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Monday, July 11, 2016

WHAT'S HAPPENING

Goldsboro-area football clinics * The Goldsboro branch of the Eastern Carolina Football Officials Association clinics begin July 5 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Prevention and Treatment Center, 509 N. Carolina St. The meetings will continue every Monday through the end...

LEGION BOX: Wilson Post 13 baseball @ WC Post 11

Area I East Division Semifinals (at Scarborough Field, UMO) Friday's game Wilson    012    100    100    --    5    10    2 Post 11    220    204    01x    --    11    11    4 Leading hitters: Wilson Post 13 -- Hunter Lee 1-5; Jake Taylor 1-5,...

LEGION: Wayne County takes playoff opener against Post 13

By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com MOUNT OLIVE -- Lance Wise toed the rubber, covered his face with his glove, got the signal from catcher Derek Neal and fired toward the plate. Strike. The knee-level toss painted the outside corner and turned...

County rivals WCDS, Wayne Christian join forces

By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com It's a meeting Michael Taylor is glad he "crashed." Wayne Country Day faced the possibility of playing as an independent this calendar season, which would have left Taylor scrambling to find opponents to fill schedules in...

WCMA: Day 2 tee times

Lane Tree Golf Club #1 Tee 8 a.m. -- Jonathan Gurley, Ronald Barwick, Daniel Anderson, Phillip Faulk 8:10 a.m. -- Garry Grantham, Richard Walderman, Joe Bailey, Danny Stockwell 8:20 a.m. -- Tripp Fidler, Dylan Champion, Will Nichols, David Smeltzer 8:30...

WCMA: Opening-day tee times

Southern Wayne Country Club #1 Tee 8 a.m. -- Chris Bitzenhofer, Steven Swinson, Jay Kornegay, Tim Dawson 8:10 a.m. -- Don Shaver, Joe McLamb, Mickey Nance 8:20 a.m. -- Norwood Giddons, Jimmie Sanders, Walt Vaughn, Joe Lawrence 8:30 a.m. --...

WCMA: Notebook

COURSE ROTATION • July 15 -- Southern Wayne CC • July 16 -- Lane Tree GC • July 17 -- Walnut Creek Country Club • NOTES: A total of 135 players have entered the stroke-play, 54-hole tournament. ... Play begins...

WCMA: The youth movement has arrived

By RUDY COGGINS rcoggins@newsargus.com Has the youth movement arrived? Lionel Sutton thinks so. The former lower-tier professional player experienced it during the final round of the 2015 Wayne County Men's Amateur. Sutton steadily climbed up the leaderboard on the final...

LEGION BOX: Wilson Post 13 baseball @ Wayne County

2016 Area I East Division Semifinals (at Scarborough Field, UMO) Sunday's game Wilson 000 000 100 -- 1 7 3 Post 003 410 00x -- 8 13 0 Leading hitters: Wilson Post 13 -- Luke Taylor 1-4; Nick Phillips 2-3;...

LEGION: Wayne County completes sweep of Wilson Post 13

rcoggins@newsargus.com MOUNT OLIVE -- JP Peacock insisted he didn't script a shaky ninth inning Sunday evening. He yielded a lead-off single, hit a batter and issued a walk to load the bases. At that point, Peacock expected head coach Jason...