Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: February 25, 2007 Archives

Trojan men victorious on senior night

MOUNT OLIVE -- Senior Day has its good -- and bad -- traits. It's a celebration to honor seniors who have made significant contributions to a program over an extended period of time. And the tradition also dictates that seniors...

Area football standouts sign letters of intent

From staff reports Eastern Wayne's Darius Canida and Greene Central's J.J. Thompson are the latest area football players to sign national letters-of-intent. Canida, a two-year starter at defensive back for the Warriors, has signed to play football at Louisburg College....

Faith Christian heads to state title game

KERNERSVILLE -- Faith Christian's impressive season is nearing a close -- with a state title within its sights. The Conquerors broke open a four-point game at the end of three quarters with a 25-point fourth period to beat Kerwin Baptist...

Big eighth inning lift East Carolina

GREENVILLE -- East Carolina used a five-run eighth inning to pick up its second win of the ECU Invitational Saturday afternoon in a 6-3 win over Washington. The Pirates (4-5) trailed 3-1 heading into the bottom of the eighth frame...

Mount Olive knocks off Belmont Abbey

BELMONT -- Morgan Whaley hit a three-run homer in the top of the first and Jenny Jackson recorded 13 strikeouts to make it stand as Mount Olive defeated Belmont Abbey 3-2 in game one of a Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference softball...

Lovett leads Mount Olive to sweep

MOUNT OLIVE -- Erik Lovett hit two home runs in game one and led off the bottom of the 11th inning of game two with a walk-off home run as nationally 27th-ranked Mount Olive swept Shippensburg (Pa.) 7-6 and 5-4...

Eastern Wayne falls in sectional finals

WINTERVILLE -- Eastern Wayne had the No. 2 team in North Carolina rattled. The South Central Falcons -- a perfect 25-0 entering the night -- saw their 14-point lead whittled down to just six with 32 seconds to play in...

Mount Olive women upset Anderson

MOUNT OLIVE -- Anderson University's previous trip to Mount Olive College resulted in a conference tournament championship and automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division II women's basketball playoffs. The return visit wasn't as pleasant. Brittney Robich silenced a second-half...