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BOYS' TENNIS: Hare-Creel, March win ECC 3A crowns

[email protected] PIKEVILLE -- Standing near the net, Matthew Hare waited as Charles B. Aycock teammate Jonas Creel fired a forehand return from the baseline. Eastern Wayne's Daniel Stevens made solid contact and appeared to hit a winner down center court....

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Green 'Mo'-Chine

MOUNT OLIVE -- If it's the ninth inning and a slim lead is at stake, there may be no better saving grace in Division II than the University of Mount Olive's Zack Mozingo. He rifles a fastball that comfortably sits...

GIRLS' SOCCER: Willman leads charge on senior day

[email protected] Look across Wayne Country Day's soccer field and you won't find many upperclassmen. It's a team of the future with several young players already making their mark. But Wednesday's game was senior day, and Ally Willman reminded everyone just...

PREPS DIGEST: JV news

JV * Baseball: South Central 5, C.B. Aycock 1 -- Davis Carroll paced the Golden Falcons' offense with two hits, a stolen base and an RBI. Christian Brady, Tyrie Artis, Trey Smith and Seth Shephard each had one hit....

PREP BASEBALL: Eagles dealt first league loss of season

CALYPSO -- North Duplin pushed across two sixth-inning runs and stunned No. 2-ranked Rosewood, 2-1, in a Carolina 1-A Conference affair Wednesday evening. Tanner Bradley surrendered one hit, one walk and two strikeouts in six innings of work for the...

PREP BASEBALL: Aycock pulls out 8-inning road win

WINTERVILLE -- Tyler Daniels tallied the game-winning run on a wild pitch, and C.B. Aycock claimed a 2-1, eight-inning win over South Central on Wednesday evening. Daniels started the rally with a lead-off walk. Bradley Pate laid down a sac...

PREP BASEBALL: Lebron crushes home run, Gators rout Neuse Charter

SMITHFIELD -- Josh Lebron belted a home run and posted three RBI during Spring Creek's 17-4, mercy-rule conquest of Neuse Charter on Wednesday afternoon. Christian Yarbrough provided four hits -- three doubles and a triple, along with two RBI. Landon...

PREP BASEBALL: Jones' early offense propels Princeton

PRINCETON -- Anthony Jones plated two first-inning runs with a single and Princeton slipped past Hobbton, 3-1, in a Carolina 1-A Conference battle Wednesday evening. Blake Sapp doubled. Teammates Alex Hickman, Ryan Woodard and Jones provided one hit apiece. Colby...

PREP SOFTBALL: North Duplin's Brogden no-hits Rosewood

CALYPSO -- Haley Brogden fired a no-hitter as North Duplin cranked out a 13-0, mercy-rule victory over Carolina 1-A Conference foe Rosewood on Wednesday evening. Brogden filed 11 strikeouts and one walk. The Eagles had just two runners to reach...

PREP SOFTBALL: Shingleton homers in CBA's road loss

WINTERVILLE -- Allison Shingleton swatted a home run during Charles B. Aycock's 9-2 loss to South Central in Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference play Wednesday evening. Mookie Powell, Connor Vinson, Hannah Vinson and Georgia Parnell collected one hit apiece for the...

PREP SOFTBALL: DH Conley sweeps doubleheader from Saints

HOLLYWOOD CROSSROADS -- Southern Wayne dropped a doubleheader, 3-2 and 11-0, to Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference foe D.H. Conley on Wednesday evening. Mackenzie Bryan threw a three-hitter in game one. "Defensively in the first game, Caroline Summerlin, Kya Hunter and...

BOYS' TENNIS: WCDS pulls out win over Lawrence

Wayne Country Day grabbed two doubles points and turned back Lawrence Academy, 5-4, in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon. The No. 1 tandem of Alec Fritzinger-Gray Langston and No. 2 duo of Charlie Dees-Michael Geer each prevailed 8-4 against their respective...