High school football pushed to February

High school football pushed to February

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association released details on when sports will begin this school year and football will no longer be a fall sport. In fact, only cross-country and volleyball will resume competition before Thanksgiving. (Swimming and diving...
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Back under the lights: WCPS honors senior athletes

Back under the lights: WCPS honors senior athletes

The gesture was simple enough — cutting on field lights and inviting seniors who will miss their final spring sports season due to the COVID-19 crisis to campuses across Wayne County Thursday evening. But for the coaches, players and parents...
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Keeping their dream alive

Keeping their dream alive

We knew after the winter edition of “Eastbound & Downtown” went to press that for our spring edition, our baseball preview would, like the “Space Jam” section we put together for basketball, play on a movie that resonates with sports...
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Bullock, Cougars avenge 2018 playoff loss to First Flight, advance to third round

Bullock, Cougars avenge 2018 playoff loss to First Flight, advance to third round

It had been two years since a talented Goldsboro High School team was handed a shocking home defeat to a team that hit a staggering 18 three-point baskets in the 2018 NCHSAA basketball playoffs. So, when senior guard Christian Bullock...
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BREAKING: Brackets released, title quests begin for five local teams

BREAKING: Brackets released, title quests begin for five local teams

The North Carolina High School Athletic Association has released preliminary brackets for its boys and girls state basketball championships and several Wayne County teams made the cut. Goldsboro High School’s boys team earned the highest seed in the county a...
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A different kind of champion

A different kind of champion

CHARLOTTE — The Chargers were despondent as, one by one, they were called to mid-court to accept NCISAA runner-up medals Saturday afternoon. Some wiped away tears. Others untucked their jerseys, standing there looking like they were searching for an answer.....
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R-E-P-E-A-T

R-E-P-E-A-T

For the second consecutive year, members of the Goldsboro High School cheerleading squad are state champions. The Cougars brought home the title by winning the D2 Large Varsity division of the N.C. Cheerleading Coaches Association State Championship at Apex Fr...
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GHS loses double OT thriller to No. 3 Kinston

GHS loses double OT thriller to No. 3 Kinston

With arguably the best player in Wayne County on the bench after fouling out — and the team’s premier defender sidelined with an injury — the Goldsboro High School basketball team didn’t have enough to beat powerhouse Kinston in a...
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Aycock too much for Southern Wayne

Aycock too much for Southern Wayne

Trever Reid had a big night off the bench and the Charles B. Aycock men’s basketball team beat rival Southern Wayne 65-50 Friday evening in Pikeville. But the night wasn’t a total loss for the Saints, as their women’s varsity...
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Atkinson shines as Cougars win FCA Winter Classic

Atkinson shines as Cougars win FCA Winter Classic

When a Christian Bullock lob was received above the rim by Goldsboro High School junior Xavion Atkinson — and when the young man threw down an emphatic slam as the clock ran out on the 2019 FCA Winter Classic —...
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