Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: February 23, 2007 Archives

Goldsboro boys endure heartbreaking OT loss

DEEP RUN -- Two days after upsetting the state's No. 1-ranked men's basketball team, Goldsboro High's season ended in disappointing and controversial fashion, Thursday evening at South Lenoir. The Blue Devils erased an 11-point, opening-half deficit and turned back the...

Eastern Wayne girls advance to sectional final

WINDSOR -- Destiny's darlings refuse to go home. Junior center Brittani Billups posted a double-double -- 30 points, 15 rebounds -- as Eastern Wayne nipped Bertie 67-66 in the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 3-A Sectional No. 2 semifinals...

Faith Christian boys reach NCCSA 2-A semifinals

KERNERSVILLE -- T.J. Sasser provided a game- and career-high 31 points and Faith Christian blitzed New Manna Christian 77-41 in opening-round action in the N.C. Christian Schools Association Class 2-A playoffs Thursday afternoon. The Conquerors (24-3 overall) face Kerwin Baptist...

Bartley, Coffield, Rouse etch names in MOC record book

BELMONT -- Seniors Chris Bartley, Elton Coffield and Elijah Rouse became the first players in Mount Olive men's basketball history to record four consecutive 20-win seasons as the visiting Trojans beat Belmont Abbey 88-69 on Thursday night at the Wheeler...

No. 27-ranked Trojans rally, pound Shaw University

MOUNT OLIVE -- Dustin Richardson drove in four runs with a home run and a double and David Cooper set a school record by drawing five walks as nationally 27th-ranked Mount Olive defeated Shaw 19-8 in non-conference baseball Thursday at...

Trojan softball sweeps CIAA member N.C. Central

MOUNT OLIVE -- Morgan Whaley drove in three runs in each game and came within a single of hitting for the cycle in game two as Mount Olive recorded a pair of come-from-behind victories over North Carolina Central 10-7 and...

Trojan women fall at Belmont Abbey

BELMONT -- Mount Olive junior forward Sierra Medeiros recorded her first double-double of the season season scoring 16 points and grabbing 11 rebounds as the Lady Trojans fell to Belmont Abbey on Thursday night, 69-57, at the Wheeler Center. Mount...