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Thursday, April 1, 2004

Soccer -- N. Lenoir has easy time with Gators

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Despite a two-goal deficit against North Lenoir at halftime, second-year Spring Creek girls soccer coach Michelle Cobb couldn't have been more pleased with her team's effort. The Gators contained the Hawks' speed for 40 minutes and...

Baseball -- Rams-Falcons tie due to weather

SNOW HILL -- Eight innings were not enough to settle the issue Wednesday night between Greene Central and visiting South Central. Mother Nature had more than enough. Lightning and thunderstorms surrounded the Snow Hill area as the extra innings...

Two GHS players make college choices

Two seniors from the Goldsboro High School football team have taken their first steps toward extending their playing careers by signing grants-in-aid with Elizabeth City State University. Stanley Bryant, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound tight end and linebacker for the Cougars;...

Soccer -- Eagles bounce back on road

PINETOPS -- Rosewood bounced off of a difficult 5-1 loss on Monday at home to North Lenoir by cruising past SouthWest Edgecombe 7-1 on Wednesday at the Cougars' field. The win improves the Eagles (8-2) overall to 4-1 in...

Soccer -- Panthers balanced over Vikings

KENLY -- Five different North Johnston players scored as the Panthers posted a 6-1 win at home over Tarboro in Classes 2-A Eastern Plains/1-A Carolina/Super-Six Conference action on Wednesday. Martha Godwin and Christy Johnson tallied first-half scores to give...

Soccer -- EW blanks West Craven

VANCEBORO -- Eastern Wayne's Natalie Taylor tallied a hat-trick (three goals) as the Warriors rolled to a 7-0 road win at West Craven on Wednesday. The win improves the Warriors (3-4 overall) to 3-2 in the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina...

Soccer -- CBA posts fifth shutout

WINTERVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock's Jessy Lamb scored two goals late in the first half to cap a four-goal half for the Golden Falcons in a 6-0 win at South Central on Wednesday. Mary Beth Hooks and Anem Waheed...

Baseball -- Gators' Amos shines at home

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek's Randy Amos struck out six and yielded three hits in five innings of work as the Gators blanked Midway 6-0 on Wednesday at home in non-conference play. Blake Thompson and Patrick McSwain finished the shutout...

Baseball -- NL's Buck blanks Bruins

LAGRANGE -- North Lenoir's Marvin Buck tossed a complete game, striking out eight in a 6-0 win at home over Wilson Beddingfield in non-conference action on Wednesday. North Lenoir will take a 7-6 overall record into its Class 2-A...

JV baseball -- Sasser, Davis pace SW

Wade Sasser and Joseph Davis combined for three extra-base hits in Southern Wayne's 11-7 triumph against county archrival Eastern Wayne on Tuesday. Sasser concluded the day 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs scored. Davis doubled in a 2-for-4,...

JV baseball -- Rams drop non-league tilt

WINTERVILLE -- Greene Central lost a seven-run lead and fell apart in a 16-8, non-conference loss against South Central on Wednesday afternoon. The Rams led 7-0 before imploding on defense in the bottom half of the fifth inning. The...

Softball -- Hawks top Bruins in nine

WILSON -- North Lenoir's Leslie Oliver had two hits, including a triple as the Hawks escaped Wilson Beddingfield with a 4-3 win in nine innings. North Lenoir (10-1) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first, before the Bruins...

Softball -- Late error helps Fike

WILSON -- An outfield error led to two unearned runs and helped Wilson Fike escape Greene Central 3-0 in a non-conference battle Wednesday afternoon. The teams battled to a scoreless tie through 51Ú2 innings before the Golden Demons struck...

Tennis -- CBA sweeps West Craven

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock lost just three games total in cruising to a 9-0 win at home over West Craven on Wednesday. Danny Fairchild, Brandon Howard, Sean Kelly, David Williams and Rich Holder all defeated their Eagle opposition in...

Tennis -- WCDS falls to Kerr-Vance

Wayne Country Day's George Mayo defeated Kerr-Vance's John Falkner in number six singles, but the Chargers fell 8-1 at Wayne Community College on Wednesday in a Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference tilt. Wayne Country Day (1-2) takes on TEACH on...