Saturday, June 13, 2015
ALL-AREA: McCollum named softball player-of-the-year
By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Rachel McCollum is used to drawing attention from opposing coaches because of her athleticism, softball IQ and God-given ability that allows her to succeed at any position on the field. The compliments humble...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
ALL-AREA: Pate selected as softball pitcher-of-the-year
By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com CALYPSO -- Written in different-colored chalk on two rows of cement blocks that lead around the school and to the front steps of the North Duplin gymnasium were the softball players' names and numbers. The last...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
MLB DRAFT: Trojans' Barnett selected by Toronto in 34th round
By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com MOUNT OLIVE -- Hunter Barnett won't forget that hot, steamy evening as he toed the rubber against Team USA last summer. This year's No. 2 draft pick, LSU shortstop Alex Bregman, stepped into the batter's box....Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
ALL-AREA: Gators' Coor named baseball player-of-the-year
By CAM ELLIS cellis@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Allen Coor had the best season of his baseball career. He raised his batting average 81 points and more than doubled his total doubles, triples and home run numbers from last year. He...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
ALL-AREA: SC's Heath named baseball coach-of-the-year
By CAM ELLIS cellis@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Heath Whitfield has some big shoes to fill. His father, Doyle, was a legendary baseball coach for three decades at Southern Wayne before he retired and has the athletic complex named after him. Now,...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
ALL-AREA: Aycock's Hampton named baseball pitcher-of-the-year
By CAM ELLIS cellis@newsargus.com PIKEVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock head coach Charles Davis remembers it like it was yesterday. It was the spring of 2011 and freshman Bobby Hampton was getting his first taste of playing for the varsity team....Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
ALL-AREA: Rebels' Edwards chosen softball coach-of-the-year
By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com CALYPSO -- The ride home still seems surreal. Just hours after North Duplin won the state 1-A softball title in Greensboro late last Saturday evening, Duplin County sheriffs met the team bus and escorted it through...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
ECBL: Johnson throws complete-game as EW defeats Orange, 6-5
PIKEVILLE -- Brock Johnson scattered eight hits in a complete-game performance as Eastern Wayne upended Pikeville Orange, 6-5, in an Eastern Carolina Baseball League game Friday evening. Johnson yielded five runs (three earned), walked three and logged one strikeout during...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
Lane Tree LGA news
Linda Hilburn fired an 18-hole round of 66 and claimed game-of-the-week honors during play on the Lane Tree Golf Club links. Novella Zambelli carded low net, while Mary Ann Sutton secured low putts. Lou Ellen Flowers had a chip-in and...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story
Pope lands 28-pound dolphin at Big Rock Blue Marlin tournament
By RICK SCOPPE rick.scoppe@jdnews.com MOREHEAD CITY -- Margaux Pope was all smiles Friday. And why not? The 17-year-old rising senior at Wayne Country Day School in Goldsboro had just landed her first dolphin during the 57th annual Big Rock Blue...Published: Jun 13, 2015 11:28 PM Full Story