Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: April 23, 2004 Archives

Williams watches, waits with NFL Draft

WINSTON-SALEM -- An English major with a concentration in poetry and 19th century literature in the NFL? The two usually do not go hand-in-hand. But former Rosewood High and upcoming Wake Forest University graduate Quintin Williams will have that...

Track -- Rosewood takes two from Gators

Michael Spriggs and Jeremy Reusch each won two individual events as Rosewood ran past Spring Creek 99-47 in a Carolina 1-A Conference meet Thursday afternoon. Spriggs recorded a meet-winning distance of 44 feet, 8 1/2 inches in the shot put...

Track -- N. Duplin runners triumph

LITTLEFIELD -- North Duplin Long-distance runner Amy Arthur claimed three events and teammate Sierra Ward dominated the hurdles competition in a three-team Carolina 1-A Conference meet at Ayden-Grifton on Thursday afternoon. Arthur won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 runs....

Track -- Goldsboro girls second, boys third

WINTERVILLE -- Goldsboro High's 400-meter relay teams, boys and girls, each prevailed in an Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference tri-meet contested Thursday afternoon at South Central. The boys turned in a time of 44.4 seconds, while the girls crossed the line...

Track -- G. Central girls conclude perfect regular season

BETHEL -- The Greene Central girls finished perfect in 11 track outings with a 104-15 victory against Eastern Plains 2-A rival North Pitt at the E.R. McNair Field track Thursday afternoon. Olisa Thaggard, Brianna Stanton Sheneika King continued their domination...

Track -- Eastern Wayne teams sweep Kinston, West Craven

Michael Lawerence earned a pair of first-place finishers, staking the Eastern Wayne boys' track team to a sweep of West Craven and Kinston in a Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference meet Thursday afternoon in New Hope. Lawerence ran the 1,600...

Track -- C.B. Aycock sweeps ECC foes

DUDLEY -- Charles B. Aycock's girls swept the relays and picked up valuable points in the 800-meter run in en route to sweeping an Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference tri-meet hosted by Southern Wayne. The Golden Falcons picked up 84 points...

Tennis -- Spring Creek upends SouthWest Edgecombe

Will Daniel shook off two weeks of rust and helped Spring Creek cruise past SouthWest Edgecombe 7-2 in a Carolina/Eastern Plains 1-A/2-A match Thursday afternoon at Walnut Creek Country Club. Daniel played well and handed the Cougars' Derrick Turner a...

Tennis -- Rosewood picks up road win

FARMVILLE -- Rosewood swept the singles and captured two of three doubles matches in a 8-1 decision against Carolina/Eastern Plains 1-A/2-A foe Farmville Central on Thursday afternoon. The Eagles improved to 8-7 overall and 7-7 against C/EPC competition. Wesley Lovelady,...

Tennis -- Greene Central keeps on rolling

SNOW HILL -- Greene Central did not lose a game in singles and doubles en route to a 9-0 shutout, its 16th of the season, against North Pitt on the Snow Hill Tennis Complex courts Thursday afternoon. The Rams have...

Tennis -- C.B. Aycock team knocks off unbeatens

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock's No. 1 doubles of Danny Fairchild-Brandon Howard pulled off a huge victory in their 7-2 loss against West Carteret on Thursday afternoon. Fairchild-Howard handed the Patriots' Dhiran Patel-Billy Rawls their first loss of the season...

Softball -- So. Wayne falls to Pam pack

WASHINGTON -- Southern Wayne dipped under the .500 mark (4-5) in Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference play after a 3-1 loss to Washington on Thursday. Dominique Williams, Danielle Wilkins, Haley Fail and Rachel Reynolds each had one hit for the...

Soccer -- Gudac scores only goal in NJ win

STANHOPE -- Jenna Gudac collected the game's only goal and Heather Creech turned in a strong defensive effort as surging North Johnston shut out Southern Nash 1-0 on Thursday. Gudac scored in the eighth minute off an assist from Ashby...

Golf -- G. Central is second in EPC match

HAVELOCK -- Colby Murphy turned in an 18-hole round of 75, leading Greene Central to a second-place finish in a non-conference tri-match Thursday afternoon at Carolina Pines Country Club. The visiting Rams collected a four-player total of 326, 15 strokes...

Golf -- Patriots, Holler dominate ECC match

Ryan Holler carded an even-par 72 on the challenging Walnut Creek Country Club and helped his West Carteret teammates top Charles B. Aycock 314-329 on Thursday afternoon. The Patriots widened their lead to 29 strokes over the Golden Falcons in...

Golf -- Ayden-Grifton crowned Carolina 1-A champions

Ayden-Grifton easily captured the Carolina 1-A Conference championship contested Thursday afternoon at the par 72, 6,036-yard Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course. Cameron Taylor led the Chargers with a medal-winning round of 3-under par 69. Adam Andrews added a 73, Blake...

Baseball -- Rosewood falls to Fike

WILSON -- Taylor Carr and Josh Allen each provided two hits, but host Wilson Fike survived Rosewood 11-9 in a non-conference game Thursday evening. Carr added a double in three plate appearances. Allen also doubled and drove in a pair...