Wednesday, April 29, 2015
Mercer notches four goals in win over Hobbton
Lexi Mercer punched in four goals as Rosewood handed Hobbton a 6-1 loss in a Carolina 1-A Conference contested at Branch Pope Field. Ada Rivera and Payton Lane provided one goal apiece. Lane and Kennedy Behrend each dished out...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Preps digest: Middle schools
Middle schools * Softball: Wayne Christian 11, Lee Christian 6 -- Leah Boswell had two hits as Wayne Christian beat Lee Christian on Tuesday evening. Brianna Vermie got the win in the circle. Wayne Christian will host Cape Fear...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Rosewood bounces back, defeats North Duplin
aetzler@newsargus.com CALYPSO -- The pre-game defensive warm up didn't exactly exude confidence in North Duplin head baseball coach Chuck Crumpler. He pulled his players off the field. The same defense Crumpler was unhappy with carried over into the game. The...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Wood's 7th-inning homer lifts Princeton on the road
cellis@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- As top teams often do, Spring Creek and Princeton made a habit of playing close games on the softball field. Tuesday afternoon was no exception. Hailey Wood hit a two-out, three-run home run in the top...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Walnut Creek Ladies Golf news
Hiromi Sueki earned the low gross score for the second week in a row on the Walnut Creek Country Club links. Gaye Bryant had the low net score, and Linda Cannon had low putts. During play on Apr. 21, Mary...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
ECC 3A-4A soccer leader Conley blanks Aycock
D.H. Conley handed Charles B. Aycock a 9-0 defeat on Tuesday evening. C.B. Aycock (4-10 overall, 3-7 ECC) visits South Central on Thursday....Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Saints fall to South Central
South Central edged Southern Wayne 2-1 on Tuesday evening. Stats were not submitted to the News-Argus. Southern Wayne (6-9-1 overall) dropped to 0-8 in ECC play....Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Rampants defeat E. Wayne in ECC 3A-4A soccer
Two second half goals gave JH Rose a 2-0 win over Eastern Wayne on Tuesday evening. The Warriors (8-5-0 overall, 4-5-0 ECC) travel to D.H. Conley on Thursday....Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
SC erupts for two overtime goals, upends Princeton
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Spring Creek scored two goals in the first three minutes of overtime and defeated Carolina 1-A Conference foe Princeton 5-3 in a see-saw battle to take control of the conference. Madison Harkay stole a throw-in the first...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Rosewood soccer earns mercy-rule win
CALYPSO -- Lexi Mercer scored six goals and Rosewood beat Carolina 1-A Conference foe North Duplin 9-0 via the mercy rule in 56 minutes Tuesday evening. Payton Lane added a goal and three assists for the Eagles. Tierra Jones also...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Wade's goal gives Goldsboro important league win
Ivey Wade's goal in the 19th minute proved to be the game winner as Goldsboro upended Kinston 1-0 in Eastern Carolina 2-A action on Tuesday. Timaya Williams had the assist. Kay-Lin Bethune made eight saves in goal to preserve the...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
WCDS wraps up CPIC girls' soccer title
Margaret Tanner drew a hand ball in the box, and Langley Barnes put the penalty kick in the back of the net to give Wayne Country Day the only goal it would need against Freedom Christian on senior day. The...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
D.H. Conley softball shuts out Warriors
Eastern Wayne fell to D.H. Conley 15-0 in Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A action on Tuesday. Stats were not submitted to the News-Argus. The Warriors (1-11 overall, 1-6 ECC) visit C.B. Aycock on Friday....Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
South Central slips CBA in softball
South Central scratched across five runs in the fifth and sixth innings to turn a one-run deficit into a three-run lead in a 9-6, Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference win Tuesday afternoon. The Golden Falcons (10-8 overall, 7-4 ECC) face Eastern...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Rebels' Pate throws another league shutout
CALYPSO -- Rylee Pate was dominant in the circle and North Duplin scratched across three runs to beat Carolina 1-A foe Rosewood on Tuesday evening. Pate struck out 13, gave up just two hits and walked one. She added a...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Halifax defeats Wayne Country Day
Wayne Country Day didn't have the pitching to contain Halifax Academy on Tuesday evening in a 14-4 loss. The Chargers used four pitchers and all 14 runs for Halifax were earned. Patrick Hall led the offense for WCDS with two...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Kinston upends Goldsboro in ECC 2A baseball
A six-run first inning for Kinston set the tone in 13-3 win over Goldsboro on the Eastern Carolina 2-A scene Tuesday evening. Isaiah Core led the Cougars with two hits including a double. Sterling Dodson, Thomas Vick and Maurice Stokes...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Hawks crank out 13 hits against Greene Central
North Lenoir swatted 13 hits and Chad Ginn threw a four-hitter as North Lenoir beat Greene Central 10-1 on the Eastern Carolina 2-A scene Tuesday evening. Ginn struck out six in the complete game effort. Jacob Baird led the Hawks'...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Ahlers, Packard lead Conley past Eastern Wayne
GREENVILLE -- Holton Ahlers homered and Bryant Packard drove in three runs as D.H. Conley hammered Eastern Wayne 12-4 on Tuesday evening in Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A conference action. Phillip Sanderson got the win in relief for the Vikings giving up...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Golden Falcons pick up key ECC 3A-4A baseball road win
WINTERVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock rode its dominant pitching to 4-2 win over Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference foe South Central on Tuesday evening. Kyle Davis got the start and gave up two earned runs on four hits in 32/3 innings....Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
Gators' Smith tosses complete game against Bulldogs
SEVEN SPRINGS -- Sawyer Smith threw a complete game and drove in three runs on two hits to lead Spring Creek past Carolina 1-A foe Princeton 13-3 in a six-inning, mercy-rule affair on Tuesday. Smith and Hunter Walker each had...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
2015 Wayne County Golf Championships: Jones is medalist, Aycock wins team title
By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com "That's a lot of hardware, son," Charles B. Aycock head coach David Elmore said to Bryce Jones on Tuesday afternoon. Elmore had some hardware of his own, too. Jones earned medalist honors with a 3-over-par 75...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story
2015 Wayne County Golf Championships results
Results from the 2015 Wayne County Golf Championships contested at Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course on Tuesday afternoon: TEAM SCORES C.B. Aycock 318 Goldsboro 321 Eastern Wayne 343 Rosewood 347 Wayne Country Day 364 Southern Wayne 381 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS x-Bryce Jones,...Published: Apr 29, 2015 1:48 PM Full Story