ED roster has one senior, core of upstarts BEULAVILLE – East Duplin’s unexpected second-round bounce from the 2A football playoffs gave boys basketball coach Blake Lanier more practice time than normal. Lanier – the former point guard on ED’s 2009 2A East Regional finalist and also a player at Methodist University – needs the time […]
WHITEVILLE – The defending 2A state football titlist played like champions until the end. “It went quick,” said East Duplin head coach Battle Holley, whose Panthers won the school’s first state football championship in 2022. “We had a great season and you and everyone else never expected us to be 9-1 coming into the playoffs […]
The North Carolina High School football playoffs opened on Friday night. Here’s a look at how the teams from the coverage areas of the North State Journal’s local editions fared in the opening round: Duplin County In 2A, No. 11 East Duplin beat 22 Eastern Wayne, 41-18 and faces 6 Whiteville next. No. 17 James […]
CHAPEL HILL — In terms of experience, it was one of the biggest mismatches in the history of North Carolina’s high school state football tournament. But that just set the stage for some Cinderella magic. East Duplin controlled the clock to choke off a powerful Reidsville offense and used some high football IQ to pull […]
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