Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: February 27, 2006 Archives

Wayne County trio finishes as state runners-up

WINSTON-SALEM -- You could say that Chris Tesar, Ngu Tran and Wes Denham followed the same blueprint to success this season. Each emerged a conference champion. Each claimed a regional title. Each reached the final round of the N.C. High...

A close look at history

Time flies. Just ask Pikeville native Gene Baker. Baker attended and played basketball at Wake Forest High School from 1952-56. At the same time, Dickie Hemric, who has owned the Atlantic Coast Conference scoring record for 50 years, was dominating...

Record-settings weekend for Wayne County grapplers

"Man, you're in for a busy day!" By 11 p.m. Saturday, that sentence had bored a hole in my weary head. But I didn't mind one bit. Wayne County wrestlers and teams, for the second consecutive year, enjoyed a record-breaking...

Hokies get past ECU

GREENVILLE -- Jose Cueto's two-run homer in the fourth inning was all the Hokies needed as Virginia Tech beat East Carolina, 5-1, Sunday afternoon at Clark-LeClair Stadium in the second game of the day of the Keith LeClair Classic sponsored...

MOC softball

LAWRENCEVILLE, Va. -- Krystal Bourne and Tiffanie Pittman each tossed shutouts and Karen Thornton hit two inside-the-park home runs in game two as Mount Olive swept a non-conference softball doubleheader over St. Paul's 14-0 and 17-0 Sunday at Lawrenceville, Va....

MOC briefs

Mount Olive is the No. 2 seed in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Men's Basketball Tournament for the third year in a row. The Trojans reached the championship game each of the last two years, but were beaten by top-seeded Pfeiffer...

MOC Baseball beats Coker

MOUNT OLIVE -- Josh Carter's three-run homer capped a five-run sixth inning as Mount Olive came from behind to defeat Coker 8-3 in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference baseball Sunday at Scarborough Field. The win gives Mount Olive a three-game sweep of...