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WCDS boys advance in NCISAA 1A dual-team tennis playoffs

RUDY COGGINS [email protected] Wayne Country Day likes the new dual-team format -- now. The Chargers had some concerns in the preseason and wondered if they could succeed when the playoffs rolled around. They got their answer within 45 minutes Tuesday...

Trio of Division I transfers finds home at University of Mount Olive

Derek Justice, Jordy Farthing and Jay Gonzalez each wanted a second chance when they decided to transfer from highly-respectable Division I baseball programs. Justice needed a better relationship with his coaches. Farthing sought more playing time. Personal issues bothered Gonzalez....

Grace Christian girls knock out WCDS in NCISAA 1A playoffs

SANFORD -- Wayne Country Day's season ended Tuesday evening with a 2-0 loss to Grace Christian of Sanford in the elite eight round of the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association 1-A playoffs. The Chargers scored an "own" goal eight minutes...

Cougars' season ends with OT playoff defeat

WILSON -- Beddingfield punched in a pair of overtime goals and handed Goldsboro a season-ending, 3-1 loss in the NCHSAA 2-A playoffs on Tuesday evening. Juanita Cortes-Torres converted a penalty kick for the Cougars. Becka Pittard recorded 15 saves for...

Walnut Creek Ladies Golf news

Hiromi Sueki claimed low gross during weekly play on the Walnut Creek Country Club Club links. Linda Cannon captured low net, while Evelyn Rose took low putts....

Lane Tree Ladies Golf news

The mother-daughter tandem of Betty Jean Gurley and Teresa Shearin claimed low net and low gross honors, respectively, during play on the Lane Tree Golf Club links. Barbara Hill secured game-of-the-week accolades. Sandra Overby walked away with low putts....

Rosewood's Adams finishes 8th overall in 1A state golf meet

WHISPERING PINES -- Rosewood senior Nick Adams concluded his high school career with a 6-over par 150 during the two-day NCHSAA 1-A men's state golf championships contested at Whispering Pines Country Club. Adams, who took a two-stroke penalty for playing...

Spring Creek drops heart-breaker on softball diamond

ROBERSONVILLE -- South Creek benefited from a throwing error in the bottom of the seventh inning and knocked out Spring Creek, 1-0, in opening-round action of the NCHSAA 1-A playoffs Tuesday evening. The Gators' Rachel McCollum threw a no-hitter and...

North Duplin dominates Tarboro

CALYPSO -- North Duplin waltzed to a 17-0 win over Tarboro in the first round of NCHSAA 1-A playoffs Tuesday evening. Chesney Brown, Mikayla Koch and Rylee Pate all had two RBI to lead the Rebels' offense. Pate struck out...

Fulghum swats home run, Aycock run-rules Triton

PIKEVILLE -- Keely Fulghum homered in Charles B. Aycock's 10-0 dismantling of Triton in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs Tuesday evening. McKenzie Wheeler added two hts and three RBI for the Golden Falcons, which scored seven runs...

Pate tosses 3-hitter in Rebels' playoff-opening win

CAMDEN -- Trey Pate allowed just three hits on the mound as North Duplin eeked out a 4-1 win over Camden County in the first round of NCHSAA 1-A playoffs. Blake Rhodes scored twice for the Rebels and Ced Kornegay...

Gators collect program-record 18th win

SEVEN SPRINGS -- Allen Coor had three hits and three RBI to lead Spring Creek past South Creek 5-3 in the first round of the NCHSAA 1-A playoffs on Tuesday evening. It was the school-record 18th win for the Gators...

Hayes logs 11 strikeouts, Saints trip up Jacksonville, 1-0

JACKSONVILLE -- Jackson Hayes scattered two hits in a complete-game effort during Southern Wayne's 1-0, opening-round upset of Jacksonville in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3-A playoffs Tuesday evening. Hayes logged 11 strikeouts on the mound. Josh Jernigan contributed...

Fike builds early lead, eliminates E. Wayne from postseason

[email protected] Eastern Wayne pitcher Ryan Faucette knew it was probably his last at-bat as a Warrior. He didn't try to swing for the fences, but approached the plate appearance just like every other one during his four-year career. Faucette choked...

Strickland sisters power C.B. Aycock past archrival

[email protected] Alex Strickland read the tweet. She immediately knew she had to give a maximum effort and hoped it would be good enough to exact revenge on a team that held her to a single goal in two regular-season meetings....