Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: January 16, 2005 Archives

Whitfield buys ECAP

Local legend George Whitfield now has one more baseball tie to Wayne County. One more big tie. Whitfield, during his annual clinic at Goldsboro High School on Saturday, confirmed to the News-Argus that he and two business partners have purchased...

ECC 3-A -- Saints defeat Kinston on road

KINSTON -- Kinston High School men's coach Wells Gulledge knew Southern Wayne's Akeem Royal was a great player before Friday's game at Viking Gym. Royal proved Gulledge correct by scoring 19 of his game-high 22 points in the first half...

ECC 3-A -- Goldsboro girls benefit from fourth-quarter technical

PIKEVILLE -- According to Goldsboro High School women's basketball coach Gladys McClary, her team passed a test worthy of collegiate finals on Friday night. Junior guard Chevoya Jackson scored a game-high 19 points, and the Lady Cougars closed the third...

CPIC -- Chargers struggle at free throw line

The match-up between Kerr-Vance and Wayne Country Day -- two ranked men's basketball teams in their respective N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association polls -- lived up to the hype. One key facet -- free throws -- prevented the Chargers from...

Carolina 1-A -- Rosewood varsities earn sweep of Rebels

CALYPSO -- Personal fouls and free throw conversions were the determining factors in the Rosewood men's 51-44 victory at North Duplin. The win moved the Eagles (6-8, 3-2) one step closer to coach Daniel Mitchell's goal of .500 at the...

EPC 2-A -- Greene Central upsets North Lenoir ... twice

SNOW HILL -- The Greene Central varsity men's basketball team plans to travel as far as the Waters will take it this season. So far it's turned into a promising and thrilling journey after two contests in Class 2-A Eastern...

Preps -- Sloan, Conquerors ride through Gateway

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- Stephen Sloan led three Faith Christian players in double figures with 19 points in a 61-52 conquest of Gateway (Va.) Christian in Mid-Atlantic Christian Athletic Association play. Sloan drained 7 of 8 free throws for the...

CVAC -- Mount Olive come alive defensively in 2nd half

MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive entered Saturday's NCAA Division II Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference contest with Lees-McRae three games ahead of the Bobcats in the standings. For most of a competitive first half, the difference between the two didn't seem that...

CVAC -- Mount Olive women now 6-0 in league

MOUNT OLIVE -- "Ball, ball, ball!" Assistant coach Brandy Smith shouted the word over and over as Mount Olive applied the defensive pressure on possession after possession. Eight minutes into the game, the Trojans had collected nearly as many field...