Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: May 21, 2006 Archives

Lady Falcons advance to Round 2

PIKEVILLE -- Leaving runners on base rarely turns into a positive, especially in the playoffs. On Friday, Charles B. Aycock put five runners on base in the bottom of the first but managed just one run against South Central's Jessie...

Saints bow out with extra-inning loss

MOREHEAD CITY -- C.J. Fallin delivered the game-winning RBI in the eighth inning and top-ranked West Carteret escaped Southern Wayne 2-1 on Friday evening on the Crystal Coast. The Patriots (22-2) earned their second consecutive trip to the N.C. High...

Mount Olive's season ends at NCAA regional

MOC Sports Information MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Mount Olive head baseball coach Carl Lancaster was concerned about his team being rusty heading into the NCAA Tournament. And after Friday's loss, it was apparent the team was feeling the effects of a...

Wayne Country Day rally comes up one hit short

WILSON -- A seventh-inning rally by Wayne Country Day fell one hit short as the Chargers lost 6-4 to three-time defending champion Waccamaw Academy of Whiteville on Friday afternoon in the semifinals of the the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association...

Goldsboro honors student-athletes

From staff reports Virginia Tech signee Jacob Sykes and Tiffany Burden earned male and female athlete of the year accolades, respectively, as Goldsboro High honored its athletes with a season-ending awards banquet at the H.V. Brown Cultural Center on Wednesday...

K-Tribe wins again

FREDERICK, Md. -- Kevin Dixon picked up the first win of his Carolina League career, supported by the big bats of Kinston in a 10-3 victory over Frederick on Saturday night. Dixon (1-0), called up on May 11 from Low-A...

Prep roundup: Area track stars fare well at state

GREENSBORO -- Charles B. Aycock junior Amy Fryt took second in the pole vault at the Class 3-A N.C. High School Athletic Association State Championships at N.C. A&T's track on Friday. Fry's jump of 11-6, was just behind Jamestown's Ragsdale's...

ECU swept by Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Adam Amar's sixth hit of the game in the bottom of the ninth scored Cory Barton and gave Memphis (30-26, 13-11) a series sweep of East Carolina (32-24, 10-14), 11-10, Saturday afternoon in Conference USA action at...