Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: March 16, 2008 Archives

CBA uses extra-base hits to beat Kinston

PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock used the "extra-base hit" factor to remain unbeaten on the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference baseball scene Friday afternoon. Tyler Ruffin mashed a home run and the Golden Falcons cranked out four extra-base knocks overall...

No. 1-ranked Trojans throttle Barton

MOUNT OLIVE -- Coming off a loss for only the second time this season, Mount Olive took out its frustration on archrival Barton on Saturday afternoon. The No. 1-ranked Trojans claimed the Conference Carolinas doubleheader 16-1 and 10-1, giving them...

Golden Falcon softball team hammers Vikings

KINSTON -- Pitchers Emily Jordan and Autumn Pittman combined for a four-hitter as Charles B. Aycock hammered Kinston 12-1 in a Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference softball game Friday. Jordan surrendered an unearned run on three hits and fanned six...

Hunt soccer shuts outs Eastern Wayne

Wilson Hunt keeper Brianne Meadows found herself bouncing back and forth, stretching and her team's biggest cheerleader in an attempt to stay loose on Friday night. Meadows had little to occupy her time as the visiting Warriors pressured Eastern Wayne...

Hunt's Lee no-hits Eastern Wayne

Zack Lee threw a no-hitter and Wilson Hunt remained the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference baseball co-leader with an 11-0, five-inning decision over Eastern Wayne. Lee notched three strikeouts and yielded two walks in the mercy-rule shortened game. "They out-pitched...

Pitt-Johnstown shocks No. 23-ranked Mount Olive

UPJ Sports Information CALIFORNIA, Pa. -- Daktronics East Region Player of the Year Chris Gilliam collected game highs of 21 points and 14 rebounds as the seventh-seeded Pitt-Johnstown defense held nationally-ranked Mount Olive to just 3-33 shooting from 3-point range...

Trojan women eliminated from East Regional

From staff reports INDIANA, Pa. -- The clock finally struck midnight for Cinderella. Shepherd (W. Va.) University used an 18-point run to erase a double-digit deficit and topple eighth-seeded Mount Olive 74-66 in the NCAA Division II East Regional on...

Trojans' Aro has big day against Barton

WILSON -- Carol Aro emerged victorious on the singles and doubles scene, and Mount Olive knocked off archrival Barton 6-3 in a Conference Carolinas women's tennis match Saturday afternoon. Aro, the No. 2 seed, outlasted the Bulldogs' Chelsea Hseih 7-6...