Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Preps digest: JV, middle schools
JV * Boys' basketball: D.H. Conley 60, C.B. Aycock 32 -- Sophomore Michael Evans led the Golden Falcons with 12 points. Freshman Tayquan Hampton added eight points. * Girls' basketball: D.H. Conley 49, C.B. Aycock 43 -- Hannah Vinson...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Gators avenge double-OT loss against Bulldogs
cellis@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek wanted revenge. With the memory last week's double-overtime loss still fresh in their minds, the Gators played with intensity and defeated Princeton, 59-53, in Carolina 1-A Conference play Tuesday evening. Trey Hammonds led Spring...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Freeman scores career-high 23 points, Chargers lose heart breaker
Pope John Paul turned a last-second turnover into a game-winning layup and nipped Wayne Country Day, 41-39, in a Coastal Plains Independent 1-A/2-A Conference game. WCDS committed a turnover with 8 seconds to play. Lillian Freeman torched the nets for...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Ricks, Cox provide majority of Princeton's offense vs. SC
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Emily Ricks and Charley Cox were a two-woman wrecking crew Princeton defeated Spring Creek, 34-31, in a Carolina 1-A Conference game at "The Swamp." The two combined for 30 points -- Cox had 11 and Ricks had...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Atkins scores 29 points in Saints' league loss
Zaria Atkins pumped in a game-high 29 points in Southern Wayne's 61-52 loss to Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A foe South Central on Tuesday eening. Iyahna Bess added seven points. The Saints (6-12 overall, 2-7 ECC) visit New Bern on Friday....Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Kinston girls complete league sweep of GHS
KINSTON -- Goldsboro faltered in the third quarter against Eastern Carolina 2-A foe Kinston for the second straight time, and fell 53-45 on Tuesday evening. The Vikings, led by four three-pointers, scored 25 points and held Goldsboro to five points....Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Golden Falcons' second-half offense disappears against DHC girls
HOLLYWOOD CROSSROADS -- D.H. Conley held C.B. Aycock to seven second-half points and cruised to a 50-29 win in Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference play Tuesday evening. Taylor Daniels and Lorie Edmundson scored eight points apiece for the Golden Falcons. Ashley...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Mozingo drops in 13 points, unbeaten Warriors pick off Rose
GREENVILLE -- Megan Mozingo emerged as the lone scorer in double figures with 13 points, and Eastern Wayne remained unbeaten with a 45-35 conquest of Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A foe J.H. Rose on Tuesday evening. Shontel Monk supplied eight points and...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Rosewood girls keep share of Carolina 1A lead
CALYPSO -- Rosewood seized a 24-point halftime lead and cruised past North Duplin, 54-21, in Carolina 1-A Conference play Tuesday evening. Lexi Mercer led all scorers with 22 points for the Eagles. Deja Aycock led North Duplin with six. North...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Rosewood grapplers thrash Pamlico County
Rosewood emerged victorious in the first 10 individual bouts and dismantled Pamlico County, 74-6, in opening-round action of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1-A dual-team playoffs Tuesday evening. The Eagles (40-4 overall) face wild-card entrant East Montgomery (22-15) in...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Conley boys slip past Aycock in ECC 3A/4A hoops
HOLLYWOOD CROSSROADS -- Cameron Kornegay collected a team-high 15 points in Charles B. Aycock's 49-43 loss against D.H. Conley on the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference scene Tuesday evening. Ian Best provided 13 points....Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Chargers' Miller knocks down 24 points in regular-season home finale
Victor Miller led three Wayne Country Day players in double figures with 24 points in an 83-70 triumph over Pope John Paul II Catholic HS in Coastal Plains Independent 1-A/2-A Conference play Tuesday. Jamal Forde added 14 points, while DJ...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Mitchell, Eagles cruise by North Duplin
CALYPSO -- Rosewood outscored North Duplin 26-6 in the third quarter and triumphed 75-49 in Carolina 1-A Conference play Tuesday evening. Dennis Mitchell poured in a game-high 28 points for the Eagles, who extended their win streak to six. Zack...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Boxscores: Princeton-Spring Creek boys
Princeton 6 19 10 18 -- 53 Spring Creek 14 12 18 15 -- 59 PRINCETON Michael Wooten 4 2 1-3 15, DeMarcus Ellis 2 1 2-2 9, Tanner Woodard 5 0 0-0 10, Tyler Beasley 0 0 2-2 2,...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Frasier stays put, signs with N.C. State
aetzler@newsargus.com PRINCETON -- Derrick Minor had never seen his running back smile more than the day Florida State University offered him a scholarship to play football. "I think it was like his dream school, because of how good they were,...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Kinston defense shuts down Goldsboro's outside shooting
aetzler@newsargus.com KINSTON -- When Goldsboro and Kinston squared off two weeks ago, Cougars guard Myron Carmon knocked down big shot after big shot, hit deep 3-pointers and got into the lane to finish at the rim. Goldsboro couldn't even get...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Boxscores: Goldsboro-Kinston boys, girls
BOYS Goldsboro 10 19 21 7 -- 57 Kinston 19 13 20 19 -- 71 GOLDSBORO Rasheen Artis 6 1 7-8 22, Myron Carmon 2 2 4-4 14, Joe Baker 1 0 0-0 2, Jaylin Thomas 3 0 0-2 6,...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
CBA-Northern Nash wrestling box
2014 N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 3-A Dual-team playoffs (at C.B. Aycock HS, Pikeville) 1st round Northern Nash 40 C.B. Aycock 36 152 -- Daniel Bryant (CBA) wbf Jalen Spooner, 2:24; 160 -- Joshua Wallace (CBA) wbf Javon...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Knights bump Golden Falcons from 3A dual-team wrestling playoffs
rcoggins@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- One thread unraveled. Then another. And another. Charles B. Aycock did its best to "patch" the holes, but dropped a season-ending 40-36 decision to Northern Nash in opening-round action of the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class...Published: Feb 4, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story