Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: March 24, 2004 Archives

Rosewood outlasts Spring Creek

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Kyle Bunn just might have found his role as a closer on the Rosewood High baseball team, but his first save attempt nearly ended in disappointing fashion Tuesday evening. Bunn relieved Nick Becton in the seventh with...

SW stumbles at home

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne coach Trae McGee believes he's getting the effort and performance out of his team in practice to make them a formidable team in the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference. Between the lines Tuesday against West...

Reinhard shines for Lady Eagles

SEVEN SPRINGS -- With three games to play on consecutive days, Rosewood softball coach Jennifer Cochran certainly could use some long, effective pitching in their early games. Freshman Aubrey Reinhard was ready to do her part Tuesday against Carolina...

Baseball -- Faith-RM outslugs WCDS

ROCKY MOUNT -- Wayne Country Day's Spenser Briggs turned in a two-hit, six-RBI performance, but Faith Christian of Rocky Mount rolled to a 16-6 win in Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference play on Tuesday. Briggs had a first-inning grand slam...

Baseball -- S. Central tops Cougars

Goldsboro freshman Cedric McClary had one hit as the Cougars fell 19-0 at home to South Central on Tuesday. Ryan Benner picked up the win for the Falcons, yielding one hit and striking out seven. Billy Hopkins paced South...

Baseball -- Rose tops EW

GREENVILLE -- Eastern Wayne's Garrett Sutton, Matt Hemenway and Tyler Mitchell had two hits each for the Warriors in a 9-5 loss at defending Class 4-A N.C. High School Athletic Association champion Greenville Rose on Tuesday. The Rampants also handed...

NL baseball

RICHLANDS -- North Lenoir posted 12 hits and overcame six errors to claim a 12-5 win in non-conference action at Richlands on Tuesday. Josh Williams, Brandon Sutton and Steel Saurs had two hits each for the Hawks. Williams drove...

Baseball -- CBA's Cunningham comes through

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock's Phillip Cunningham yielded no earned runs in eight innings of work and delivered the game-winning single in the bottom of the eighth as the Golden Falcons posted a 3-2, extra-inning win over West Craven at...

Baseball -- NJ edges Farmville

FARMVILLE -- North Johnston's Travis Jones had three hits, including a double as the Panthers jumped out to an early lead and claimed a 10-8 win at Farmville Central, the defending Class 1-A Carolina Conference champion. Jay Edwards had...

Baseball -- JV Saints win on road

MOREHEAD CITY -- Southern Wayne's Willie Koerning scored three runs and drove in a run with a double to help guide the Saints to a 6-2 win at West Carteret on Tuesday. The win boosted the Saints to 4-3...

Baseball -- Princeton blanks Rebels

CALYPSO -- Four Princeton pitchers combined for a two-hit shutout as the Bulldogs claimed a 7-0 win at North Duplin on Tuesday. Princeton was paced offensively by Patrick Gatewood's two hits as the Bulldogs erupted for a six-run second...

Softball -- NJ takes Carolina showdown

FARMVILLE -- North Johnston's Candice Evans won a pitching duel against Farmville Central on Tuesday, taking a 1-0 Carolina Conference softball victory. Evans tossed a one-hit shutout for North Johnston (7-1, 2-0 CC), striking out seven and walking one....

Softball -- Princeton slips past Rebels

PRINCETON -- Princeton's Lisa Thompson had two hits as the Bulldogs rallied for a run in the bottom of the seventh to claim a 4-3 win at home over North Duplin. Princeton travels to North Johnston on Friday, while...

Softball -- Greene Central

LITTLEFIELD -- Ayden-Grifton's India Robinson went the distance on the mound, allowing only two hits while walking a pair to lead the Chargers to a 7-2 victory over Greene Central in softball action Tuesday. Robinson seemed to get stronger...

Softball -- CBA pounds West Craven

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock got a balanced offensive performance and maintained its unblemished record with a convincing, 18-0 win at home over West Craven on Tuesday. The Falcons improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the Class 3-A...

Softball -- North Lenoir tallies perfect game

LAGRANGE -- Brittany Sanders threw the first perfect game of her career Tuesday evening as unbeaten North Lenoir blitzed Richlands 13-0 in non-conference action. Sanders notched eight strikeouts en route to her second win of the season and added...

Prep softball -- So Wayne

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne's Rachel Reynolds had a three-hit performance as the Saints claimed their first Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference win, topping West Carteret 5-1 on Tuesday. The win improved the Saints to 3-4 overall. Karen Thornton went the...

Tennis -- WCDS knocks off Warriors

Wayne Country Day's doubles of David Wilson-Chad Roberson and Ross Wilson-Alex Proimos each prevailed in tiebreaking fashion in a 5-4 decision against Eastern Wayne. The two teams were tied at 8-8 and each claimed the tiebreaker 7-5. Ross and...

Tennis -- Gators take two C/EPC matches

PINETOPS -- Spring Creek prevailed in two of three doubles matches and eased past SouthWest Edgecombe 6-3 in Carolina/Eastern Plains 1-A/2-A action Tuesday at the Lee R. Hall Athletic Complex. The top-seeded doubles of Cliff and Grey Wilson knocked...

Tennis -- GC perfect at N. Pitt

BETHEL -- Greene Central posted a shutout in every singles and doubles match and dominated North Pitt 9-0 in Carolina/Eastern Plains 1-A/2-A action Tuesday afternoon. The Rams (7-0, 5-0 C/EPC) have shut out every opponent this season. Andrew Hulbert,...

Tennis -- Rosewood blanks Jags

Rosewood swept the singles and doubles in an 8-0 victory against Carolina/Eastern Plains 1-A/2-A foe Farmville Central on Tuesday afternoon. Wesley Lovelady, Matt Mitchell, Brandon Hietpas, Ty Johnson, Joey Churchwell and J.P. Cummins each took a straight-set singles victory....

Tennis -- CBA unbeaten in ECC

Charles B. Aycock remained unbeaten in Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference play with an 8-1 victory against Eastern Wayne on the Wayne Community College courts Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Falcons seized straight-set wins in five of six singles matches....

Golf -- Rose medals for Eagles

GREENVILLE -- Clark Rose claimed medalist honors with a nine-hole round of 36 as Wayne Christian defeated Greenville Christian and Bethel Christian in a tri-meet Tuesday afternoon at Ironwood Country Club. The Eagles amassed a team score of 162, compared...

Golf -- CBA takes ECC match

KINSTON -- Jonathan Burke turned in an 18-hole round of 74, leading leading Charles B. Aycock to a first-place finish in Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference play Tuesday at Falling Creek. Southern Wayne's Morgan Hill grabbed medalist honors with...

Soccer -- Best gets another hat trick

FAYETTEVILLE -- Virginia Best recorded her second consecutive hat trick (three goals) as Wayne Country Day overpowered Northwood Temple 6-0 in non-conference play Tuesday. Best also dished out two assists for the Chargers, who improved to 2-1 overall. Christin...

Track -- Campbell leads EW boys

Chris Campbell grabbed a pair of first-place wins and helped Eastern Wayne slide past Jacksonville 80.5-65.5 in a non-conference boys track meet Tuesday afternoon at New Hope. Campbell recorded a distance of 37 feet, 8 inches in the triple jump;...

MOC sports roundup

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive College jumped 15 places to No. 15 in this week's Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Division II Top 30. Mount Olive is 26-8 overall and 11-4 in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference. The Trojans earned their highest ranking...