Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: October 15, 2006 Archives

Game of the Week: Rams hold off Goldsboro

SNOW HILL -- Tears flowed freely down offensive lineman Donald Pollock's sweat-stained face while he leaned on a Goldsboro High teammate. Steam rose from players' bowed heads as they listened to head coach Maurice Jackson's inspiring postgame talk. But the...

Methodical Rebels dominate Bulldogs

PRINCETON -- Maybe the next time the Princeton Bulldogs win a coin flip, they'll opt to take the football first. North Duplin opened Friday night's game with an 18-play, 80-yard touchdown drive that ate up nearly two-thirds of the first...

Aycock wins a wild one in Kinston

KINSTON -- Charles B. Aycock quarterback Thomas Pilkington tied a season-high with four touchdown passes in a wild 42-35 victory at Kinston on Friday evening. Pilkington threw a first-quarter touchdown pass to Michael King. The senior tossed scoring strikes of...

Bruins roll over Saints

WILSON -- Wilson Beddingfield exploded for 29 second-quarter points in nearly seven minutes and cruised past turnover-plagued Southern Wayne 59-22 on Friday evening. The Bruin defense capitalized on six turnovers en route to a 34-point advantage at halftime. The Saints...

Hunt throttles Eastern Wayne

WILSON -- Wilson Hunt extended its unbeaten Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference win streak to eight games with a defensive-filled 23-6 conquest of Eastern Wayne on Friday evening. The homestanding Warriors (4-4) remained unbeaten in two ECC matchups this season...

North Johnston upends Rosewood

KENLY -- Rosewood quarterback Josh Myers accounted for 279 yards of total offense in the Eagles' 35-21 loss at defending Class 1-A Carolina Conference champion North Johnston. Myers rushed for 132 yards, including a 65-yard touchdown in the second quarter....

Noth Lenoir slips to 1-7

LaGRANGE -- Turnover-plagued North Lenoir became a gracious host and guest Tarboro High spoiled homecoming festivities conducted at Bullock Field on Friday evening. The Vikings converted two first-quarter fumbles into touchdowns and cruised to a 27-14 victory in Class 2-A...

Ayden-Grifton crushes Spring Creek, 57-0

LITTLEFIELD -- Perseus Williams and J.D. Strickland each rushed for more than 100 yards as Ayden-Grifton cruised past Spring Creek 57-0 in Class 1-A Carolina Conference play Friday evening. Williams posted 118 yards on eight carries, while Strickland tallied two...

James Kenan improves to 8-0

WARSAW -- Stedman Mathis rushed for a season-high three touchdowns and state-ranked James Kenan hammered Midway 41-6 in Class 1-A Super Six Conference play Friday evening. Mathis rambled for touchdowns on runs of 4, 6 and 19 yards. Jimmie Glaspie,...

MOC roundup -- Trojans win again

LAURINBURG -- Chris Jasso scored the lone goal of the game in the fourth minute of overtime and Chase Smith recorded his first collegiate shutout as Mount Olive defeated regionally seventh-ranked St. Andrews 1-0 in Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference men's soccer...

Weekend preps: Chargers win two

Wayne Country Day tuned up for its season-ending Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference volleyball tournament with consecutive victories this week. Shelly Sullivan served 10 aces and Ashley Clark dished out nine assists in the Chargers' 25-11, 25-13, 25-9 win over...