Saturday, March 2, 2013
Local preps digest
Baseball Eastern Wayne 2, Wilson Hunt 1 * Eastern Wayne opened the baseball season with a 2-1 win over Wilson Hun on Friday afternoon in New Hope. The Warriors finished with five hits. Grayson Wells, Jeremy Lancaster, Josh Dixon, Tyler...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story
Trojans' comeback falls short
MOC SPORTS INFORMATION WILSON -- Mount Olive threw a scare into its rivals from Barton, trimming a 19-point, second half deficit to one in the closing minutes, but the Bulldogs made all six free throws in the final 43 seconds...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story
Gryphons too strong for Golden Falcons
ROCKY MOUNT -- Charles B. Aycock wanted to hang around long enough and aggravate defending Class 3-A state champion Rocky Mount on Friday evening. The Gryphons never tightened up. And the 12th-seeded Golden Falcons couldn't overcome a second-quarter scoring drought...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story
Prep basketball boxes
BOYS C.B. Aycock 9 10 10 14 -- 43 Rocky Mount 17 14 18 23 -- 72 C.B. AYCOCK (15-13) Greg Williams 0 0 0-1 0, Cody Garris 0 0 1-2 1, Javaris Williams 0 0 0-0 0, Shakel Powell...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story
Mount Olive's women stumble at Barton
MOC SPORTS INFORMATION WILSON -- Tamara Nesmith scored 21 points and Jasmine McDonald and Alexandra Silva added 15 apiece, but Mount Olive fell to No. 6 Barton 74-58 in the women's regular season finale for both teams Friday night. Mount...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story
Goldsboro's Keen earns promotion at UNCW
Courtesy of UNCW WILMINGTON -- Former Seahawk Club assistant director and UNCW director of development Adam Keen has been appointed Associate Director of Athletics for Major Gifts, becoming the school's first major gifts officer for athletics. The announcement comes on...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story
Eastern Wayne advances to East Regional semifinals
It has been more than a year since Eastern Wayne lost on its home floor. The Warriors are going to have to try to bottle that momentum for their next game. Eastern Wayne used a big third quarter to pull...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story
Dillon fans 11 against Belmont Abbey
MOC SPORTS INFORMATION BELMONT -- Matt Dillon recorded a career-high 11 strikeouts and tossed an eight-inning complete game as nationally second-ranked Mount Olive defeated No. 18 Belmont Abbey 6-2 in the opening game of a Conference Carolinas baseball series Saturday...Published: Mar 2, 2013 11:22 PM Full Story