Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: February 17, 2008 Archives

WCDS girls capture CPIC title

Wayne Country Day's "big three," as it has all season, came through in the clutch Saturday evening. And the youth-laden Chargers reaped the rewards. The threesome of Bridgette Briggs, Brooke Norris and Catherine Ford turned in a stellar fourth-quarter effort...

MOC softball splits with Newberry

MOC Sports Information NEWARK, N.J. -- Noel Garcia earned tournament Most Valuable Player honors and Mount Olive College defeated Harvard 30-26, 30-27, 30-32, 30-22 in men's volleyball action Saturday afternoon. Garcia posted a career-high 20 kills for the Trojans, who...

MOC baseball wins pair

MOUNT OLIVE -- Regardless of size, deficits simply don't seem to faze Mount Olive. The Trojans (10-1 overall) rallied in both contests to sweep a doubleheader from Shippensburg (Pa.) University on Saturday afternoon at Scarborough Field. Mount Olive pounded out...

Weekend preps

From staff reports PRINCETON -- Princeton turned back archrival Rosewood 43-35 in the Carolina 1-A Conference regular-season finale for both teams. Ashley Huffman led the Bulldogs (10-14 overall, 5-5 Carolina) with 10 points. Brittany Baker chipped in eight points, while...

Rebels top Gators for second straight win

CALYPSO -- Chris Graham and Doug Lloyd provided the ammunition as North Duplin ended regular-season play with a bang Friday evening. Graham pummeled the Spring Creek defense for a season-high 34 points and Lloyd added 11 in an 82-67 victory....

Goldsboro claims share of EPC title

Goldsboro High hasn't captured a regular-season conference championship in girls' basketball since 2005, and you can believe the Cougars had gotten a little defensive about that. They proved it Friday evening. Senior guard Danielle Irby drained two free throws with...

Playoff-bound Rosewood tops Princeton

PRINCETON -- Their postseason hopes hanging in the balance, Rosewood's boys punched their playoff ticket and gained a little respect on Friday evening. The Eagles crashed Princeton's senior night party and left with a 58-53 victory in the Class 1-A...

Chargers fall to Knights in CPIC final

The Wayne Country Day School Chargers fell behind early to Greenfield and could never recover, as the Knights finished off a perfect Coastal Plains Independent Conference season with 66-54 victory in the tournament championship. Chris Richardson got things rolling with...