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Wednesday, March 31, 2004

South Central slips by Aycock in baseball

PIKEVILLE -- Play every pitch. South Central coach Robert "Peanut" Langston shouted that simple instruction to his team during early-inning action against Charles B. Aycock, and his team listened. The host Golden Falcons, however, squandered a few of those...

North Johnston's Evans paces Panthers over Rosewood

KENLY -- Last spring, North Johnston ace pitcher Candace Evans struggled under rainy conditions in the second round of the Class 1-A N.C. High School Athletic Association softball playoffs in a tough, 5-4 loss at Midway. The junior right-hander faced...

Saints get first ECC win at Warriors' expense

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne baseball coach Trae McKee took a page from the U.S. Postal Service for their 6-5 win last night over visiting Eastern Wayne at the Doyle Whitfield Sports Complex. Neither rain, nor cold, nor the gloom of...

Softball -- Burroughs' hit pushes CBA past South Central

PIKEVILLE -- Kandace Burroughs delivered the game-winning in the sixth inning as Charles B. Aycock escaped previously-unbeaten South Central 1-0 in Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference action Tuesday. The Golden Falcons (9-0) remained unbeaten in five league outings and extended...

Softball -- Rebels fall to Farmville Central

FARMVILLE -- Marlyn Ball banged out a pair of hits as North Duplin dropped a 9-0 decision to Carolina 1-A Conference foe Farmville Central on Tuesday. Jaguars pitcher Margo Brady limited the Rebels to one hit and struck out five...

Track -- Greene Central girls dominate meet

LAGRANGE -- Greene Central's girls track team dominated a three-team, Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference meet Monday afternoon at North Lenoir. The Lady Rams scored 104 points to easily outpace the host Hawks (56) and visiting Tarboro (1). Brianna...

Softball -- Faith Christian stops Mount Calvary

Lauren Stocks, Elizabeth Mooring and Christie Charles accounted for four RBI as Faith Christian slid past Mount Calvary of Hookerton 13-6 in a Mid-Athletic Christian Athletic Association 2-A game Tuesday. Stocks and Mooring each batted 2-for-3 with an RBI for...

Track -- Warriors' Vogt wins three races

JACKSONVILLE -- Eastern Wayne's Jamie Vogt posted three, first-place finishes as the Warriors finished third in a four-team meet in Jacksonville on Tuesday. Vogt took first in the 800 (2:38), 1600 (6:05) and 3200 (13:28). The Warriors finished with 48...

Soccer -- Chargers fall at home

Kerr-Vance scored two first-half goals as Wayne Country Day dropped a 2-0 loss to the Spartans on Tuesday at the Chargers' field. The loss dropped Wayne Country Day (4-2 overall) to 1-2 in the Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference. The...

Tennis -- Rams sweep North lenoir

SNOW HILL -- Greene Central dropped only four sets in singles play as it dominated North Lenoir 9-0 in Classes 2-A Eastern Plains/1-A Carolina Conference play on Tuesday at the Greene Central Tennis Complex. Andrew Hulbert, Brent Darden, Lin Hall,...

Tennis -- Warriors cruise past South Central

WINTERVILLE -- Eastern Wayne won five-of-six singles contests and swept all three doubles matches in an 8-1 win at South Central's courts on Tuesday. Alex Bryant, Ben Zaccardi, James Arceneaux, Andrew Smith and John King claimed singles' wins, while the...

Softball -- Chargers beat Gators in late innings

LITTLEFIELD -- Kelley Dunn swatted an inside-the-park home run and Ayden-Grifton added six runs in the bottom of the sixth in a 7-1 win against Carolina 1-A Conference opponent Spring Creek. The Chargers, the reigning Carolina champions, remained tied atop...

Soccer -- Bradshaw's goals lead Spring Creek

TARBORO -- Spring Creek's Christie Bradshaw scored two goals in the second half to guide the Gators in a 2-1 win at Tarboro on Monday. Bradshaw tallied the first goal eight minutes into the second half and added her second...

Baseball -- Render throws one-hitter for Rosewood

KENLY -- Rosewood evened its Class 1-A Carolina Conference worksheet at 2-2 with a 10-0 victory against North Johnston. Officials halted the contest after five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule. Micheal Render struck out 10 and yielded one...

Baseball -- Jones leads FC past North Duplin

FARMVILLE -- Farmville Central got a strong outing from Kyle Jones on Tuesday, helping the Jaguars earn a 9-3 win at North Duplin in a Carolina 1-A Conference matchup. Jones didn't allow an earned run in four innings of work,...

Baseball -- Kinston rolls past Goldsboro

KINSTON -- Goldsboro's Clemente Battle got the lone hit for the Cougars in a 27-0 loss at the Vikings' field on Tuesday. Kinston's Ben Lanier had five hits, including a home run and a double. Reggie Dixon, Richard Nobles and...

Baseball -- Spring Creek upends Ayden-Grifton

LITTLEFIELD -- Josh Lewis ripped a two-RBI hit to right center field as Spring Creek rallied past Ayden-Grifton 3-1 in an eight-inning, Class 1-A Carolina Conference thriller Tuesday afternoon. With two outs and the score tied at 1-1, the Gators'...

Local baseball players show up at all area colleges

Some of the area's collegiate baseball talent are playing right down the road at Mount Olive College. Some are a good five-hour drive away. Regardless, there are some solid seasons and numbers in the works out there that are...

Wolfpack Caravan set for Goldsbooro

N.C. State head football coach Chuck Amato and head women's basketball coach Kay Yow will be the keynote speakers at the N.C. State Wolfpack Club's Spring Caravan on April 14 at Walnut Creek Country Club. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m....

Tennis -- Gators drop Rosewood

Spring Creek's Cliff Wilson avenged a loss last week to Rosewood's Wesley Lovelady at number one singles as the Gators' emerged with a 7-1 win on the Eagles' courts on Tuesday. The win boosted Spring Creek (8-1 overall) to 7-1...

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