Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: May 12, 2004 Archives

Gators win Carolina baseball crown

KENLY -- Spring Creek baseball coach Roger May's concerns about his team following a disappointing performance in the Deacon Jones Invitational Easter Tournament must seem like a distant memory. The Gators captured at least a share of the Class...

Baseball -- Warriors down CBA

PIKEVILLE -- Eastern Wayne's Jesse Lancaster won a huge battle of the county's top pitchers and moved his Warrior team within one game of a spot in the state 3-A playoffs with a 3-1 win over Charles B. Aycock...

Tennis -- Hawks fall in marathon match

SNOW HILL -- "Coach, do you mind turning off the lights?" Snow Hill Tennis Complex director Donald Clark posed that question to North Lenoir coach Scott Smith as the sun slowly set behind the courts Tuesday evening. Smith nodded...

Tennis -- GC moves ahead

SNOW HILL -- After shutting out 19 of 21 opponents in the regular season, the Greene Central boys' tennis team looked forward to playing new teams and seeing new faces in the dual-team playoffs. Although Tuesday's match ended much...

Baseball -- Saints win third straight

Southern Wayne improved to 8-7 in the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference with an 11-1 win in five innings at Goldsboro on Tuesday. The Saints (11-11 overall) travel to West Craven, who lost Tuesday to Kinston, with a shot...

Baseball -- PHS, Myers top Eagles

PRINCETON -- Princeton's Dustin Myers struck out 10 Rosewood batters in seven innings of work as the Class 1-A N.C. High School Athletic Association playoff-bound Bulldogs defeated the Eagles 6-0. Princeton now must await the outcome of Ayden-Grifton's game tonight...

Baseball -- Hawks win finale

TARBORO -- North Lenoir's Andrew Manning had two hits and four RBI as the Hawks defeated Tarboro 7-2 at Municipal Stadium on Tuesday. The win concluded the Hawks season at 14-10 overall and 6-4 against Class 2-A Eastern Plains...

Baseball -- GC finishes strong

SNOW HILL -- Greene Central's Matthew Tyndall slugged a three-run home run as the Rams concluded their season with an 8-1 win at home over South Lenoir on Tuesday. Joseph Wade had two hits and two RBI for the...

Softball -- Princeton pulls off Carolina win

PRINCETON -- Princeton plated the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning and nipped archrival Rosewood 5-4 in the Carolina 1-A Conference finale for both teams Tuesday. Chandra Meadows endured the pitching loss in relief of starter...

Softball -- Hawks perfect in EPC

LAGRANGE -- Randi Moulton emerged the Hawks' top hitter and Morgan Worthington threw a no-hitter as North Lenoir dispatched Tarboro 10-0 in the Eastern Plains 2-A regular-season finale for both teams Tuesday. The Hawks wrapped up their third straight...

Softball -- Panthers blank Spring Creek

KENLY -- Candace Evans threw a one-hit shutout and No. 1-ranked North Johnston completed its Carolina 1-A Conference campaign unbeaten with a 10-0 decision against Spring Creek. The Panthers (21-1, 12-0 CC) captured their 21st consecutive win and open...

Softball -- Hawks take second spot

DEEP RUN -- South Lenoir struck twice in the opening inning and the defense held its ground in a 2-1, Eastern Plains 2-A win against Greene Central on Tuesday. The Blue Devils secured the league's No. 2 seed for...

Softball -- C.B. Aycock's Jackson no-hits EW

PIKEVILLE -- Each senior collected a hit in their final regular-season home game as Charles B. Aycock shut out Eastern Wayne 3-0 in a Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference battle Tuesday evening. The Golden Falcons, ranked No. 1 in the...

Tennis -- Gators move on

BEAR GRASS -- Spring Creek dropped just one match en route to an 8-1 victory against Bear Grass in the opening round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A dual-team playoffs Tuesday afternoon. The Gators (16-2) prevailed in...

Tennis -- Rosewood falls to DSA

DURHAM -- Rosewood's No. 2 doubles of Matt Mitchell-Joey Churchwell emerged the lone winner in the Eagles' 8-1 loss at 1-A power Durham School of the Arts on Tuesday afternoon. Mitchell-Churchwell rolled past the Bulldogs' Gabe Boldesare-Dylan Hammond 10-2....

Tennis -- CBA eliminated by Manteo

MANTEO -- Charles B. Aycock's day-long trip to the Outer Banks ended in disappointing fashion Tuesday afternoon. Manteo prevailed at No. 1 doubles and eliminated the Golden Falcons 5-2 from the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A playoffs. "Manteo...

Soccer -- WCDS knocks off Community Christian

WILSON -- Fifth-seeded Wayne Country Day knocked off fourth-seeded Community Christian on Tuesday 2-1 as a penalty-kick shootout was used to decide the outcome after 100 minutes of play in the first round of the North Carolina High School Athletic...

GolfÊ-- Gators finish eighth at state championship

PINEHURST -- Spring Creek finished with a team score of 684 over a two-day stretch Monday and Tuesday and took home eighth place in the Class 1-A N.C. High School Athletic Association state championships at The Club at Longleaf...

Golf -- Wayne Christian finishes second in state match

WHITAKERS -- Wayne Christian's Matt Davis fired a 160 over a two-day stretch on Monday and Tuesday, good for fifth place at the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association 1-A state championship at Hickory Meadows Golf Club in Whitakers. The...

Golf -- CBA's Smith completes solid season

VASS -- Charles B. Aycock's Dustin Smith shot a two-day, 179 at the Woodlake Golf Club in Vass on Tuesday in the Class 3-A N.C. High School Athletic Association state championships. Smith finished a stout senior season after finishing...

JV Softball -- CBA rolls past Warriors

PIKEVILLE -- Rusti Talton and Kylie Hill combined for seven RBI as Charles B. Aycock rolled past Eastern Wayne 14-3 in an Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference contest Tuesday afternoon. Talton and Hill each had two hits. Talton picked up...