Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: April 21, 2004 Archives

Tennis -- Little drill, big reward for Warriors

Practice makes perfect. In an attempt to shake off the week-long rust from spring break, veteran Eastern Wayne tennis coach Nancy Dawson conducted a unique practice Monday afternoon. She had the players work on tiebreakers for more than an hour,...

Softball -- Hawks' Humphrey flirts with perfection

LAGRANGE -- Almost perfect. Hermia Humphrey faced two batters over the minimum for a seven-inning game as state-ranked North Lenoir blanked SouthWest Edgecombe 4-0 in Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference action Tuesday evening. Humphrey threw her second one-hitter of...

EW's Perkins signs with St. Andrews

Some might call it a whirlwind decision. Jessy Perkins would disagree. The Eastern Wayne senior needed just one college visit to decide her future on the basketball court. She signed a national letter-of-intent to play with St. Andrews, a...

Baseball -- PHS falls to Farmville

PRINCETON -- The Carolina 1-A Conference baseball standings have a whole new look after Tuesday's games. Ayden-Grifton saw to that after using most of 13 extra-base hits to batter homestanding Princeton 16-6 at the Bulldogs' diamond. The victory, combined...

Softball -- SW falls to South Central

WINTERVILLE -- South Central pushed over single runs in three innings and came away with a 3-1 softball victory against Southern Wayne in Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference play Tuesday. The Falcons (12-3, 9-1 ECC) got their first run in...

Softball -- Spring Creek tops Rebels

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek collected three runs in the fifth and sixth innings combined and doubled up North Duplin 6-3 in a Class 1-A Carolina Conference game Tuesday afternoon. "Our errors and passed balls really hurt us," Rebels coach...

Softball -- Rosewood belted by Jags

FARMVILLE -- Farmville Central scored nine times in the first inning and took a 19-1 softball victory against Carolina 1-A Conference foe Rosewood Tuesday. The Jaguars (7-4, 5-2 CC) got the big hit in the first from Krissy Tyson,...

Softball -- NJ tops Warriors

WILSON -- Candace Evans flirted with a no-hitter for four innings and ended up yielding two hits overall as state-ranked North Johnston dumped Wilson Hunt 12-5 in a non-conference game Tuesday afternoon. Evans fanned 11 Warrior batters and walked...

Softball -- EW falls to Washington

WASHINGTON -- Jasmine Lee turned in a three-hit effort as Eastern Wayne dropped a 7-3 decision against Washington in Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference play Tuesday afternoon. "They got a little momentum going, but actually, this is one of the...

Softball -- Rams earn first EPC win

TARBORO -- Cassie Webb slapped a pair of home runs and Elizabeth Cooper added a home run as Greene Central thumped Tarboro High 17-2 in Eastern Plains 2-A Conference action Tuesday afternoon. It was the Rams' first league win...

Baseball -- WCDS falls in five innings

HENDERSON -- Kerr-Vance tallied 14 runs in the first two innings, posting two rallies with six-straight hits as the state-ranked Spartans defeated Wayne Country Day 15-4 in five innings at home on Tuesday. Spenser Briggs paced the Chargers (2-10,...

Baseball -- Eagles stay in first place

Wayne Christian maintained its position at the top of the Carolina Christian 1-A Conference with a 14-3 win in five innings over Norlina at home. The game was called after five innings due to the 10-run mercy rule. Josh Brannan...

Baseball -- Saints slip on road

WINTERVILLE -- Southern Wayne had runners on base in five-of-seven innings and stranded nine runners in a 3-1 loss on the road on Tuesday. The Saints' Nathan Fail and Brady Wiggins had two hits each with Fail providing a...

Baseball -- Sigmon impressive in Gators win

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek's Michael Sigmon had a two-RBI triple and yielded two runs in five innings of work to pace the Gators in an 8-2 win over North Duplin at home on Tuesday. Jes Snyder went three-for-three...

