Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: November 16, 2004 Archives

Girls cross country Player of the Year -- Princeton's Braswell makes one big impression

PRINCETON -- Heather Braswell had heard Summer Graham's encouragement all last year. The established distance star and defending state 1-A mile and two-mile champion told the young sophomore regularly that she would be a natural for cross-country. "Summer kept trying...

Williams on Miami's active roster

During the past ten weeks as a member of the Miami Dolphins' practice squad, Quintin Williams admits he has had a hard time dealing with his teammates packing up and leaving for road games. "It was hard to watch them...

MOC volleyball beats the odds

MOUNT OLIVE -- All signs pointed to a disaster for the Mount Olive College volleyball team. Junior outside hitter Heidi Busch sustained a severe ankle injury early in the week. Doubt filled the players' heads as they realized their top...

Trojans' freshmen step up

MOUNT OLIVE -- One statistic not included in boxscore tells you everything you need to know about freshmen Candice Collins and Ashley Napoles. That statistic is versatility, a sometimes little noticed characteristic that can change a team's chemistry on the...

MOC Pickle Classic preview -- Bluefield State

When a basketball team wins only three games during a season and is outscored by an average of 20 points per game, it's difficult to find too many positives. But if there's a silver lining for Bluefield State, five players...

Pickle Classic -- 30 Years Ago

Alex Taylor scored 24 points for Mount Olive in each of the Trojans' two games, but it wasn't enough as Mount Olive finished fourth in the Pickle Classic, held at Southern Wayne High School. Mount Olive, still a two-year college...

Prep basketball roundup

Chargers open season with blowout win Wayne Country Day's Spenser Briggs scored 21 points to pace seven players in double figures as the Chargers cruised past the North Carolina School for the Deaf 133-45 on Monday. Oscar Ball added 18...

Family YMCA runners compete in Wilmington race

WILMINGTON -- Several members of the Goldsboro YMCA's running club participated in the Battleship Half Marathon and 5K Sunday in Wilmington. Donnell Hamilton (1:55:24), Nicole Bogue (2:12:38), Leigh Goroski (2:33:43) and Jennifer Scott (2:46:59) all ran in the half marathon,...