Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: May 27, 2007 Archives

Davis shuts down Knights

PIKEVILLE -- Charles Davis' tear-stained face told the story Saturday evening. Three-plus decades of frustration had finally ended for the Charles B. Aycock baseball program. An emotional Davis took a moment to hug every player and not a dry eye...

Pate's HR sparks Princeton

CAMDEN -- Dustin Pate clubbed a fourth-inning home run and Ryan Daughtry earned his second postseason save as Princeton -- again -- rallied for a come-from-behind 5-2 victory over Camden County on Friday evening. The No. 8-ranked Bulldogs swept the...

North Lenoir dumps Whiteville

WHITEVILLE -- After blowing through the 2007 N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 2-A baseball playoffs, the North Lenoir Hawks got their first test of the postseason on Friday night. As they have all season, the Hawks passed with flying...

Prirates reach CUSA title game

GREENVILLE -- East Carolina capitalized on three first-inning errors and tallied runs in each of the final three innings during a 9-4 victory over Tulane in the Conference USA baseball tournament at Clark-LeClair Stadium. The second-seeded Pirates (39-20 overall) advanced...

Black Heritage Swim Meet

The Goldsboro Family YMCA is hosting the Fifth National Black Heritage Championship Swim Meet this weekend. Also sponsoring the competition is the North Carolina Aquablazers Swim Team and North Carolina Swimming. The Aquablazers, made up of minority swimmers from North...

Post 11 preview

MOUNT OLIVE -- A 2007 roster dotted with new faces and 11 returnees should provide divdends for Wayne County Post 11 this season. But that youth and how well it meshes with the experienced players will determine the final payoff....

NCCSIA honors five trojan baseball players

ROCKY MOUNT -- Mount Olive College junior Erik Lovett, the 2007 Daktronics Division II Player of the Year, highlights this year's College Division All-State team announced by the N.C. Collegiate Sports Information Association. The Trojans also put starting pitcher Tom...

Fishing news

MOREHEAD CITY -- The first money spent from Coastal Recreational Fishing License sales will go toward a public fishing access project and a marine resources education project. The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission have agreed...