No. 25 Eastern Wayne went on the road and stunned No. 8 Research Triangle 45-43 during the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A playoffs on Tuesday evening. Down 18-15 at halftime, Eastern Wayne outscored Research Triangle 30-25 in the second half to pull off the upset. Albert Brown led the Warriors…… read more »
Eastern Wayne put up a good fight, but in the end, the Warriors fell to Beddingfield 45-36 in the finals of the Neuse Six 2A Conference tournament on Friday evening. Jada Hamilton led the Warriors with 14 points, while Shuntay Douglas scored 10 points. Eastern Wayne ends the regular season with a 14-9 overall record.…… read more »
The Princeton and Goldsboro cheerleading teams came away with hardware over the weekend at the NCHSAA Cheerleading Invitational at the Raleigh Convention Center. The Bulldogs took first place in the Medium Varsity D2 category. Princeton scored 77 points to come in first place, Washington came in second with 75.23, while Eastern Randolph High School finished…… read more »
Photos and article from Kai Jones The holidays can be a time for introspection and looking back, but Princeton continued to look forward on Black Friday. The Bulldogs (13-0) continued their march towards a N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A championship with a 45-28 win over the defending 2AA East Regional champions, St. Pauls. Princeton…… read more »
Rosewood’s fantastic season came to an end on Tuesday evening in Durham. The Eagles fell to Voyager Academy 1-0 in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A Eastern Regionals. Voyager Academy advances to face Christ the King in the state championship game on Saturday, while Rosewood will end the season with a 21-1-2 overall record.…… read more »
Photos and article from Kai Jones Princeton is onto the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A playoffs for the first time since 2014 after defeating Kinston, 41-31, Friday night in Princeton. This is the first time in the Gaster era that Princeton has made it to the third round. The seventh-year…… read more »
Reece Gery just had to get the ball off. “There was like ten seconds, then five, then four, and I just had no thought,” Gery said. “I just put it on the net and tried to cross it in, and it went in. “I just thank God that it happened.” There were seconds left in…… read more »
The Eastern Wayne players gave it their all, but in the end, Kinston managed to escape with a 27-21 victory in the first round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A playoffs on Friday evening. Kinston (8-3 overall) advances to the second round and will face No. 1 Princeton (10-0), while the Warriors’ fantastic…… read more »
The last time the Rosewood boys’ soccer team won a conference title was in 2002. Since 2002, the Eagles have accomplished many things on the soccer pitch, but they could not win a conference title. However, this year’s team was determined to break the Eagles’ long conference title drought. And led by three seniors –…… read more »
Rosewood’s Logan Tortual endured a tough 120-pound bracket at the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1A state wrestling tournament over the weekend held at Uwharrie Charter School in Asheboro. Tortual pinned Avery County’s Grant Reece to win the state championship. He pinned his way through the entire tournament and completed an undefeated season in the…… read more »
