Friday, March 13, 2015
NCAA D2 Southeast Regional: Hungry Trojans eager to get bounce back
rcoggins@newsargus.com HARROGATE, Tenn. -- Failure, loss and defeat are just mile markers on the road to success. University of Mount Olive unwillingly took that exit five days ago in the 2015 Conference Carolinas men's basketball tournament championship game. A 68-66...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Greene, Champion lead Rosewood in golf meet
Dylan Greene and Dylan Champion shot a 79 and 78 to lead Rosewood to a low score of 335 as the Eagles placed first in the Carolina 1-A match on Thursday. Lakewood had the second low score of 348, followed...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Hawley leads Bulldogs on soccer pitch
Chelsea Hawley scored three goals and dished out three assists as Princeton defeated Goldsboro 6-0 in non-conference action. Jessica Brush, Madison Adkins and Kassandra Velasquez each had a goal apiece. Princeton (4-0-0 overall) plays host to James Kenan on Monday....Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Goldsboro nets victory over ECC 2A tennis foe Kinston
Goldsboro swept singles play and won the third doubles match to defeat Eastern Carolina 2-A foe Kinston 7-2 on Thursday afternoon. Sam D'Aruojao, Vincent Spagnuolo, Devin Collins, Xan Pate, Kenny Archibald and Calab Whitted each won their singles matches....Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
North Lenoir triumphs on softball diamond
Janna Moore held West Craven to one run as North Lenoir won their first game of the year on Thursday. Moore contributed two hits offensively, including a double. Roxie Stallings also had two hits. North Lenoir travels to Rocky Mount...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Newsome, Sutton each provide two hits in Warriors' softball loss
Emily Newsome and Elizabeth Sutton provided two hits apiece in Eastern Wayne's 11-8, non-conference loss to Nash Central on Thursday. Trisha Bell, Tamarria Smith, Jaela Parks, Emily Uzzell and Jeanice McCullen each had one hit. Uzzell started inside the pitcher's...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
McCollum belts pair of home runs, Gators hammer Clinton
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Rachel McCollum belted two home runs including a grand slam as Spring Creek smashed Clinton 24-1 in five innings. Ashley Marriner and Alanna Price each had three hits, including a triple apiece. Daisy Martinez and Samantha Crouch...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
CBA softball wins slugfest against North Johnston
PIKEVILLE -- Madison Walton and Tanika Powell each cranked out three hits to lead Charles B. Aycock to a 10-7 win over North Johnston on Thursday. Mackenzie Wheeler had a two-run home run for her lone hit. Walton had two...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
North Lenoir snaps 2-game skid
North Lenoir snapped its season-opening, two-game skid with an 11-3, non-conference win over Wilson Fike. Chad Ginn got the win on the mound. Luke Jackson struck out seven during his relief appearance. Braxton Greene had three hits to lead the...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
North Duplin earns mercy-rule win on baseball diamond
North Duplin scratched across three or more runs in four innings as the Rebels dominated Northside Jacksonville in a 15-4, six-inning mercy-rule victory in non-conference action. North Duplin cranked out 12 hits, including two apiece from Cedrick Kornegay, Bryce Best,...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Wayne Christian defeats Spring Creek
Wayne Christian overcame four defensive miscues and scratched across the game-winning run in the top of the seventh inning to edge Spring Creek, 4-3, in non-conference action. Holden Foster led the Eagles with three hits and one RBI. Tanner Rose...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Smith's homer helps power Warriors past Nash Central
Zack Smith crushed a fifth-inning, two-run homer and Eastern Wayne handed Nash Central a 7-5, non-conference defeat Thursday afternoon. Braxton Lewis provided three hits for the Warriors, who are 2-0 overall heading into today's Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference opener at...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
CBA's Davis, Sanford combine for road shutout
RED OAK -- Kyle Davis and Jacob Sanford combined for a four-hit shutout as Charles B. Aycock knocked off Northern Nash, 3-0, on Thursday afternoon. Davis yielded four hits and retired two Knights on strikeouts in five innings for his...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Goldsboro triumphs in walk-off fashion
Trailing Princeton 6-3 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, Ti'wuan Hardy capped a four-run Goldsboro rally with a walk-off line drive to right field to win the game for the Cougars, 7-6. Isaiah Core reached base on a walk...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Gators upend Golden Falcons, 2-1, on soccer pitch
