Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: April 7, 2004 Archives

Baseball -- EW tops Kinston

Preseason critics expected the Eastern Wayne baseball team to struggle this season after graduation took away some of its power and most of its leadership. Look at the Warriors now. Eastern Wayne (7-5) moved into a second-place tie in the...

Baseabll -- Princeton knocks off Eagles

If the first half of the Class 1-A Carolina Conference season is any indication, the teams that grab one of the three playoff berths will have to win their fair share of close games. League-leading Princeton has proven it...

Tennis -- Rams avenge tennis defeat

SNOW HILL -- A midseason matchup between two of eastern North Carolina's top boys' tennis programs, Greene Central and Southern Nash, produced a smidgeon of revenge and a learning lesson Tuesday afternoon. The more-experienced Rams used last year's regular-season...

Tennis -- CBA takes out Saints

DUDLEY -- Charles B. Aycock High School has a reuptation for excellence in girls tennis, one that has taken better than 20 years to develop. Now, Golden Falcon tennis coach Luke Vail may be beginning to put together a...

Softball -- CBA drops Washington

PIKEVILLE -- The scene is all too familiar. It has to be almost comforting to Charles B. Aycock softball coach David West -- and all too disheartening for Washington High School coach Jamie Matta. "It's always the same," said...

Baseball -- Early mistakes cost Chargers

Four first inning errors proved costly for Wayne Country Day as the Chargers hung in with state-ranked Rocky Mount Academy, which claimed a 7-3 win at the Eastern Carolina Athletic Park on Tuesday. The Eagles scored five runs in the...

Baseball -- Holloman's control paces Saints

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne's Matthew Holloman tossed just 62 pitches in seven innings of work as the Saints got timely, balanced hitting and good defense in an 8-2 win against West Craven. Holloman (1-1) struck out five and issued...

Moore, NJ drop Gators

SEVEN SPRINGS -- North Johnston's Ashley Moore hurled a five inning shutout, striking out seven against one walk and allowing just two hits in a 10-0 win at Spring Creek on Tuesday. The game was called after five innings...

Wednesday -- Eagles double-up FCA

Wayne Christian's Tyler Brannan drove in four runs with a triple and a home run as the Eagles emerged with a 10-5 win at home on Tuesday over Fayetteville Christian Academy. The win improves Wayne Christian (7-2 overall) to 3-0...

Baseball -- NL deals Rams EPC setback

LAGRANGE -- North Lenoir handed Greene Central its second consecutive loss, 3-1, in Eastern Plains 2-A Conference action Tuesday evening. Jacob Alphin doubled in a 2-for-3 effort for the Hawks. Hunter Chase led Greene Central with two hits. The...

Baseball -- CBA snaps losing streak

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock's Phillip Cunningham started the bottom of the first with a lead-off home run as the Golden Falcons' snapped a four-game losing streak with a 12-2 win at home against Washington in Eastern Carolina 3-A...

Softball -- Rosewood romps past Princeton

Lyndsey Cotten, Sarah Poole and Jennifer Boren each banged out two hits as Rosewood dumped archrival Princeton 12-1 in a Carolina 1-A Conference battle Tuesday. Cotten collected two RBI and Boren drove in a run for the Eagles, who...

Softball -- SW moves into fifth in ECC

DUDLEY -- Dominique Williams doubled and drove in a run as Southern Wayne dispatched West Craven 10-0 in a Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference contest Tuesday. Williams finished the day 2-for-3 as the Saints climbed into fifth place in the...

Softball -- Cromer, Griffin pace NL

SNOW HILL -- Two-time defending Eastern Plains 2-A Conference champion North Lenoir defeated Greene Central 6-2 on the James R. Fulghum Athletic Complex diamond Tuesday evening. The Hawks captured their 22nd straight EPC win. Right-handed pitcher Morgan Worthington surrendered...

Sofball -- NJ's Evans flirts with perfect game

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Candace Evans flirted with a perfect game as state-ranked North Johnston blanked Spring Creek 10-0 in Carolina 1-A Conference play Tuesday. Evans yielded one hit and struck out eight in a complete-game performance. The Gators foiled...

Softball -- Errors plague Warriors at home

Eastern Wayne committed 12 errors and yielded nine unearned runs as Kinston emerged with a 15-7 road win on Tuesday in Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference action. Emily Sasser and Kristy Berends had three hits each for the Warriors...

JV softball -- Golden Falcons trip Pam Pack

PIKEVILLE -- Julia Lancaster struck out 13 batters and yielded two hits as Charles B. Aycock knocked off Washington 3-1 in Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference action Tuesday. Lancaster, Shelly Lancaster and Brittany King each had one hit for the...

JV baseball -- Rams collect EPC win

SNOW HILL -- Dreyon Willis, Tyler Chase and Drew Sowers each provided two hits as Greene Central stopped North Lenoir 11-5 in Eastern Plains 2-A action Tuesday. Willis doubled with an RBI in a 2-for-4 showing. Chase batted 2-for-4...

Soccer -- Foye registers hat trick for NL

LAGRANGE -- Elizabeth Foye registered the hat trick (three goals) as North Lenoir rolled past James Kenan 5-1 in a Carolina/Super Six/Eastern Plains 1-A/2-A match Monday. Foye collected her goals in 26th, 31st and 45th minutes. Haley Bright assisted on...

Soccer -- Lady Sting top F.-Varina

FUQUAY -- The Goldsboro '88 Lady Sting's Natalie Taylor and Stephanie Behrend had one goal each as the Sting defeated the Fuquay-Varina Lightning 2-0. Kelsey Griffith assisted on both goals, while goalie Ashley Lish recorded her second shutout of...

JV soccer -- Aycock blanks EW

Charles B. Aycock's Lizzie Sodoma had two goals to lead the Golden Falcons to a 4-0 win over rival Eastern Wayne on Tuesday at the Warriors' field. Danielle Sealy and Samantha Whitworth added one goal each for Aycock, now...

Golf -- Greene medals for Eagles

Jonathan Greene captured medalist honors with a nine-hole round of 37 as Wayne Christian defeated Cary Christian 163-201 in a Carolina Christian 1-A Conference match Tuesday afternoon at Walnut Creek. The Eagles remained unbeaten in 12 outings, including a 4-0...

Tipton records ace

Tom Tipton turned in his first ever hole-in-one Sunday afternoon at the Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course. Tipton aced the par-3, 200-yard seventh hole with a five wood. Jerry McWilliams, Craig Sutton and Mike McCumber witnessed the ace....

Golf -- Gators earn non-league win

CLINTON -- Stephen Warren earned medalist honors with an 18-hole round of 75 as Spring Creek defeated Lakewood 323-426 in a non-conference match Tuesday afternoon at Lakewood Country Club. Billy Hamm complemented Warren's effort with a 79. Teammates Pat...

Lane Tree Ladies Golf

Teresa Shearin claimed low net and low putts honors for the week ending April 4. Shearin tied with Donna Adams in game of the week play....

Golf -- Rams strong in EPC match

WILSON -- Greene Central's Colby Murphy tied for medalist honors with South Lenoir's Austin Hardison in an Eastern Plains 2-A Conference match at Happy Valley on Tuesday. Murphy's 74 and teammate Daniel Creech's 75 paced the Rams (20-6, 17-3...