Thursday, March 23, 2017
UMO: Men's basketball team honored
Basketball MOUNT OLIVE -- The University of Mount Olive men's basketball team received the 2016-17 Conference Carolinas Messick Sportsmanship Award. The honor is the third for the Trojans, who earned the award during the 2011-12 and 2013-14 seasons. The men's...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
GIRLS' SOCCER: Cougars dominate Wallace-Rose Hill
Win the day. Decisively. Such was the mindset of the Goldsboro High varsity girls' soccer outfit on Wednesday, who tendered a dominant-in-all-phases, 6-0 trouncing of non-conference foe Wallace-Rose Hill. But the conquest -- which redeemed a subpar effort earlier in...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
GIRLS' SOCCER: Saints dealt mercy-rule loss
Southern Wayne dropped to 0-3 in Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference play with a shutout loss to J.H. Rose on Wednesday evening. The Saints are 2-6-0 overall this season....Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
BOYS' TENNIS: Goldsboro shuts out Princeton
Goldsboro cruised to a 9-0, non-conference triumph over Princeton on the John Allen Farfour Courts at Herman Park on Wednesday afternoon. Sam DeAraujo, Xan Pate, Caleb Whitted, Aaron Podbielski, Holden Jones and Conner Pate each earned a straight-set victory in...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
GIRLS' TRACK: The 'Bell' rings during Carolina 1A meet
PRINCETON -- Princeton sprinter Shamonda Bell pulled off three first-place victories during a four-team Carolina 1-A Conference meet contested at Harvey Brooks Field on Wednesday afternoon. Bell won the 100-meter dash in 12.9 seconds, bested the field in the 100...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
GIRLS' TRACK: CBA's Faulkner takes 1st in two events
WINTERVILLE -- Charles B. Aycock's Arlanda Faulkner emerged victorious in a pair of individual events during an Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference meet ran at South Central on Wednesday afternoon. A junior, Faulkner claimed first in the long jump (17 feet,...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
BOYS' TRACK: North Duplin's Addison picks up two individual wins
PRINCETON -- Terrion Addison picked up two individual wins and North Duplin emerged as the top-scoring team during a Carolina 1-A Conference meet ran at Harvey Brooks Field on the Princeton HS campus Wednesday afternoon. Addison won the 100-meter dash...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
BOYS' TRACK: Golden Falcons' Owens sets school record in 1,600 meters
WINTERVILLE -- Deshawn Owens posted a school record in the 1,600-meter run and C.B. Aycock logged a second-place team finish during an Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference meet ran at South Central HS on Wednesday. Owens crossed the finish line in...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
COLLEGE BASEBALL: UNC 6, ECU 2
ECU Media Relations GREENVILLE -- Brandon Riley smashed a three-run home run as No. 9-ranked North Carolina toppled East Carolina, 6-2, at Lewis Field inside Clark-LeClair Stadium on Wednesday evening. Riley ended the night with three hits, four RBI and...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
BASEBALL: BOX -- G. Central @ E. Wayne
G. Central 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 E. Wayne 0 1 0 3 2 x 6 8 0 Leading hitters: Greene Central -- Don Pigford 1-3. Eastern Wayne -- Tanner Wells 1-2, HR, 2 RBI; Landon...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story
BASEBALL: Warriors' Well tosses 1-hit gem
bcoley@newsargus.com Tanner Wells has been with Eastern Wayne's varsity team since his freshman year. He's now one of the senior leaders, and one of the strongest voices in the dugout. If the Warriors were going to break their losing skid,...Published: Mar 23, 2017 9:59 AM Full Story