Baseball -- Rosewood gets key win

FARMVILLE -- Rosewood's Micheal Render pitched six strong innings, striking out nine against two walks as the Eagles claimed a key 10-3 road win at Farmville Central. Dustin Overman retired the side with three strikeouts in the seventh. The win...

Baseball -- Cougars silence Hawks' bats

PINETOPS -- SouthWest Edgecombe's Lee Hawkins yielded just two hits in seven innings of work as the Cougars dropped North Lenoir 4-1 in Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference action on Tuesday. The Hawks (10-8, 2-2 EPC) committed four errors...

Baseball -- W. Craven tops Goldsboro

Goldsboro's Curtis Mozingo had two hits as the Cougars fell 15-2 at home to West Craven on Tuesday. West Craven scored 11 runs in the first two innings and went on to win the game in five innings, due...

Baseball -- Rams get first EPC win

SNOW HILL -- Greene Central captured its first Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference baseball win of the season Tuesday, downing Tarboro 8-0. The Rams (7-9, 1-3 EPC) got all they would need in the second, scoring twice. Joseph Wade...

Baseball -- Pam Pack drops EW

WASHINGTON -- Washington's Aaron Mobley went three-for-three and picked up the win in five innings of three-hit work as the Pam Pack defeated Eastern Wayne 11-1 in five innings. The game was called after Washington pushed across three runs...

JV baseball -- GC pounds Tarboro

TARBORO -- Greene Central routed Tarboro 22-3 in a junior varsity baseball game Tuesday. The Rams (8-8, 3-1 Eastern Plains) got the win from Josh Elmore in five innings of work, yielding no earned runs. Lance Murray went 4-for-5...

Tennis -- WCDS avenges loss to Faith-RM

ROCKY MOUNT -- Wayne Country Day captured two of three doubles matches and upended Faith Christian of Rocky Mount 5-4 in a Class 1-A Coastal Plains Independent Conference match Tuesday afternoon. The Chargers avenged an earlier loss to the Patriots....

Tennis -- CBA sweeps Eagles

NEW BERN -- Charles B. Aycock swept the singles and doubles en route to a 9-0 decision against West Craven on the Craven Community College courts Tuesday afternoon. Top-seeded Danny Fairchild, fifth-seeded David Williams and sixth-seeded Rich Holder each posted...

Tennis -- GC drops Rosewood

SNOW HILL -- Defending Classes 1-A/2-A Carolina/Eastern Plains champion Greene Central rolled past Rosewood 9-0 at the Snow Hill Tennis Complex on Tuesday afternoon. Andrew Hulbert, Brent Darden, Lin Hall, Chris Hardy, Dustin Grant and Brian Suggs each earned an...

Golf -- Dustin Smith guides Golden Falcons

DUDLEY -- Dustin Smith fired a 1-under par 71 and seized medalist honors, helping Charles B. Aycock claim the top spot in a Class 3-A Eastern Carolina golf match at Southern Wayne Country Club. The Golden Falcons finished with a...

Soccer -- Coleman paces WCDS past Faith-RM

Sarah Coleman collected two goals and an assist as state-ranked Wayne Country Day throttled Faith Christian of Rocky Mount 5-1 in Classes 1-A/2-A Coastal Plains Independent Conference play Tuesday afternoon. Christin Grubb and Virginia Best each contributed a goal and...

Track -- Rams slip past South Lenoir

SNOW HILL -- Greene Central slipped past South Lenoir and dominated Tarboro in an Eastern Plains 2-A Conference girls track meet Tuesday at the James R. Fulghum Athletic Complex. Teketia May and Shontay Dodd each emerged victorious for the Rams,...

Track -- Fryt wins three events for Falcons

PIKEVILLE -- Amy Fryt emerged a triple winner as Charles B. Aycock ran past Princeton 84-53 in a non-conference girls track meet contested Tuesday afternoon at Hardy Talton Stadium. Fryt claimed the 100 meters in 12.96 seconds and the 200...