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Sunday, March 14, 2004

Alderson-Broaddus ends Mount Olive's dream season

MEISENHEIMER -- Close the history book. The last chapter chronicling the most-successful season in the Mount Olive College men's basketball program was penned in disappointing fashion Saturday afternoon. Two crucial turnovers in a 30-second span enabled Alderson-Broaddus to pull...

Softball -- Wayne Christian blasts Community

WILSON -- Brittany Solomon and Danielle Pender combined for a no-hitter as Wayne Christian opened its season Thursday afternoon with a 20-2 victory against Community Christian in Class 1-A Carolina Christian Conference action. Solomon struck out one and walked...

Softball -- Southern Wayne falls to South Central

DUDLEY -- Jessie Odom struck out 10 Southern Wayne hitters to send South Central over the Lady Saints 5-1 Friday at the Doyle Whitfield Athletic Complex. Karen Thornton threw a complete game in the loss, allowing just two earned...

Softball -- Rosewood falls to Midway

SPIVEY'S CORNER -- Rosewood was error-prone Friday night as Midway beat the Lad Eagles 8-1 Friday night. Kasey Grey provided the best offensive chance with a fifth-inning triple that scored Rosewood's only run. Aubrey Reinhard took the loss after...

Softball -- North Lenoir no-hits Spring Creek

LAGRANGE -- North Lenoir's Hermia Humphrey threw a no-hitter and hit as three-run home run as the Lady Hawks beat Spring Creek 7-0 Friday. Humphrey did not allow a walk and struck out eight. She led the Lady Hawks on...

Softball -- NJ's Evans throws one-hitter vs. Bunn

KENLY -- Candace Evans notched eight strikeouts and fired a one-hitter as North Johnston nipped Bunn 3-0 in non-conference action Thursday afternoon. Evans, a sophomore right-hander, surrendered the lone hit in the fifth. Teammates Amanda Pope and Emily Levick...

Softball -- Warriors fall to Pam Pack

Eastern Wayne committed nine errors in an 11-0- loss to Washington Friday night. The Warriors (1-3, 0-2) picked up just three hits off Pam Pack pitcher Geni Bell -- from Ashley Smith, Emily Sasser and Laura Ivey. But the...

NCAA Division II East Regional notebook

Four North Carolina teams opened play Saturday in two regionals. No. 3-ranked Pfeiffer University is host to the NCAA Division II East Regional, which includes conference foe Mount Olive College. It is Mount Olive College's first-ever postseason appearance since moving...

Softball -- Jackson plows Rams in 6-1 victory

PIKEVILLE -- Jenny Jackson struck out 14 as Charles B. Aycock beat Greene Central 6-1 on Friday afternoon. Jackson gave up six hits in the complete-game victory, but coach David West wanted to see more intensity from his team....

Track -- Gator teams swept by South Lenoir

DEEP RUN -- Spring Creek's track teams proved no match for Eastern Plains 2-A Conference track power South Lenoir Thursday, with the boys falling to the Blue Devils 92-45 and the girls surrendering 79-38. The Gator boys had four winners,...

Tennis -- Spring Creek levels A.-Grifton

LITTLEFIELD -- Spring Creek swept the singles matches and rolled up an 8-1 tennis victory against Ayden-Grifton in Carolina/Eastern Plains 1-A/2-A Conference action Thursday. Cliff Wilson, Grey Wilson, Matt Leggett, Ricky Galloway, Will Daniels, Daniel Watson and Justin Smith...

Tennis -- Warriors knock off West Craven

VANCEBORO -- Eastern Wayne swept the doubles and dumped West Craven 7-2 in a Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference match Thursday afternoon. The No. 1 tandem of James Arceneaux-Ben Ziccardi eased past the Eagles' Ross Warren-Raymond Warren 8-3. Alex...

Tennis -- Aycock upends ECC champion

KINSTON -- Charles B. Aycock captured two of the three doubles matches and knocked off two-time defending Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference champion Kinston 5-4 on Thursday afternoon. The teams were tied 3-3 after singles play. Aycock's No. 2 doubles...

