Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: May 11, 2004 Archives

MOC snubbed by NCAA

MOUNT OLIVE -- Snubbed ... again. Two weeks of waiting ended in agonizing fashion for the Mount Olive College baseball team early Monday morning. Again, for the third time in the last five years, the Trojans were locked out...

Soccer playoff preview -- Young players in big situations

A youth movement. The area playoff-bound girls soccer teams are abundantly laden with young, underclassmen talent, and the freshman and sophomores aren't just on the squads to fill out the roster. Among the five N.C. High School Athletic Association...

Soccer playoff match-ups

2004 N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 1-A Girls soccer playoffs Wayne Country Day (7-7-1) at Community Christian TBA 2004 N.C. High School Athletic Association Girls soccer playoffs Class 3-A First round Wednesday Eastern Wayne (6-8) at West Johnston (9-5-2) 7...

Michael Spicer signs with Bills as free agent

Michale Spicer waited, but the call never came. Would the Western Carolina standout get drafted, or would he need to try out again at different camps? The Buffalo Bills removed any doubt from Spicer's mind after the 2004 NFL...

Jackie Robinson clinic gets young people started

Five-year-old Terence Sutton struggled to put on a baseball glove, as kids lined up eagerly behind him, waiting for their turn. Like Terence, many of the kids gathered at Fairview Park had never thrown a baseball, much less put...

Golf -- Spring Creek in seventh at state match

PINEHURST -- Spring Creek's boys golf team currently sits tied in seventh place in team scoring after 18 holes in the Class 1-A N.C. High School Athletic Association Golf Championships at The Club at Longleaf in Pinehurst. The Gators are...

Golf -- CBA's Smith at 3-A championship

VASS -- Charles B. Aycock's Dustin Smith is competing at the Class 3-A golf championships at Woodlake Country Club. No information was available on Smith's performance as of press time....

Tennis -- WCDS claims third in CPIC tourney

Wayne Country Day's tennis team finished tied for third in the Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference tournament held at Wayne Community College on Saturday. The doubles tandem of George Mayo and Byron Bryan finished second at number three doubles...

Track -- Ram girls third in 2-A regional

Greene Central's girls track team placed third out of 24 teams in the Class 2-A N.C. High School Athletic Association east regional this past weekend. Jacksonville Northside won the meet with 153 points. Swansboro placed second with a total...

Track -- EW teams take third at ECC meet

MOREHEAD CITY -- Eastern Wayne's boys and girls teams both finished third at the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference meet at West Carteret on Friday. The Patriots won both meets, while Charles B. Aycock took home second in both....

Prep softball -- Saint JVs knock off county rivals

Southern Wayne's Kristen Moody had a single and an RBI as the Saints defeated rival Eastern Wayne 10-3 in New Hope on Friday. Krystal Pendergraft added a double for the Saints, while Emily Taylor was credited with four stolen...

Soccer -- Lady Sting notches tie

The Goldsboro '88 Lady Sting concluded their season with a 2-2 tie at home against the Scotland County Lady Claymores. After trailing 2-0, the Sting's Stephanie Behrend scored unassited at the 60-minute mark before Kelsey Griffith tied the mach,...

Princeton native cards an ace

CHINA GROVE -- Princeton's Mike Bonds nailed a hole-in-one at The Warrior Club golf course in China Grove on May 7 during a benefit for Catawba College. He was presented with a 2004 Buick Rendesvouz for accomplishing the feat....