Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: October 24, 2004 Archives

Game of the week -- Rosewood keeps rolling; sprints past gritty Gators

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek's defense had enough on its plate trying to stop the versatile Rosewood running game Friday night when the Eagles invaded the Swamp for a Class 1-A Carolina Conference matchup. But when Danny Langston dropped back...

Penalty kicks go for Mount Olive women

MOUNT OLIVE --In a match that saw four goals by penalty kicks -- two by each team -- Mount Olive College's Melanie Cobb and April Jacobs scored two goals apiece and Caitlyn Wright came off the bench to record two...

Queens shuts out Trojan men 1-0

MOUNT OLIVE -- In 90 minutes of play, Mount Olive College's men's soccer match against Queens basically came down to two foot races and some unlucky bounces in front of the goal. Eric Blevens took advantage of a defensive miscue...

Southern Wayne upends Eastern Wayne, climbs into ECC race

A blunder by Southern Wayne's special teams cost their team the only points allowed at Eastern Wayne on Friday. Later, the punt team bounced back and made up for it in a big way. Saint punter Thomas Gainey's booming, 56-yard...

North Lenoir falls short against Panthers

LAGRANGE -- North Lenoir's football team dug too big of a hole on Friday night -- spotting North Pitt a 14-0 lead in the first quarter before falling short in a 21-20 defeat The loss before a large Homecoming crowd...

Panthers win third straight, pop Princeton

PRINCETON -- They say a football season is a marathon, not a sprint. But chances are, if you were on the North Johnston offensive unit Friday night, you did a lot of sprinting. With one game to go, the Panthers...

Kinston outlasts Goldsboro in schools' football meeting

With Kinston's 20-14 victory at Goldsboro Friday night, the historic football rivalry between the two schools ended -- for now, at least. The Vikings have opted to schedule other competitors when Goldsboro moved to the 2-A ranks next season. "It...

James Kenan tops Hobbton

WARSAW -- James Kenan's Robbie Williams rushed for two, fourth-quarter touchdowns as the Tigers claimed a 12-7 win over Hobbton at Bill Taylor Field on Friday. The win improves the No. 6 ranked Kenan (5-1 overall) to 3-0 in the...

SW Edgecombe shuts out Greene Central

PINETOPS -- The Greene Central football team had never experienced defeat in three outings against SouthWest Edgecombe since the two began competition in the Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference in 2001. Until Friday evening. The Cougars converted two second-half turnovers...

Rebels put scare into Farmville Central

CALYPSO -- Hopes ran high on both sidelines of H.E. Grubbs Field, where visitors Farmville Central teased North Duplin all night with a chance for a victory at home. In the end, Farmville Central came out with a 20-19 win...

Golden Falcons drop South Central

WINTERVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock posted a balanced, all-around effort on Friday at South Central and claimed a 17-7 road win in Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference action. The Golden Falcons had four rushers with over 25 yards -- led...

Ealges finish second at league tourney

WILSON -- Wayne Christian's tennis team finished in second place at the Class 1-A Carolina Christian Conference tennis tournament Wednesday. Seven Eagles made the finals in either singles or doubles to pace Wayne Christian. Durham's Cresset Christian Academy finished first...

North Lenoir names Dunn basketball coach

LAGRANGE -- For three years, Paul Dunn III has been basketball coach Wells Gulledge's lead assistant at Kinston High School. It's been tough at times for the North Lenoir graduate -- especially not seeing his younger brother Justin mature into...

Warren, Smith claim regional 1-A doubles crown

Finally, it was Sarah Warren's time. The Spring Creek High School senior had been to two other Class 1-A eastern regional doubles finals in the past three years, and each time she and her partner were turned away. This season,...

Falcons sweep 3-A regional crowns

WILSON -- Carlyn Claiborne hugged the gold medal close to her chest. She looked down, opened the case and adjusted the red, white and blue strap inside. She closed the blue box, an appropriate representation of at least one of...

Gulledge taken to hospital

Kinston High School athletics director Wells Gulledge was taken by ambulance from the Goldsboro-Kinston football game Friday night after falling ill. Gulledge, Kinston's head basketball coach and a former basketball player at Mount Olive College, was kept at Wayne Memorial...