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Gailmard's single helps UMO break open game in 6th inning

UMO Media Relations CARY -- Kilgore Gailmard sparked a four-run, sixth-inning uprising and No. 20-ranked University of Mount Olive slipped past in-state foe St. Augustine's, 6-2, at the USA National Baseball Training Complex on Wednesday afternoon. Tied at 1-1 through...

Preps digest: Middle schools

Middle schools * Girls' soccer: Dillard 2, Mount Olive 0 -- Shakia Doctor and McKayla Roberts each scored a goal for Dillard. Octavia Burns got the shutout in goal. Dillard is 4-1-1 overall and travels to Spring Creek today....

Mooneyham breaks his own school record, again

WINTERVILLE -- Joseph Mooneyham broke his own school record set earlier this year in the 3,200-meter with a time of 10 minutes, 26 seconds on Wednesday when South Central hosted Charles B. Aycock, Eastern Wayne and Southern Wayne. Chris Clement...

Jags edge Warriors in final at-bat

Farmville Central scratched across a run in the bottom of the seventh with two outs to beat Eastern Wayne 11-10 in non conference action on Wednesday. Elizabeth Sutton had four hits and an RBI for the Warriors. Chelsea Wynn had...

Hawks, Rams stage ECC 2A softball thriller

North Lenoir eked out a thriller against Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference foe Greene Central 3-2 on Wednesday evening. Roxie Stallings had three hits and Megan Lanier had two hits including a double for the Hawks. North Lenoir had seven hits...

Princeton softball crushes Lakewood

Princeton continued to run roughshod over the Carolina 1-A Conference, dominating Lakewood 17-0 on Wednesday. Casey Mitchell led a 14-hit attack for the Bulldogs with four hits including two doubles and three RBI. Hailey Wood hit a three-run homer. Beth...

Oakwood shuts out WCDS on soccer pitch

Oakwood punched in a goal with 11 minutes left in the first half that proved to be the decisive tally against Wayne Country Day on Wednesday. The Chargers had opportunities in the second half, but couldn't get the ball in...

Hawks score mercy-rule win in ECC 2A baseball

North Lenoir pounded out 15 hits and scored 15 runs to upend Eastern Carolina 2-A foe Greene Central, 15-5, on Wednesday evening. Chad Ginn got the win on the mound, striking out 10 batters, walking one and allowing three runs...

Kinston out-duels Goldsboro in error-filled baseball game

Goldsboro's offense got going a little too late, and Kinston outlasted the Cougars 18-12 on the Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference scene. The teams combined for 19 hits and 13 errors. Jared Howard and Sterling Dodson led the Cougars with two...

Chargers hammer Fayetteville Christian on baseball diamond

For the second straight day, Wayne Country Day scored 25 runs -- this time a 25-2, three-inning triumph over Fayetteville Christian on Wednesday afternoon. Mitch Turnage led the way for the Chargers with four hits and four RBI. Parker Smith,...

Cortes-Torres gets second-half natural hat trick, Cougars break into win column

cellis@newsargus.com The Goldsboro girls' soccer team's season was at a crossroads. Winless during their first 11 games, the Cougars held a meeting at practice on Tuesday to talk about the team's collective attitude. There was, as head coach Leha Andres...

Boxscore: C.B. Aycock-S. Central softball

South Central 100 020 2 -- 5 7 1 C.B. Aycock 010 001 0 -- 2 6 4 Leading hitters: South Central -- Lindsay McCollum 1-4, 2B, RBI; Cameron Davis 2-4, HR, 2 RBI; Lauren Conway 2-2. C.B. Aycock --...

Davis' HR sparks Falcons past Aycock in softball

rcoggins@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- Let Cameron Davis hit or put her on base intentionally? The decision might be different the next time. Davis deposited a sixth-inning, two-run bomb over the left-field wall and sparked South Central to a 5-2 triumph over...

Boxscore: C.B. Aycock-S. Central baseball

South Central 000 110 00 -- 3 11 0 C.B. Aycock 100 010 00 -- 2 8 2 Leading hitters -- South Central -- Reese Farmer 2-2, 2 RBI; Drew Piscorik 2-3; Jackson Baker 2-4; Matt Conlin 2-4; Steven Edmundson...

Aycock baseball drops another 8-inning affair

aetzler@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- It doesn't seem plausible that a team could give up 16 runs in 10 games and have three losses. But that's exactly the situation Charles B. Aycock head baseball coach Charles Davis and his team faces after...