Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Spring Creek plays hard, knocks out Greene Central
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Whether it was first baseman Lucas Potter slamming into the fence to catch a popup or catcher Steven Best getting slammed into by a baserunner -- Spring Creek came to play. The Gators' hard-nosed play was a...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:50 PM Full Story
Sowers' seventh-inning double sparks Hawks
John Wooten wanted to finish this outing. The Eastern Wayne hurler had thrown a brilliant game for six innings against state-ranked North Lenoir. When two of the first three batters reached base in the seventh, Warriors coach Jabo Fulghum took...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:49 PM Full Story
Edmundson turns Rosewood wrestling program into powerhouse
Wrestling mats -- with no turnbuckles? Branch Pope, then Rosewood athletics director, made that quip when the delivery truck arrived with the equipment in the fall of 1992. Bill Edmundson replied "not in this kind of wrestling." Pope answered, "well...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:47 PM Full Story
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Eagles' Rose takes medalist honors in CCC meet RALEIGH -- Clark Rose seized medalist honors with a 73 and sparked the Wayne Christian men's golf team to victory in the Class 1-A Carolina Christian Conference opening meet at Wildwood Greens....Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:45 PM Full Story
Hodges, Trojans shut out Bryant
MOUNT OLIVE -- Casey Hodges recorded a collegiate-high 11 strikeouts and took a perfect game into the fifth inning as nationally 26th-ranked Mount Olive defeated Bryant 3-0 in non-conference baseball Tuesday at Scarborough Field. Hodges allowed only one hit in...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:43 PM Full Story
Trojan men ranked among nation's volleyball leaders
Jose Lanier ranks second in aces and Mike Carroll is tied for sixth in hitting percentage as Mount Olive continues to be ranked among the nation's individual and team men's volleyball national statistics leaders. Lanier has 38 service aces in...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:41 PM Full Story
Trojans sweep CVAC softball awards for 3rd time this season
MOUNT OLIVE -- For the third time in four weeks, Mount Olive swept the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference softball weekly awards as sophomore Kensie Cobb was named CVAC Player of the Week and senior Shauna Cowdrey was named CVAC Pitcher of...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:40 PM Full Story
Bitzenhofer, Moberg pace MOC men's golf team
WILSON -- Chris Bitzenhofer finished 10th out of 85 golfers and Mount Olive placed ninth out of 13 teams at the Lee Nissan/Barton College Men's Golf Intercollegiate, which concluded Tuesday at Wilson Golf Club. Bitzenhofer carded a 36-hole total of...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:38 PM Full Story
Shaw resigns from women's soccer position at MOC
MOUNT OLIVE -- Chris Shaw, who won Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Women's Soccer Coach of the Year honors in 2004 and guided Mount Olive to its first-ever conference championship, has stepped down as head women's soccer coach at Mount Olive to...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:36 PM Full Story
Trojan baseball: Smith named CVAC pitcher of the week
Judson Smith, who tossed eight shutout innings in nationally 26th-ranked Mount Olive's win over Coker, has been named Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week, it was announced Tuesday. The award is the third this season for the Trojans'...Published: Mar 14, 2007 2:33 PM Full Story