Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: March 31, 2006 Archives

High School Baseball - Princeton 16, North Duplin 6

News-Argus/Mitch Loeber North Duplin's Ryan Smith (12) slides into home plate just before Princeton's catcher can make the play during Thursday's game. For more information see State-ranked Princeton cruises past North Duplin....

It's official - McClary resigns as GHS women's basketball coach

"It's time." The simple, private thought rendered Gladys McClary speechless for a moment. Was it true? Was it time for McClary's reign as one of the most-successful women's basketball coaches in Goldsboro High history to end? Not quite. McClary silently...

Warriors net fourth consecutive shutout in tennis

PIKEVILLE -- Confident, but not overconfident. Eastern Wayne continued its impressive first-half run on the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference men's tennis scene with a 9-0 conquest of county rival Charles B. Aycock on Thursday afternoon. The Warriors (7-2) lost...

Panthers roll past Eagles in softball

Robin Creech went 4-for-4 and smacked her fifth home run of the season in the first inning as visiting North Johnston beat Rosewood 13-3 on Thursday afternoon. The Lady Panthers, state runners-up a year ago, scored nine unanswered runs to...

State-ranked Princeton cruises past North Duplin

CALYPSO -- State-ranked Princeton jumped on North Duplin with four runs in the first inning and pounded out 10 hits for the game while crusing to a 16-6 Carolina 1-A conference win over the Rebels on Thursday night. North Duplin...

Local sports digest

Rosewood turns back WCDS on baseball diamond Rosewood collected four runs over the final 61/2 innings of play and turned back Wayne Country Day 7-4 in a non-conference county battle Thursday evening. The Eagles grabbed the lead with a three-run...

Wooten leads Trojans to sweep of VSU

PETERSBURG, Va. -- Graham Wooten went 3-for-3 with five runs batted in to lead Mount Olive to a 9-1 victory over Virginia State in game one of a non-conference baseball doubleheader Wednesday at Petersburg, Va. The Trojans completed the sweep...

Trojan softball hits road for CVAC play

The Mount Olive softball team heads west this weekend as the Trojans go on the road for a pair of Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference doubleheaders. Mount Olive travels to Banner Elk on Saturday at 2 p.m. to face Lees-McRae, then head...

Mount Olive-Chowan holding its own "Final 4"

The Final Four might be taking place in Indianapolis and Boston this weekend, but in Mount Olive, the "Diamond Four" will be going on. Mount Olive will play four games in two days as the Trojans play host to Chowan...