Golf -- Wayne Christian tops Village

Wayne Christian had a pair of golfers post nine-hole totals of 38 as the Eagles dropped Village Christian 162-183 Friday at Walnut Creek Country Club. Matt Davis and Jonathan Greene both carded 38s to pace the Eagles. Eric Williams...

Golf -- Greene Central claims non-league tilt

FARMVILLE -- Colby Murphrey and Daniel Creech each shot an 83 and shared medalist honors as Greene Central cruised past Wilson Beddingfield and Farmville Central in a non-conference match Thursday at the Farmville Country Club. The Rams carded a...

Soccer -- Chong scores lone goal in Eagles win

Jessica Chong scored the game's only goal as Wayne Christian blanked Faith Christian of Rocky Mount 1-0 on Thursday afternoon. The Eagles improved to 3-0 and play host to Hobgood Academy next Monday afternoon. Today's game at Spring Creek...

Soccer -- North Johnston slams door on Cougars

WILSON -- It's early in the season, but one thing is apparent for North Johnston's girls soccer team -- they enjoy playing SouthWest Edgecombe. The Panthers had only 12 players, but that did not hinder them in a 5-0...

Soccer -- Aycock falls to Fike in WDT Tourney final

WILSON -- Wilson Fike's Sarah Winslow scored four goals and won tournament MVP honors as the Golden Demons beat Charles B. Aycock 6-1 to win the Wilson Daily Times Tournament Friday night. Winslow, just a sophomore, scored 10 goals...

Baseball -- Wayne Christian knocks off Community

Jordan Yelverton doubled and turned in a three-hit performance as Wayne Christian belted Community Christian of Wilson 14-3 in a Class 1-A Carolina Christian Conference game Thursday. It was the CCC opener for both teams. Andrew Bass added three...

Baseball -- Hawks outlast Spring Creek

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Josh Barrett's pinch-hit single in the fifth innings provided the two decisive runs in North Lenoir's 7-5 win over Spring Creek Friday night. The Hawks scored three runs in the third inning to erase a 2-0...

Baseball -- West Craven no-hits Goldsboro

VANCEBORO -- Timothy Creech threw a three-inning no hitter and struck out 10 as West Craven beat Goldsboro 19-0 in an Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference matchup Friday. Kevin Berryman and Jonathan Ipock both had three hits for the Eagles,...

Baseball -- Vinson bails out Warriors in ECC victory

Airlon Vinson was ready to pitch. His coach was very glad to hear it. The junior threw six innings and got the victory Friday as Eastern Wayne knocked off Washington 6-1 Friday for the Warriors' first win of the season....

Baseball -- Aycock stays unbeaten, busts Rams

SNOW HILL -- Phillip Cunningham threw a four-hit shutout as Charles B. Aycock knocked off Greene Central 5-0 Friday night at the James Fulghum Athletic Complex. Cunningham struck out 14 and walked just one batter in six innings of...

Baseball -- Princeton survives Greefield School

PRINCETON -- How do you spell relief? Or relievers? Prince-ton baseball coach Bruce Proctor is still trying to sort out his pitching rotation after Thurs-day night's dramatic come-from-behind 11-10 win over visiting Greenfield School. The win marked the second...

Scoreboard

Friday's scores College softball Francis Marion (S.C.) Tournament Mount Olive vs. North Florida 7 p.m. Prep soccer Wilson Daily Times Cup Championship (at Wilson Fike HS) Wilson Fike 6, C.B. Aycock 1 Seventh-place game (at Wilson Hunt HS) North Johnston...

Pit stop by Jerry Howell Ñ Atlanta track is one of the fastest

Today's Golden Corral 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway will be fast, and Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes it can be his race. This is the first week Earnhardt has ranked outside the top five in points since the Bristol event...

Correction -- again

Our statement in Wednesday's News-Argus that former Goldsboro High basketball player Victor Young was the first local player since 1994 to play at any level of NCAA basketball tournament has raised quite a few former tournament veterans. We already...

Track -- Warrior boys buried by Bears

Eastern Wayne won one event in Thursday's track meet against New Bern as the Bears topped the Warriors 115-31. Will Collins brought home the lone victory in the 800 meter run, running a 2:13 time for the win. Collins...

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