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Talerico scores hole-in-one at GMGC

Paul Talerico carded a hole-in-one during an 18-hole round Friday on the Goldsboro Municipal Golf Course links. He aced No. 16 with a 7-iron from the white tees. Playing partners Earl Katan, Frank Jordan and Wayne Bailey witnessed the...

Spring Creek posts second straight mercy-rule win in postseason

aetzler@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- After walking the first two batters to start the second inning, Spring Creek baseball coach Heath Whitfield walked out to the mound for what seemed like the shortest mound visit in history. "Throw strikes, you got...

Boxscore: Spring Creek-South Creek baseball

South Creek 000 00 -- 0 1 1 Spring Creek 405 3x -- 12 12 0 Leading hitters -- Spring Creek -- Logan Miller 3-3; Chad Spurgeon 2-2, RBI; Trey Hammonds 1-3, 2 RBI; Will Rouse 3-3, 2B, 4 RBI;...

Ried punches in career-high 4 goals, Gators take out Hawks

rcoggins@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Keeper Kaitlyn Sullivan grabbed the ball just before it hit the crossbar and waited for her Spring Creek teammates to push forward out of the 18-yard box. Sullivan delivered a short ball to Madison Harkay, who...

NCHSAA Class 1A state track meet: RHS boys place 2nd as a team

rcoggins@newsargus.com GREENSBORO -- Armed with iPhones and other devices, Rosewood's athletes stood patiently as parents took pictures on the Irwin Belk Track infield as the sun faded Friday afternoon. It turned out to be a banner day for the Eagles....

Wood logs 13 strikeouts, Princeton ousts East Carteret

cellis@newsargus.com PRINCETON -- Hailey Wood struck out the side in her first inning. She struck out the side in the last inning as well. In between, she wasn't too bad either. Wood threw a complete game as Princeton shut out...

Chargers' Joel Davis signs with Cornell

aetlzer@newsargus.com Wayne Country Day athletics director Michael Taylor walked into the office and placed a box of tissues on the desk. Negleatta Davis sometimes gets a little tearful these days. She has the right to be. She's a proud mama...

Golden Falcons rally past Orange in 3A softball playoffs

rcoggins@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- It was a heads-up play. Mackenzie Wheeler saw Orange catcher Mia Davidson bobble a low pitch during the bottom of the fifth inning. She took off toward third base and drew an errant throw from Davidson that...

Boxscore: Aycock-Orange softball

Orange 201 000 0 -- 3 6 5 C.B. Aycock 000 052 x -- 7 9 0 Leading hitters: Orange -- Mia Davidson 2-3, 2 HRs, 2 RBI; Montana Davidson 1-3, 2B; Johanna Manley 1-2. C.B. Aycock -- Hannah Vinson...

Naughton does superb job against Chapel Hill

cellis@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- Last season, Charles B. Aycock pitcher Jacob Naughton only made two appearances on the mound. A junior then, Naughton didn't make much noise on the bump -- overshadowed by his older brother, Tim, who had a 5-1...

Goldsboro's Alexus Davis signs with Wake Tech

rcoggins@newsargus.com Goldsboro High head volleyball coach TJ Lancaster and assistant Bridgette Briggs wondered how much offseason work Alexus Davis had done heading into her senior season. They found out the first day of practice. Davis easily terminated a pair of...

Soaring Eagle -- Rosewood's Al-montaser claims 1A state title in 110 hurdles

rcoggins@newsargus.com GREENSBORO -- Keeping momentum between the sixth and seventh hurdle and pushing toward the finish line had bothered Marquail Al-montaser for the past couple of weeks. He made the perfect adjustment in just three days. And it paid off...

NCHSAA Class 1A state track and field results

GREENSBORO -- Results from the 2015 N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A men's and women's track and field state championships contested on the Irwin Belk Track at N.C. A&T State University on Saturday. Editor's note: Statistics include athletes from...

Rosewood upends Louisburg in 1A baseball playoffs

LOUISBURG -- Derek Neal, Ethan Chapin and Jacob DuBose pounded out two hits apiece during Rosewood's 9-1 upset of second-seeded Louisburg in the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 1-A playoffs Friday evening. Chapin and DuBose combined for two RBI....

North Lenoir advances in 2A baseball playoffs

La GRANGE -- Drew Burke and Orlando Cannon combined for a three-hitter as North Lenoir turned back South Columbus, 4-1, in their second-round N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 2-A playoff game contested at Alphin Field. Burke yielded one run...