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Gators dominate Wildcats in Carolina 1A baseball

Spring Creek dominated from start to finish on its way to an 18-1 victory that ended in 5 1/2 innings over Carolina 1-A Conference foe Hobbton on Thursday afternoon. Logan Miller led the way from his lead-off spot with...

Fireworks, of a different sort, suspend Saints' softball game

[email protected] DUDLEY -- Defending state 3-A softball champion D.H. Conley caught fire against Southern Wayne with a six-run, two-out fourth-inning rally on Thursday evening. One inning later, the Saints' stadium caught on fire. An electrical light switch malfunctioned and sparks...

Goldsboro prevails in ECC 2A golf match

Goldsboro won its first Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference match of the season with a team score of 369 at Falling Creek Country Club on Thursday afternoon. South Lenoir finished 10 strokes back, followed by Greene Central (414). North Lenoir and...

Walnut Creek LGA news

Hiromi Sueki claimed low gross during weekly play on the Walnut Creek Country Club links. Gaye Bryant and Faye Franklin won low net and low putts, respectively....

Bulldog girls run past foes in Carolina 1A meet

PRINCETON -- Princeton compiled 51 of its meet-best 93 points in the track events during a five-team, Carolina 1-A Conference affair contested at the Fred Bartholomew Jr. Athletic Complex. Jasmine Bogle won the 100- and 200-meter dashes, and the high...

Princeton dominates Carolina 1A boys track meet

PRINCETON -- Jose Moreno and Johnny Frasier each won a pair of individual events for Princeton, which also swept the top three positions in the pole vault during a Carolina 1-A Conference meet. Moreno claimed the 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs....

North Lenoir slips by Goldsboro in ECC 2A tennis

North Lenoir triumphed on two of three doubles courts, and turned back Goldsboro, 5-4, in an Eastern Carolina 2-A Conference match Thursday afternoon. The Hawks' second-seeded tandem of Matt Warren-Drew Proctor slipped past the Cougars' Sam de Araujo-Devin Collins, 8-6....

Brush has four assists in Dogs' romp over Neuse Charter

Princeton earned its first home league win of the year with a 9-0 win over Carolina 1-A Conference foe Neuse Charter. Jessica Brush led the charge with one goal while dishing out four assists. Chelsea Hawley and Emily Woodward both...

Saints suffer ECC baseball shutout against D.H. Conley

DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne stranded 12 runners on base during a 6-0 loss to D.H. Conley in Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference play Friday evening. Jacob Hollingsworth and Garrad Whitfield had one hit apiece for the Saints. Kevin Williams endured the...

Gators dismantle Wildcats in Carolina 1A baseball action

Spring Creek dominated from start to finish on its way to an 18-1 victory that ended in 51/2 innings over Carolina 1-A Conference foe Hobbton on Thursday afternoon. Logan Miller led the way from his lead-off spot with three hits....

Rampants' Clark handcuffs Aycock's batters

GREENVILLE -- J.D. Clark permitted one hit in a complete-game effort as perennial power J.H. Rose defeated C.B. Aycock, 4-1, on Thursday afternoon. Clark surrendered an unearned run and fanned 10 Golden Falcon batters in the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference...

Warriors' Tyler Warren earns complete-game victory

Tyler Warren tossed a complete-game two-hitter and recorded eight strikeouts during Eastern Wayne's 7-1, non-conference conquest of Nash Central on Thursday afternoon. Warren yielded one walk and improved to 2-1 on the hill this season. "Tyler threw the ball extremely...

North Lenoir baseball falls to Fike, 2-1

North Lenoir dropped a 2-1, non-conference decision to Fike on Thursday. Luke Jackson had a hit and scored the only run for the Hawks. Tyler Smith had the RBI. Jacob Baird and Noah Reese also added hits. Smith got the...

Wayne Christian wins mercy-rule affair

The Eagles toppled Greenville Christian, 10-0, in six innings on Thursday afternoon. Ted Suggs led the way for the Eagles with two doubles, a single, two runs scored and an RBI. Ryan Kennedy tacked on three RBI in his two-double...

Sasser hits for the cycle in Conquerors' win

Faith Christian outslugged Friendship Christian in a 12-11 win Thursday in N.C. Christian Schools Association 2-A district conference action. Richard Sasser hit for cycle in a 4-for-4, six-RBI effort and scored twice. Jack Casbarro went 3-4 scoring twice. Christian Mills...

Greene Central collects first win of 2014

Greene Central picked up its first win of the year with a 4-1 victory over Farmville Central. Justin Lee led the offensive attack with two hits -- a double and a triple and two RBI. Austin Mooring and James Head...

Princeton has 8 stolen bases in Carolina 1A baseball road win

Princeton claimed a 10-0, mercy-rule win over Carolina 1-A Conference foe Neuse Charter on Thursday afternoon. Jonathan Croom had two hits and two RBI for the Bulldogs. Patrick Norris had two hits and scored three times. Tyler Beasley got the...

Princeton's Edwards, Paul combine for 4 RBI

ERWIN -- The Princeton girls softball team defeated Triton Thursday 7-5 in non-conference action. Kortney Edwards had a two-RBI triple in her only at-bat. Tori Paul added two more RBI with a single. Taylor Carroll, Logan Pace, Beth Braswell and...

Hawks' softball team shuts out Eastern Wayne

North Lenoir defeated Eastern Wayne, 10-0, in non-conference action Thursday afternoon. Nicole Robinson got the win for the Hawks, striking out eight and allowing two hits in the shutout. Blythe Greene and Dani Moulton supplied half of the offense combining...

Spring Creek softball now 2-0 in league play this season

Spring Creek routed Hobbton, 11-0, in a Carolina 1-A Conference matchup Thursday afternoon. Sarah Ford had four hits and fell just a home run shy of hitting for the cycle. Alanna Price and Samantha Crouch each tallied doubles for the...

Preps digest: Middle school news

Middle schools * Girls' soccer: Norwayne 2, Spring Creek 0 -- Michelle Zamora scored both goals and Lauren Smith had two assists. Goalkeeper McKenzie Norris earned her second shutout of the season. * Girls' soccer: Dillard 1, Eastern Wayne...

C.B. Aycock-So. Wayne tennis box

C.B. Aycock 9 Southern Wayne 0 Singles: Addison Vail (CBA) d. Bobby Stocks 6-1, 6-0; Chas Hooks (CBA) d. Wesley Dail 6-3, 6-1; Jackson Yelverton (CBA) d. Garrett Hassell 6-0, 6-0; Allan Best (CBA) d. Jackson Carter 6-4, 6-0; Stanton...

CBA starts slow, eventually rolls past So. Wayne

[email protected] DUDLEY -- Once Charles B. Aycock warmed up Thursday afternoon, it's experience and consistent play emerged as the deciding factors against county boys' tennis rival Southern Wayne. The Golden Falcons shook off some early-set rust and cruised to a...

Golden Falcons, Saints battle to 3-3 draw

[email protected] DUDLEY -- The absence of an all-conference goal scorer weakens any team, but neither Charles B. Aycock nor Southern Wayne refused to quit Thursday evening. In fact, the county rivals couldn't decide a winner after 100 heart-stopping and gut-wrenching...