Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: February 16, 2007 Archives

Correll's hustle play helps resuscitate lifeless Gators in second half

MOUNT OLIVE -- Spring Creek's Daniel Correll almost looked like a defensive back during one key possession Thursday evening against Princeton. The senior forward dove to intercept a pass near midcourt, fell onto the ball and managed to pass off...

Eagles can't de-charge Ayden-Grifton

MOUNT OLIVE -- Practice makes perfect. Or does it? Rosewood spent three days preparing for Ayden-Grifton's box-and-one defense and defending the low post after a road loss two weeks ago. They knew they'd see again Thursday afternoon in the Class...

Faith Christian girls advance in NCCSA Coastal 2-A play

Lindsey Godwin led a balanced offensive attack with nine points and Faith Christian defeated Mount Calvary-Hookerton 31-22 during opening-round play in the Class 2-A N.C. Christian Schools Association Coastal Region tournament. The Conquerors (10-10) oppose top-seeded Falls Road Baptist at...

Trojan softball team opens season today at Lander (S.C.) University

There is plenty of excitement surrounding Mount Olive College softball this season, and a lot of it has to do with a familiar face returning to the area. Jenny Jackson, a 2005 graduate of Charles B. Aycock and that year's...

Trojan netters drop doubleheader against Division I Campbell

BUIES CREEK -- Mount Olive fell by identical 7-0 scores to Division I Campbell in men's and women's tennis Thursday at Buies Creek, N.C. The Trojan men's team falls to 1-6, while the women's team drops to 0-4. Both teams...

Mount Olive men's volleyball team taking another trip north

Another weekend, another trip up north for the Mount Olive men's volleyball team as the Trojans head to Fairfield, Conn., Saturday to compete in the Sacred Heart University Tri-Meet. The Trojans take on Sacred Heart at 10 a.m., then face...

Nationally-ranked MOC opens CVAC baseball schedule at Belmont Abbey

Nationally 27th-ranked Mount Olive heads to Belmont this weekend as the Trojans open Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference baseball play with a three-game series against Belmont Abbey. The series opens Saturday with a doubleheader beginning at noon, then concludes Sunday at 1...

Key CVAC battle on tap Saturday for Trojan men's basketball

The Mount Olive men's basketball team didn't know it at the time, but the Trojans' game this past Monday was a battle of regional top 10 teams. Saturday's game is also a battle of top 10s, but the Trojans are...

Trojan women get much-needed five-day break

After Monday's gut-check win at Barton, the Mount Olive women's basketball team may have received its best possible gift -- an extended rest. Mount Olive returns to action after a five-day break as the Trojans play host to Queens in...