Friday, October 3, 2014
Spring Creek claims 3-set sweep of Rosewood
aetzler@newsargus.com After winning the first set, Spring Creek head volleyball coach Staci Pence called her team to the bench. "We have this pattern where when we play really well in the first game, we come out in the second game...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Eastern Wayne's Evans places 5th among 37 runners
Eastern Wayne's Zach Evans placed fifth among 37 individuals during an Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference meet contested at historic Waynesborough Park on Wednesday afternoon. Evans ran the 5k (3.1-mile) course in 20 minutes, 3 seconds. Fellow Warriors Kyler Sprague (22:20)...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Eastern Wayne girls' tennis concludes season on winning note
Eastern Wayne swept the singles courts and cruised past Southern Wayne, 8-1, in the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference regular-season finale for both teams Thursday. Elizabeth Sutton, Brennan Dove, Emily Uzzell, Kaycee Kemper, Samantha Roux and Kathryn Harrison each won on...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
North Duplin squeezes past Rosewood, 4-3, in tennis
Rosewood and defending Carolina 1-A Conference champion North Duplin ran out of sunlight, so they tried to finish the match by headlights. It didn't work as well as hoped. The lack of light forced the match to be called after...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Spring Creek soccer doubles up Lakewood, 4-2
SALEMBURG -- Otto Binar tallied two goals and dished out an assist during Spring Creek's 4-2 win over Lakewood in Carolina 1-AConference play Thursday afternoon. Gustavo Avalos and Gio Avila provided one goal apiece. David Ortiz-Alvarez had an assist. The...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Southern Wayne, East Duplin battle to 1-1 draw
Randy Reyes headed in a free kick from Obens Tilus and Southern Wayne battled to a 1-1 draw against East Duplin on Thursday. East Duplin tied the game in the final two minutes of regulation. The Saints are 7-4-2 overall...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
New Bern blanks C.B. Aycock on soccer pitch
NEW BERN -- Charles B. Aycock played 65 minutes of solid soccer against New Bern, but surrendered a goal in the first 10 minutes, and one in the last five to fall 2-0 against their Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A foe on...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Princeton defeats North Duplin in straight sets
Princeton rebounded from its second loss of the season with an easy 25-14, 25-21, 25-15 win over Carolina 1-A Conference opponent North Duplin on Thursday. Taylor Carroll had eight kills, eight digs and four aces. Kasey Edwards added 10 kills...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Jara leads Cougars to 5-set win over Kinston
Maddie Jara had a double-double with 10 aces and 20 digs to lead Goldsboro to a 25-19, 21-25, 25-13, 24-26, 15-11 triumph over Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference foe Kinston Thursday night. "That was the best game of Maddie J's career,"...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Rosewood's Burton, Neuse's Hammer share medalist honors at GMGC
Rosewood's Lindsey Burton and Neuse Charter's MaKenna Hammer shared medalist honors with identical nine-hole rounds of 39 during play on the Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course links. North Johnston edged Rosewood 158-159 in team competition. Wayne School of Engineering placed with...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Acosta gets hat trick in Warriors' ECC soccer road win
Alex Acosta scored a hat trick and Victor Kokiko found the net twice as Eastern Wayne defeated Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A foe South Central, 5-2, on Thursday. Kokiko and Acosta each added an assist, along with Ethan Zadrozny and Junior Flores....Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Warriors' Hamilton almost gets double-double against JH Rose
Naheria Hamilton flirted with a double-double in Eastern Wayne's 16-25, 18-25, 14-25 loss to perennial powerhouse J.H. Rose in an Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference match Thursday evening. Hamilton collected seven kills and eight blocks. Jenna Rouse chipped in five kills,...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Goldsboro-Scotland box
Scotland 27 13 0 0 -- 40 Goldsboro 0 0 0 13 -- 13 First quarter S -- Williams 1 run (Ben Utter kick), 8:28 S -- Ferguson 6 run (kick blocked), 5:52 S -- Gibson 16 punt return (Utter...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
No. 11-ranked Scotland starts fast against Goldsboro
rcoggins@newsargus.com Goldsboro High special teams coach Gerald Whisenhunt stepped into the post-game huddle and told the players they had just played the best team football team they'll see all season. Indeed. No. 11-ranked Scotland County scored touchdowns on five of...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Preps digest: JV, middle schools
JV * Football: New Bern 47, Eastern Wayne 0 -- Eastern wayne competed with New Bern for a half. But then fatigue wore on, as most players play both sides of the ball, and New Bern scored 33 points...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story
Friday's "quick hits"
Woodard carries the load Rosewood's Mike Woodard has taken the phrase 'bellcow running back' to a new level this year. Woodard has carried the ball 154 times through five games and added 10 touchdowns to his totals. He has touched...Published: Oct 3, 2014 1:50 PM Full Story