Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Local digest
Boys' tennis Rosewood 6, North Lenoir 1 * Rosewood captured five out of six points during singles play and defeated North Lenoir 6-1 on Monday afternoon. Two of the doubles matches did not finish before darkness set in. Cole Radcliff,...Published: Mar 8, 2011 1:47 PM Full Story
Prep softball boxscore
Kinston 010 00 -- 1 0 8 Rosewood 700 9x -- 16 10 2 Leading hitters -- Rosewood -- Alyssa Spell 2-3, RBI; Ashlynn Spell 1-3, RBI; Amanda Beckert 1-3, 2 RBI; Kelsey Kornegay 1-2, 3B, RBI; Laura Vinson 1-4,...Published: Mar 8, 2011 1:47 PM Full Story
MOC softball takes two
MOC Sports Information KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Alyssa Bradshaw's two-RBI single capped a three-run, first-inning uprising and Mount Olive defeated Ferris State (Mich.), 5-2, on opening day of the Rebel Spring Games. Freshman right-hander Carly White tossed four innings in the...Published: Mar 8, 2011 1:47 PM Full Story
Rosewood hammers Kinston softball
Amanda Beckert tossed a no-hitter and Rosewood hammered Kinston, 16-1, in a mercy rule-shortened softball affair Monday evening. Beckert threw first-pitch strikes to 14 of 17 batters she faced and surrendered an unearned run. The right-hander coaxed the Vikings into...Published: Mar 8, 2011 1:47 PM Full Story
Saints win first ECC golf match
DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne played its best match of the early golf season on the sun-soaked links at Southern Wayne Country Club on Monday afternoon. The Saints fired a four-man total of 321, which was good enough to beat Triton...Published: Mar 8, 2011 1:47 PM Full Story
MOC tops Clarion baseball
MOC Sports Information MOUNT OLIVE -- Mount Olive College strung together back-to-back, seven-run innings and pounded out a come-from-behind, 17-4 non-conference baseball win over Clarion (Pa.) University on a sun-splashed Monday afternoon. Dan Hayduk's fourth-inning, two-RBI double and Jason Simone's...Published: Mar 8, 2011 1:47 PM Full Story
Opinion: Lack of non-conference games is troubling
There are few motivators quite like urgency. The high school baseball season is just a week old and teams in the News-Argus readership area begin conference play today, making preparation become more important. A year ago, the Eastern Carolina 3-A...Published: Mar 8, 2011 1:47 PM Full Story