Saturday, April 21, 2012
Local Digest
Baseball Greene Central 15, Kinston 2 (5 inn.) * KINSTON -- Greene Central inched toward the .500 mark in Eastern Plains 2-A Conference play with a 15-2, mercy-rule victory over Kinston on Friday evening. Brian Cobb, Mason Head (three RBI)...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story
Pre softball boxes
Ayden-Grifton 000 000 0 -- 0 5 4 Rosewood 100 051 x -- 7 9 2 Leading hitters -- Ayden-Grifton -- Kelsey Jones 2-3; Taylor Cabaniss 1-3; Holly Roberts 1-3; Taj Worthington 1-2. Rosewood -- Amanda Beckert 2-3, RBI; Scout...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story
Rosewood drops AG softball
This is more like it. Haunted by base-running errors and defensive miscues during its frustrating two-game skid, Rosewood looked like its old self -- the team that started 11-0 -- on the softball diamond Friday evening. Amanda Beckert tossed a...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story
Ayden-Grifton outlasts Rosewood baseball
Rosewood head coach Jason King has seen flashes of growth and signs of inexperience from his young team at times this season. King saw glimpses of both on Friday night. The Eagles committed four errors in the first two innings...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story
MOC baseball sweeps NGU
MOUNT OLIVE -- Geno Escalante kept his hitting streak alive. Barely. Hitless in three previous at-bats, the JUCO transfer from California delivered a seventh-inning walk-off single that propelled No. 3-ranked Mount Olive College to a 5-4 victory over North Greenville...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story
Jerry Johnson inducted into NCHSAA Hall
The image flashed onto the screen. The sharp black and white photo showed a younger and limber Jerry Johnson doing a split as he stretched to scoop up a ground ball thrown in the dirt to first base. "Mr. Johnson...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story
EW defeats No. Nash tennis
Perfection. No. 4-ranked Eastern Wayne polished off its first-ever, unbeaten regular-season campaign in men's tennis with a 5-4 triumph over Northern Nash on Friday afternoon. The Warriors (17-0 overall) claimed their second straight one-point win in a three-day period. "This...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story
Prep baseball boxes
Ayden-Grifton 410 400 2 -- 11 11 4 Rosewood 002 011 0 -- 4 9 4 Leading hitters -- Ayden-Grifton -- Adam Wingate 2-4; Blake Allen 1-1; Matt Sugg 2-5, 3 RBI; Cole Whitehurst 2-5, 2 RBI; Avery McLawhorn 1-4;...Published: Apr 21, 2012 11:20 PM Full Story