Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: October 17, 2004 Archives

Eastern Wayne wins Saturday showdown

The game was one that deserved a huge crowd, bright lights, bands playing and both stands going crazy. But that was denied to both Eastern Wayne and Goldsboro when their annual backyard battle was postponed from Friday night after threats...

Barnes' late TD secures win for Aycock

PIKEVILLE -- Shonte Barnes watched the play develop. Thomas Artis assumed lead-blocking duties and helped stretched the West Carteret defense out near the Charles B. Aycock sideline. Artis cleanly stopped the one defender between Barnes and the end zone. Barnes...

Saints get first home win

DUDLEY -- The spell is broken. Southern Wayne used a 13-point fourth quarter to pick up the season's first home win Friday night in a 19-13 defeat of Washington at the Doyle Whitfield Athletic Complex. The Homecoming crowd was treated...

Hawks snap Rams EPC win streak

SNOW HILL -- The monkey -- or more appropriately, the Greene Central Rams -- are finally off the backs of North Lenoir's football team and coach Wayne Jackson. Thanks to a dominant second-half effort, the Hawks snapped Greene Central's 12-game...

Kenan continues to roll

WARSAW -- James Kenan gets tougher as the season gets shorter. The Tigers made quick work of once-beaten Spivey's Corner Midway Friday night, taking down the Raiders 38-6 at Bill Taylor Field in an important Class 1-A Super Six Conference...

Gators fall to Farmville

FARMVILLE -- Farmville Central celebrated Homecoming with a solid thumping of Spring Creek Friday night, taking a 27-7 Class 1-A Carolina Conference victory. The win allowed Farmville Central to keep pace with the leaders in the Carolina Conference, with a...

Chargers drop Princeton

LITTLEFIELD -- An early scoring blitz and a stingy Ayden-Grifton defense spelled a long night for the Princeton Bulldogs Friday night as the Chargers polished off Princeton 42-6 in a Carolina 1-A Conference game. Jecol Edwards had 98 yards on...

KHS coach suddenly resigns

Courtesy Kinston Free Press KINSTON -- Kinston High School football coach Lonnie Baker resigned Thursday and is being investigated by the Lenoir County School system and the Kinston Department of Public Safety. Safety department Cmdr. Greg Thompson said the investigation...

MOC sports roundup

MISENHEIMER -- Matt Harris scored the game's only goal in the 18th minute and goalkeeper David Sheridan made a diving save on Warren Atkins' shot in the final minutes as Pfeiffer defeated Mount Olive 1-0 in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference men's...