin

BEULAVILLE -- Rylee Pate tallied six points as North Duplin fell to East Duplin, 30-14, in a holiday tournament on Tuesday. Alyssa Santos chipped in four points for the Rebels. North Duplin (1-6 overall) takes on Wallace-Rose Hill today....

Rosewood girls start strong, corral Dark Horses

JACKSONVILLE -- Rosewood opened the game with a 14-0 run and advanced to the East Coast Christmas Classic final with an 83-73 triumph over Clinton on Tuesday evening. The Eagles (7-2 overall) take on tournament host Northside today. Lexi Mercer...

Warriors' Hamilton drops 24 points on Aycock

JACKSONVILLE -- Coastal Carolina signee Naheria Hamilton dropped in a game-high 24 points as Eastern Wayne dumped county rival Charles B. Aycock, 46-32, in consolation-round play of the East Coast Christmas Classic on Wednesday afternoon. Nyesha Best added eight points...

BOX: Eastern Wayne-Parrott Academy boys

GAME 7 at Kornegay Arena Eastern Wayne 7 12 12 18 -- 49 Parrott 7 11 10 22 -- 50 EASTERN WAYNE (1-7) Coriante Foye 5 0 3-7 13, Ethan Molloy 0 0 3-6 3, Yeonte Royal 4 0 1-2...

BOX: Southern Wayne-Spring Creek boys

GAME 6 at Kornegay Arena Spring Creek 5 18 18 16 -- 57 Southern Wayne 17 11 19 22 -- 69 SPRING CREEK (2-8) Jyrique Wooten 0 0 0-0 0, Najee Young 2 0 3-7 7, Will Rouse 0 0...

BOX: Wayne Country Day-Rosewood boys

GAME 5 at Kornegay Arena WCDS 7 19 15 16 -- 57 Rosewood 6 12 18 13 -- 49 WAYNE COUNTRY DAY (10-5) Tony Townsend 0 0 3-5 3, Justin Lofton-Russell 9 0 7-8 25, Jack Talton 0 0 0-0...

BOX: Goldsboro-South Lenoir boys

GAME 8 at Kornegay Arena Goldsboro 22 22 26 21 -- 91 South Lenoir 10 19 16 23 -- 68 GOLDSBORO (10-0) Kisheem Faison 2 1 0-0 7, Myron Carmon 6 2 0-0 18, Jalin Thomas 5 0 2-4...