Saturday, April 26, 2014
Preps digest: JV sports
JV sports * Baseball: C.B. Aycock 16, Nash Central 3 -- Chandler Matthews batted 4-for-4 with two RBI and Landon Casey went 3-for-3 with four RBI during the Golden Falcons' mercy-rule triumph. Cameron Kornegay (three RBI) and Caleb Smith...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Top-seeded UMO advances to tournament baseball championship
BURLINGTON -- The University of Mount Olive is back where it belongs -- in the Conference Carolinas baseball tournament championship game. Derek Justice threw a complete game and the top-seeded Trojans rallied from a three-run deficit to defeat King...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Trojan softball team reaches Conference Carolinas tournament finals
BURLINGTON -- Carly White scattered five hits in a complete-game effort as the University of Mount Olive reached the Conference Carolinas softball tournament final with a 4-1 victory over King (Tenn.) on Saturday afternoon. The Trojans (23-24 overall) play...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Rebuilding: Slater working to put ND softball program on the map
aetzler@newsargus.com CALYPSO -- As North Duplin's softball practice winds down with bunting drills, some of the players pick up the balls and shoot them into a bucket. Todd Slater laughs as some of the balls hit off the side of...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Charger Diamond Classic: Eagles' Burt homers twice, drives in 6 runs
rcoggins@newsargus.com The first inning confirmed Curt Hinton's fear. Two errors on routine plays allowed Greenfield to seize early momentum and eventually claim a 9-7 victory during the Charger Diamond Classic on a cloudy Friday afternoon. Shortly after the loss, the...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Charger Diamond Classic: Shaky defensive play hurts WCDS
rcoggins@newsargus.com Shaky defensive play gave playoff-bound Grace Christian of Sanford plenty of working room against Wayne Country Day on Friday afternoon. The Crusaders pushed across seven unearned runs on six errors and cruised to a 13-0, mercy-rule victory in the...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Charger Diamond Classic -- Day 2 box scores
2014 Charger Diamond Classic (at Wayne Country Day) Friday's games Wayne Christian 000 034 0 -- 7 8 4 Greenfield 110 241 x -- 9 9 3 Leading hitters -- Wayne Christian -- Austin Howell 2-4; Hunter Burt 2-4, 2...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Chargers-Crusaders play to scoreless draw
Defensive-minded Wayne Country Day battled No. 1-ranked Grace Christian of Sanford to a 0-0 draw on a blustery, cloudy Friday afternoon. The Chargers (5-3-3 overall) handed the once-beaten Crusaders (13-3-1) their first shutout of the year. Overall, WCDS posted its...Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story
Walnut Creek Ladies Golf news
Faye Franklin emerged as the low putts winner during weekly play on the Walnut Creek Country Club links. Linda Cannon and Hiromi Sueki captured low net and low gross, respectively....Published: Apr 26, 2014 11:17 PM Full Story