cellis@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Some of the Spring Creek players sat around in a circle after the game, laughing with one another. As both teams filed off the field, a group of them stayed on, receiving additional medical attention. Even...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB COVER STORY -- Road to recovery: Neal talks about long journey of healing
aetzler@newsargus.com For a brief moment, sunlight beams down on home plate as the boy in the all black catcher's gear crouches behind the plate. Clouds are moving in and out, but the sun is shining and it is finally warm....Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Taylor says future looks bright for WCDS diamond men
cellis@newsargus.com Wayne Country Day head coach Mike Taylor watched as freshman pitcher Amane Godo toed the rubber and went into his windup. He reared back and fired a strike to the catcher, who was crouched 60 feet and six inches...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- 'Premature' playoff loss fuels Wayne Christian in offseason
rcoggins@newsargus.com Wayne Christian's players broke the huddle one last time, trudged to the dugout and picked up their gear. Their parents hugged them as they walked off the baseball diamond at J.P. Riddle Stadium. Not a single player shed a...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Tschetter compiling history of Wayne County baseball
cellis@newsargus.com Hidden among the rows of dusty wooden shelves and behind glass doors sits a history just waiting to be discovered. There's tales of Jackie Robinson, 'Joltin Joe' Dimaggio, Honus Wagner and Ted Williams. You'd never be able to find...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Late-season league loss not a forgotten memory for Gators
rcoggins@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek knocked on the door for its first Carolina 1-A Conference baseball championship since 2004 last spring. North Duplin denied the Gators entry on the final day of regular-season play. The Rebels won 2-1. Although...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Pair of transfers catch attention of Southern Wayne's head coach
aetzler@newsargus.com DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne coach Jackson Massey is often weary of putting a young freshman on the varsity squad. But after what Faith Christian Academy transfer Jack Casbarro showed him this summer, Massey knew he had to keep the...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Carolina champ Rosewood seeks to defend crown
Gurley and Chapin are expected to eat some considerable innings. Dean, DuBose, Anthony McKinney and sophomore Tanner Bradley should see action out of the bullpen. "If our pitching comes around and we have some guys who want the baseball and...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Merritt anxious to see what season holds for Goldsboro
cellis@newsargus.com Don't call Danny Merritt a first-year coach. Merritt, a Goldsboro lifer, is anything but. The Goldsboro High School baseball coach, who has spent time at several county schools throughout his coaching tenure -- including a previous stint at Goldsboro...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Faith Christian upperclassmen must lead younger players
cellis@newsargus.com Faith Christian Academy teammates Rich Sasser and Carter Hudson couldn't help but laugh at each other from across the hall. Tall and soft-spoken, Hudson stares at the floor while he shuffles his feet. Ten feet away stands Sasser, shorter...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- EW's Fulghum notices a fire in the Warriors' belly
aetzler@newsargus.com The players on the Eastern Wayne varsity baseball team saunter down a hallway in one of the portable classrooms on campus. Each player sits in an empty seat. Practice is about to begin. When the weather is bad like...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
BASEBALL TAB -- Golden Falcons work to improve mental game
By ALLEN ETZLER aetzler@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- On the door of the baseball locker room at Charles B. Aycock High School hangs a new sheet of paper each day. It outlines that day's practice schedule. At the bottom of the...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
SOFTBALL: Capsule previews on 7 county teams
C.B. Aycock High School Location: Pikeville Mascot: Golden Falcons Conference: Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Head coach: Emily Burke 2014 record: 21-5 Returning players: 9 -- Allison Shingleton (U/DH), Mackenzie Wheeler (IF/P), Madison Walton (SS/1B), Abbie Walton (C/2B), Connor Vinson (OF), Michaela...Published: Mar 13, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story