Saturday, March 11, 2017
BOYS' TENNIS: Chargers ease past Grace Christian-Sanford
rcoggins@newsargus.com Short-term memory loss can be a good thing. Especially when you're a young tennis team with just two returning starters and four seventh-graders on the roster. One day after falling to perennial 2-A independent power Parrott Academy just 24...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: Walker's first plate appearance sparks Saints
rcoggins@newsargus.com DUDLEY -- Confidence in the batter's box has been an early-season mantra for Southern Wayne baseball's team. That self belief showed Friday evening -- in the first inning. Manny Walker laced a two-RBI single up the middle and sparked...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
PREPS DIGEST: JV, middle school news
JV * Baseball: Hunt 14, C.B. Aycock 6 -- The Golden Falcons managed just five hits -- one each by Tyrie Artis, Blake Dilda (RBI), Noah Honrine (RBI), Jakob Prebe (two RBI) and Trey Smith. Kaleb Moore collected an...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: BOX -- S. Lenoir baseball @ So. Wayne
South Lenoir 000 000 0 -- 0 6 4 Southern Wayne 201 300 x -- 8 10 2 Leading hitters: Southern Wayne -- Derek Holsinger 2-4; Aryc Chrisman 2-4, 2 RBI; Jack Casbarro 1-4; Manny Walker 1-3, 2 RBI; Matthew...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: BOX -- Ridgecoft baseball @ WCDS
Ridgecroft 000 10 -- 1 1 2 Wayne Country Day 764 00 -- 17 10 0 Leading hitters: Ridgecroft -- Tucker Lane 1-2. Wayne Country Day -- Jon Bryan 3-4, 2 2Bs, 4 RBI; John Strickland 2-4, 2 RBI; Case...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: BOX -- N. Lenoir baseball @ SC
N. Lenoir 074 020 0 -- 13 12 3 Spring Creek 300 010 2 -- 6 6 4 Leading hitters: North Lenoir -- Jackson Sullivan 2-5, 2 RBI; Brandon Potter 0-3, RBI; Zach Turner 1-2, 2 RBI; Colby McLawhorn 2-3,...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: BOX -- CB Aycock @ Hunt
C.B. Aycock 000 000 0 -- 0 1 2 Hunt 222 010 x -- 7 11 0 Leading hitters: C.B. Aycock -- Blake Gipson 1-3. Hunt -- Thomas Helms 3-4, RBI; Neal Lewis 1-3, RBI; Garrett Browder 2-3, RBI; Hunter...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: WCDS steamrolls Ridgecroft
bcoley@newsargus.com Wayne Country Day's Case Kermode struck out to begin Friday's game against Ridgecroft. The next seven batters behind him? They all reached base and scored a run. The rout was initiated early, and never stopped in the Chargers' dominating...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: Hawks capitalize on Gators' unusual mistakes
jhayes@newsargus.com SEVEN SPRINGS -- Murphy's Law, meet Rod Serling. Such was the formed consensus of stunned onlookers Friday, who watched as Spring Creek dropped a 13-6 decision to North Lenoir amidst a hail of tough breaks and a run of...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
GIRLS' SOCCER: Wayne Country Day blanks Faith-Rocky Mount
WILSON -- Hayden Neilsen notched the eventual game-winning goal in the second minute as Wayne Country Day rolled past Faith Christian-Rocky Mount, 5-0, during The Brittany on Friday evening. Eight minutes later, Neilsen assisted Ally Willman on her first goal...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
SOFTBALL: CBA's Lassiter has 3-hit, 4-RBI outing against Hunt
WILSON -- Cassandra Lassiter batted 3-for-4 and knocked in four runs as Charles B. Aycock handed Hunt a 10-0, mercy-rule defeat on Friday evening. The Golden Falcons swept the season series. Connor Vinson (RBI) and Taylor Puetz (three RBI) cranked...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: Hunt's Worrell handcuffs Golden Falcons
WILSON -- Bryson Worrell threw a complete-game one-hitter and Hunt dispatched C.B. Aycock, 7-0, on Friday evening. Worrell issued two walks and retired five Golden Falcons on strikeouts. The Warriors plated two runs in each of the first, second and...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: Coastal Christian defeats WCDS
Coastal Christian benefited extra scoring opportunities and handed Wayne Country Day a 14-5, non-conference loss Saturday afternoon. "Pitching was the key today," Chargers head coach Michael Taylor said. "(We) gave up 10 walks and seven of them went on to...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: North Johnston blanks Princeton
KENLY -- Steven Worley posted 11 strikeouts and yielded two hits, leading North Johnston past Princeton, 10-0, in six innings on Friday evening. Blake Sapp and Will Gurganious each had a hit for the Bulldogs. Colby Sullivan worked 32/3 innings...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story
BASEBALL: Greene Central suffers 1st loss of season
SNOW HILL -- Greene Central couldn't overcome an eight-error performance on defense and dropped an 8-7, non-conference decision to Farmville Central on Friday evening. The loss snapped the Rams' four-game win streak. Tyler Horner (RBI) and Hunter Moore (two RBI)...Published: Mar 11, 2017 11:39 PM Full Story