Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: March 23, 2008 Archives

Goldsbor's McDuffie Boys Player of the Year

His smile can light up a room and his floor presence commands the attention of his teammates. He's 100 percent confident but well short of cocky. With the late arrival of new head coach Tod Morgan and the loss of...

Local Sports Digest

From staff reports NEWTON GROVE -- Jessica Pridgen collected four hits and two RBI as North Duplin hammered Hobbton 20-8 in non-conference action. Brittney Coley added three hits and four RBI for the Rebels, who beat a Class 1-A Super...

Pirates dominate in C-USA opener

ECU Sports Information GREENVILLE -- Corey Kemp tied a school record by hitting three home runs and the East Carolina offense pounded 16 hits to claim a 15-4 Conference USA win over Houston Saturday afternoon at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair...

10-run seventh leads MOC to victory

MOC Sports Information GAFFNEY, S.C. -- Jesse Lancaster belted a pair of two-run homers, the second home run highlighting a tie-breaking 10-run seventh inning as nationally top-ranked Mount Olive defeated Limestone 16-5 in Conference Carolinas baseball Saturday at Gaffney, S.C....

Golden Falcons rally from seven-run deficit

KINSTON -- Charles B. Aycock felt a gut-wrenching sense of deja vu when South Central raced to a seven-run lead Saturday. This time, however, the Golden Falcons didn't crumble. Coming off a season-low, two-run output two days ago, Aycock capitalized...

Ricky Lofton Girls Coach of the Year

Southern Wayne experienced the biggest turnaround of any girls' team in the News-Argus area this past season. The Saints logged a winless Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference campaign a year ago, and lost their head coach, Chuck Crumpler. Assistant Ricky...

Morgan, Stephens Boys Coaches of the Year

Tod Morgan and Russell Stephens guided their teams through more adversity than expected, and both lived to tell about it once their respective 2007-08 seasons concluded. The duo expected challenges at their most-recent stop -- tradition-rich, boys' basketball programs that...

Eastern Wayne's Billups Girls Player of the Year

A dominating factor during Eastern Wayne's back-to-back, Class 3-A Eastern Conference Carolina title runs in volleyball, Brittani Billups knew one thing was missing from her high school resume -- a win over perennial basketball power Wilson Beddingfield. Billups and point...