Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: May 13, 2007 Archives

C.B. Aycock advances

PIKEVILLE -- Every opponent in the playoffs scares Charles B. Aycock coach Charles Davis. What bothered Davis even more was facing a team that had literally just gotten a second life. Northeast Guilford was out of the postseason picture just...

Somek receives honor

MOUNT OLIVE -- Kate Somek, a four-year member of the Mount Olive College women's golf team, was selected as the recipient of the Thomas R. Morris Award for Academic Excellence during commencement ceremonies Saturday at Mount Olive College. Somek graduated...

C.B. Aycock's Vail wins regional

Charles B. Aycock's Blake Vail emerged the N.C. High School Athletic Association eastern regional singles champion Saturday afternoon on the Barton College Tennis Complex courts. Vail, a freshman, turned back Griffin Benton 6-1, 6-0 in the finals. Teammate Addison Westbrook...

Wayne Christian moves on

Timely hits weren't a commodity during the early innings of Wayne Christian's baseball game Saturday afternoon. So the Eagles did the next best thing. They capitalized on United Faith Christian errors and cruised to an 8-3 victory in their opening-round,...

Mount Olive awaits destination

MOUNT OLIVE -- To charter a bus or spruce up the place for company -- that's the question the Mount Olive College baseball team expects to have answered tonight. Nationally 10th-ranked Mount Olive, which has already clinched a post-season bid,...

Prep soccer playoff action

BARCO -- Freshman Brandi Dean collected her second game-winning goal in the postseason and Eastern Wayne turned back Currituck County 2-1 on Saturday afternoon. Dean scored in the 60th minute and catapulted the Warriors (14-7 overall) into the third round...

Goldsboro's Kornegay signs

Tim Kornegay scribbled his signature onto the paper and within 30 seconds, terminated 16 frustrating months of waiting for a college recruiter to offer him a scholarship. Kornegay officially signed a national letter-of-intent with the University of South Carolina at...

Prep baseball playoff action

Rosewood erupted for eight runs in the first two innings combined and hammered Pamlico County 10-4 in their opening-round, Class 1-A N.C. High School Athletic Association baseball playoff game Friday evening. David Smeltzer supplied an RBI single and Taylor Allen...

West Carteret nips E. Wayne

Nolan Lancaster's fourth-inning, tape-measure home run seemed to deflate West Carteret's pride Friday evening on the Eastern Wayne diamond. Until Joe Montuori stepped into the batter's box in the seventh inning. The No. 9 hitter in the Patriots' lineup, the...