Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: October 23, 2005 Archives

Making some history

Spring Creek coach Roy Whitfield waited a long time for this moment. Five years, to be exact. And for 12 Gators seniors, the wait was nearly as lengthy. Cross-county and conference rival Rosewood had owned the new kids on the...

Falcons hang tough on Saturday night

WILSON -- One by one, Charles B. Aycock's players shed their sweat- and mud-stained uniforms and examined minor cuts and bruises during their postgame huddle Saturday evening at Wilson Hunt. Even head coach Randy Pinkowski bared a battle scar --...

Red zone woes haunt Cougars again

FARMVILLE -- On a night where Goldsboro outgained and physically outplayed its opponent, Farmville Central, in the second half, a familiar nemesis hurt the Cougars late in the game -- trouble inside the 20-yard line. One week removed from squandering...

Rams clobber Tarboro

SNOW HILL -- Greene Central scored in the first two minutes of the game and never looked back in a 51-0 domination of defending Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference champion Tarboro High on Friday evening. Third-year Rams coach Jim Bob...

Undefeated Bruins rout Eastern Wayne

Already considered an unwelcomed guest on homecoming night in New Hope, state-ranked and unbeaten Wilson Beddingfield turned downright unhospitable against Eastern Wayne. Senior quarterback Bennett Johnson recorded his second consecutive 300-yard passing effort in the Bruins' 47-17, Class 3-A Eastern...

Mount Olive College roundup

MOC Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- Gina Dos Santos broke a scoreless tie with a goal in the 58th minute and assisted on Lyndsay Brennan's goal 11 minutes later as Mount Olive defeated Lees-McRae 2-0 in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference women's...

Council, Saints top winless Vikings

By BRYAN C. HANKS Courtesy Kinston Free Press KINSTON -- Anthony Council ran for 175 yards and three touchdowns as Southern Wayne beat Kinston 43-23 on Friday night. The sophomore running back now has 1,521 yards and 22 touchdowns this...

North Lenoir wins again

By KEITH SPENCE Courtesy Free Press LaGRANGE -- In a sport where the final score doesn't always tell the whole story, North Lenoir's 43-0 rout of North Pitt Friday at Bullock Field left little to the imagination. The Hawks dominated...

Chargers too much for North Duplin

AYDEN -- State-ranked Ayden-Grifton remained in contention for its second consecutive Class 1-A Carolina Conference championship with a 37-6 victory over North Duplin on Friday evening. The Chargers (8-1) captured their ninth straight conference win, but more importantly stayed tied...

Kenan crushes Hobbton

NEWTON GROVE -- Longtime conference rivals Hobbton and James Kenan have fashioned some classic meetings over the past few years, but videotape from Friday's contest might get packed away -- and hopefully forgotten if you're a Wildcat follower. James Kenan...

Gilbert named to Shrine Bowl

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock senior safety/tailback Cortez Gilbert has been selected to the North Carolina roster for the 2005 Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas game on Dec. 17 at Gibbs Stadium on the campus of Wofford College in Spartanburg,...

North Johnston shuts out Princeton

Courtesy Wilson Daily Times KENLY -- Rain shortened but did not stop North Johnston's quest to tie school history Friday night. With the game being called at the end of the third quarter because of lightning, North Johnston, ranked No....