Wednesday, February 22, 2017
GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Rosewood's Daniels flirts with double-double
HERTFORD -- Hannah Daniels just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, and Rosewood upended Perquimans 44-42 in opening-round action of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1-A playoffs Tuesday evening. Daniels also picked the Pirates for five...Published: Feb 22, 2017 10:27 AM Full Story
GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Terry Sanford rolls past CBA
FAYETTEVILLE -- Cassandra Lassiter knocked down 11 points during Charles B. Aycock's season-ending loss to Terry Sanford in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A playoffs Tuesday evening. Tanika Powell added five points, dished out a team-leading eight assists and...Published: Feb 22, 2017 10:27 AM Full Story
SWIMMING: Chargers' Pittman reaches medal podium
GREENSBORO -- Zander Pittman reached the medal podium during the boys' 100-yard breaststroke in the second-ending N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association Classes 1-A/2-A state championship meet. Pittman, a junior at Wayne Country Day, touched the wall third in 1 minute,...Published: Feb 22, 2017 10:27 AM Full Story
BOYS' BASKETBALL: RM Prep eliminates Princeton from 1A playoffs
ROCKY MOUNT -- Top-seeded Rocky Mount Prep erupted for 53 second-half points and eliminated Princeton 83-65 from the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1-A playoffs Tuesday. Garrett Klein paced the Bulldogs' offense with 22 points. Austin Sullivan contributed 18 points....Published: Feb 22, 2017 10:27 AM Full Story
UMO: Digest
Women's basketball MOUNT OLIVE -- Ni'Ya Styles reached 1,000 points for her career, but the University of Mount Olive endured a 69-57 loss to Conference Carolinas foe King (Tenn.) University on Tuesday evening. Styles reached the milestone on her fourth...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BOYS' BASKETBALL: Spring Creek sends Ocracoke back to the coast
SEVEN SPRINGS -- No drama. Spring Creek High defined such sentiment on Tuesday evening, using two deafening runs to physically punish Ocracoke, 85-54, in opening-round play of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1-A boys' basketball playoffs at "The Swamp."...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BOYS' BASKETBALL: Northside's pressure 'D' suffocates Goldsboro
rcoggins@newsargus.com JACKSONVILLE -- So much for those sleepless nights. Tony Marshburn can rest a little bit easier now. Zach Hobbs dumped in a game-high 17 points as unbeaten Northside dominated Goldsboro, 82-46, in opening-round action of the N.C. High School...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS: Round 1
Here are scores from opening-round play in the 2017 N.C. High School Athletic Association boys' and girls' basketball playoffs from Tuesday:GIRLSRosewood 44, Perquimans 42Princeton 56, Chocowinity Southside 48Fayetteville Terry Sanford 51, C.B. Aycock 27Eastern Guilford 51, Eastern Wayne 42Lejeune 40,...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
GIRLS' BASKETBALL: BOX -- E. Guilford @ E. Wayne
Eastern Guilford 13 6 16 16 -- 51 Eastern Wayne 11 8 13 10 -- 42 EASTERN GUILFORD (14-12) Destinee Davis 2 0 0-0 4, Jenna Dudley 1 1 0-0 5, Destiny McLean 0 1 1-2 4, Ashley Godley 4...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
GIRLS' BASKETBALL: Eastern Guilford ousts Eastern Wayne
bcoley@newsargus.com There seemed to be an imaginary rope between Eastern Guilford and Eastern Wayne on Tuesday night, because both teams were fully engaged in a tug-of-war battle. Both teams yanked as hard as they could, and each took turns carrying...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
DIGEST -- Wednesday
Girls' basketball Rosewood 44, Perquimans 42 * HERTFORD -- Hannah Daniels just missed a double-double with 13 points and nine rebounds, and Rosewood upended Perquimans 44-42 in opening-round action of the N.C. High School Athletic Association 1-A playoffs Tuesday evening....Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BOYS' BASKETBALL: Goldsboro Heat falls in region play
The Goldsboro Heat boys' basketball team concluded its season with an 80-47 loss to top-seeded Durham Flight in semifinal-round action of the N.C. Homeschool Educators Athletic Conference (NCHEAC) East regional. Junior Gavin Portela led the Heat with 20 points,...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BOYS' BASKETBALL: Manning's move pays off
bcoley@newsargus.comEastern Wayne coach Bill Manning saw the mismatch. He knew that his guards --Wesley Case, Yeonte Royal and Eric Agee -- could get to the basket against the Western Alamance defenders, and he knew that each could knock down shots...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BOY' BASKETBALL: BOX -- W. Alamance @ E. Wayne
Western Alamance 12 16 19 11 -- 58 Eastern Wayne 20 14 15 25 -- 74 WESTERN ALAMANCE (11-12) Tre Holmes 1 0 0-0 2, Jadyn Neal 3 2 2-2 14, Trevon Williams 1 0 0-0 2, Tre Harvey 1...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BOYS' BASKETBALL: BOX -- Ocracoke @ SCreek
Ocracoke 7 20 15 12 --54 Spring Creek 24 17 23 21 --85 OCRACOKE (10-17) Carson O'Neal 1 1 0-0 5, Colby Austin 1 0 0-0 2, Darvin Contreras 0 0 0-2 0, Jordi Perez 0 0 0-2 0, Kalai...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story
BOYS' BASKETBALL: BOX -- Goldsboro @ Northside
Goldsboro 14 14 10 8 -- 46 Northside 26 23 24 9 -- 82 GOLDSBORO (12-13) DJ Gaddis 1 0 0-4 2, Isaiah Cogdell 1 0 0-0 2, Jaryan Hargis 2 1 4-5 11, Tyohn McKinzie 1 0 2-2 4,...Published: Feb 22, 2017 9:57 AM Full Story