Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: June 4, 2004 Archives

Youngsters get job done against Ahoskie

MOUNT OLIVE -- Only rising sophomores, Wayne County pitchers Grant Sasser and Garrett Davis may not have the experience of the veteran pitchers on the Legion staff. Still, the young duo proved Thursday night at Scarborough Field against Ahoskie...

Faison headed to Smithfield-Selma HS

SMITHFIELD -- Smithfield-Selma High School will hire Former Spring Creek High School boys basketball coach Keith Faison as its new head basketball coach. A press conference announcing Faison's hiring is expected next week. Faison, who left Spring Creek after...

Pirates ready for 'home flavor' when regional begins today

GREENVILLE -- Up for grabs. It's the best way to describe the four-team Kinston regional which begins this afternoon at historic Grainger Stadium -- just one stop on the way to College World Series in Omaha. Top-seeded East Carolina...

Sasser enjoying freshman season at ECU

GREENVILLE -- Dustin Sasser couldn't have asked for a better year. Then again, who could? The former Charles B. Aycock baseball standout is enjoying his freshman campaign at East Carolina and savoring the benefits he has received thus far. But...

Post 11 Junior Legion doubles up Ahoskie

DUDLEY -- Wayne County moved to 3-1 on the Junior American Legion season after beating Ahoskie 12-6 Thursday on the Southern Wayne High School diamond. Justin Williams got the win for Wayne County, with Evan Cavanaugh throwing two innings...

Former area players excited to return home

WILMINGTON -- As a fifth-year senior catcher for UNC-Wilmington's baseball team, Eastern Wayne alumnus Pat Murphy knows his role. He has started in just seven of 59 games for the Kinston regional-bound Seahawks with 42 plate appearances, but his...

WCMA begins today

It was 1999 and a group of local golfers got to talking after 18 holes. The subject, of course, was golf. The group got to dreaming of the perfect amateur tournament, a 54-hole event that showcased the fine local...