Goldsboro News-Argus | Sports: April 20, 2008 Archives

Conference Carolinas baseball: Mount Olive advances to title game

WILSON -- Masters of the blowout in the first two rounds of the 2008 Conference Carolinas baseball tournament, Mount Olive took on the role "king of the comeback" on Saturday afternoon. Anthony Williams' RBI single in the bottom of the...

Conference Carolinas softball: Trojans bounced into consolation bracket

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. -- Hitless in last year's season-ending tournament, Kat Cahoon is having the time of her life in the inaugural 2008 Conference Carolinas softball championships. Cahoon belted a walk-off, three-run homer as third-seeded Mount Olive dispatched 10th-seeded St. Andrews...

Conference Carolinas tennis: MOC men fourth, women fifth

SUMTER, S.C. -- Lees-McRae collected three singles points and defeated Mount Olive 5-1 in the third-place match in the 2008 Conference Carolinas men's tennis championships. The Trojans' lone victory occurred at No. 3 doubles. Mount Olive opened tournament play with...

Eastern Wayne cranks 5 homers against Bruins

WILSON -- Eastern Wayne slugged a season-high five home runs and pounded out 18 hits in an offensive-filled, 17-9 victory over Wilson Beddingfield on Friday evening. The Warriors (15-5 overall) remained tied atop the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference standings...

C.B. Aycock earns impressive ECC 3-A victory

PIKEVILLE -- Like a seasoned prize fighter, Charles B. Aycock needed just a few rounds to deliver a devastating knockout punch on Friday evening. The Golden Falcons opened up a 4-0 lead after one inning and pummeled Eastern Carolina 3-A...

Wilson Hunt shocks C.B. Aycock softball

PIKEVILLE -- Wilson Hunt snuffed out Charles B. Aycock's seventh-inning rally and emerged victorious 4-3 on the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference softball scene Friday evening. Late-inning errors haunted the Golden Falcons, who attempted to erase a three-run deficit in their...

Chargers slip from Eagles' grip

Pitching chart in hand, Rosewood head baseball coach Josh Smith watched helplessly from the dugout as his team labored through a disastrous sixth inning Friday evening. Surging Ayden-Grifton parlayed three errors and three hits into a four-run outburst, and used...

WCDS baseball gets second CPIC win of 2008

Wayne Country Day School put together a complete team effort as they dropped visiting Greenfield 12-2 in a Class 1-A Coastal Plains Independent Conference contest Friday afternoon. The Chargers (4-9 overall, 2-2 CPIC) played flawless defense and ripped the Knights'...

Conference Carolinas baseball: Mount Olive advances to title game

WILSON -- Masters of the blowout in the first two rounds of the 2008 Conference Carolinas baseball tournament, Mount Olive took on the role "king of the comeback" on Saturday afternoon. Anthony Williams' RBI single in the bottom of the...

Conference Carolinas softball: Trojans bounced into consolation bracket

SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. -- Hitless in last year's season-ending tournament, Kat Cahoon is having the time of her life in the inaugural 2008 Conference Carolinas softball championships. Cahoon belted a walk-off, three-run homer as third-seeded Mount Olive dispatched 10th-seeded St. Andrews...

Conference Carolinas tennis: MOC men fourth, women fifth

SUMTER, S.C. -- Lees-McRae collected three singles points and defeated Mount Olive 5-1 in the third-place match in the 2008 Conference Carolinas men's tennis championships. The Trojans' lone victory occurred at No. 3 doubles. Mount Olive opened tournament play with...

Eastern Wayne cranks 5 homers against Bruins

WILSON -- Eastern Wayne slugged a season-high five home runs and pounded out 18 hits in an offensive-filled, 17-9 victory over Wilson Beddingfield on Friday evening. The Warriors (15-5 overall) remained tied atop the Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference standings...

C.B. Aycock earns impressive ECC 3-A victory

PIKEVILLE -- Like a seasoned prize fighter, Charles B. Aycock needed just a few rounds to deliver a devastating knockout punch on Friday evening. The Golden Falcons opened up a 4-0 lead after one inning and pummeled Eastern Carolina 3-A...

Wilson Hunt shocks C.B. Aycock softball

PIKEVILLE -- Wilson Hunt snuffed out Charles B. Aycock's seventh-inning rally and emerged victorious 4-3 on the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference softball scene Friday evening. Late-inning errors haunted the Golden Falcons, who attempted to erase a three-run deficit in their...

Chargers slip from Eagles' grip

Pitching chart in hand, Rosewood head baseball coach Josh Smith watched helplessly from the dugout as his team labored through a disastrous sixth inning Friday evening. Surging Ayden-Grifton parlayed three errors and three hits into a four-run outburst, and used...

WCDS baseball gets second CPIC win of 2008

Wayne Country Day School put together a complete team effort as they dropped visiting Greenfield 12-2 in a Class 1-A Coastal Plains Independent Conference contest Friday afternoon. The Chargers (4-9 overall, 2-2 CPIC) played flawless defense and ripped the Knights'...