Estern Wayne upsets Beddingfield 64-61

By RYAN HANCHETT New-Agus Sports Writer KINSTON -- Eastern Wayne escaped at the right time. The Warriors nearly succumbed to Wilson Beddingfield's torrid, fourth-quarter shooting effort, but they hung on to achieve their best accomplishment since moving to the Class...

Published: Feb 24, 2008 3:09 AM Full Story

Prep basketball playoff pairings

From staff reports Eastern Wayne is the lone women's team to earn a first-round home game in the Class 3-A N.C. High School Athletic Association sectional playoffs, which begin Monday. The Warriors, the Eastern Carolina Conference tournament champs, play host...

Published: Feb 24, 2008 3:05 AM Full Story

MOC women win on senior night

MOUNT OLIVE -- In her final regular-season home game, with her best friend since middle school, Lakeisha Monroe wanted to make sure she had a senior night to remember. She did. Monroe scored 24 points, dished out seven assists and...

Published: Feb 24, 2008 3:02 AM Full Story

MOC weekend sports wrap

MOC Sports Information LAURINBURG -- No. 2-ranked Mount Olive College opened defense of its Conference Carolinas baseball title with a doubleheader sweep of in-state rival St. Andrews on a soggy Saturday afternoon. The Trojans extended their win streak to 13...

Published: Feb 24, 2008 2:59 AM Full Story

Goldsboro retires David Thornton's number 11

David Thornton's life stretched out before him in a quilt of faces that marked every fabric of his existence. The former Goldsboro High football standout smiled and kept a tight arm around his mother's waist. Not too far away were...

Published: Feb 24, 2008 2:56 AM Full Story

Goldsboro falls to Farmville Central

FARMVILLE -- Perhaps Goldsboro High boys basketball coach Tod Morgan's toughest task on Friday night wasn't figuring out how to beat Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference regular-season champ Farmville Central in its own gym. Morgan's most-difficult assignment, instead, might have...

Published: Feb 24, 2008 2:51 AM Full Story