Johnson, Styles spark UMO women in 3rd quarter

[email protected] MOUNT OLIVE -- The University of Mount Olive women's basketball team never refused to give up on its gameplan Wednesday evening. Emmanuel (Ga.) College constantly double- and triple-teamed Aerial Johnson in the paint. Ni'Ya Styles constantly drew the attention...

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PREPS DIGEST: JV, middle schools

JV * Boys' basketball: Wayne Country Day 62, Freedom Christian 45 -- Marcus Metcalf drilled in a team- and game-high 33 points during the Chargers' road win. Nick Fletcher added 13 points. Wayne Country Day (11-2 overall) travels to...

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WCDS girls fall to Freedom Christian in CPIC opener

FAYETTEVILLE -- Janae Jones and Lexi Jeffreys knocked down five points apiece in Wayne Country Day's 55-16 loss to Freedom Christian in the Coastal Plains Independent 1-A/2-A Conference play Tuesday. The Chargers (3-10 overall, 0-1 CPIC) are the guests of...

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Chargers drop road affair at Freedom Christian

FAYETTEVILLE -- PJ Hill led three players in double figures with 16 points during Wayne Country Day's 68-48 loss to perennial power Freedom Christian on Wednesday evening. It was the Coastal Plains Independent 1-A/2-A Conference opener for both teams. Jamal...

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Emmanuel men rally past UMO

[email protected] MOUNT OLIVE -- Causality. Forecasting. Chaos theory. Or, as University of Mount Olive men's head basketball coach Joey Higginbotham referred to it, "the snowball effect." Regardless of one's pet description for the Trojans' 71-67 loss to visiting Emmanuel (Ga.)...

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