Thursday, August 17, 2017
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Princeton volleyball
By RUDY COGGINS [email protected] PRINCETON -- One by one they walked across the stage to accept their diplomas. Blake Hinnant. Erika Hines. Leah Narron. Daisey Eklund. Kortney Edwards. Beth Braswell. Mixed emotions streamed through Paige Renfrow. Six key pieces of...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Goldsboro boys' soccer
By RUDY COGGINS [email protected] Goldsboro made a major stride on the soccer pitch last fall. The Cougars won the Eastern Carolina 2-A title outright -- the first in program history -- behind the leadership of eight seniors. The odds to...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Faith Christian volleyball
By RUDY COGGINS [email protected] Step into the Faith Christian gymnasium. Depending on your view, you'll see a knight dressed in armor brandishing a jousting pole and riding a horse covered by a kelly green and gold renaissance-style blanket on the...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: C.B. Aycock volleyball
By JUSTIN HAYES [email protected] PIKEVILLE -- It's 9 a.m. on a Tuesday, and Charles B. Aycock volleyball coach Tangela Faulkner -- Coach T, to members of her pass-and-block brood -- is trying to motivate her troupe for a warmup routine it...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Southern Wayne football
By JUSTIN HAYES [email protected] DUDLEY -- Last August, with the high school football season squarely in the middle of the hype vortex created by the end of area mini-camps and the regular-season opener, Southern Wayne tabbed a new leader to guide...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Wayne Country Day cross country
By RUDY COGGINS [email protected] Wayne Country Day has taken the girls' cross country scene by storm over the past two seasons. They emerged as the N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association state 1-A champion in 2016 after a runner-up finish in...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Rosewood girls' tennis
By RUDY COGGINS [email protected] Rosewood, annually, puts a strong girls' tennis team on the court. The same is expected this season. And the Eagles will compete with a new head coach, who -- after some prodding -- agreed to take...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Wayne Christian girls' golf
By JUSTIN HAYES [email protected] Quality over all else. That's really the only way to adequately describe the varsity girls' golf program at Wayne Christian, now in its second tour of duty under athletic director Mike Buddin. In every appearance,...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Eastern Wayne boys' soccer
By JUSTIN HAYES [email protected] Everything, it seems, was different. There were the uniforms, new and splashy and trimmed by Adidas, presented to the players ahead of the team's full-bodied, end-to-end grind session early last week. Look good, goes the...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: North Duplin volleyball
By JUSTIN HAYES [email protected] CALYPSO -- The stats and such, or anything resembling the stark-raving internet hoo-rah around sports analytics terms -- things like spread, predictive modeling or win shares -- don't mean very much by the whistle of Laura Thornton. It's...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FALL SPORTS PREVIEW: Spring Creek girls' tennis
By JUSTIN HAYES [email protected] SEVEN SPRINGS -- Fundamentals are so last year. Well, not quite, but Spring Creek varsity girls' tennis coach Donna Haggerty should enjoy the luxury of spending less time on form this fall, and quite a bit...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Oates wants EW to set the pace
By JUSTIN HAYES [email protected] Clean reps, with pace. Such was the directive implored between whistle chirps on Wednesday by Eastern Wayne varsity football coach Leander Oates, who marshaled the Warriors through their second-to-last workout ahead of Friday night's season opener...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
PREP DIGEST: JV news
JV • Volleyball: Goldsboro d. Hobbton 21-25, 25-18, 15-7 -- Grace Tart paced the Cougars with five service aces and three kills. Goldsboro (1-0 overall) entertains Beddingfield today. • Volleyball: Southern Wayne d. Fike 25-17, 23-25, 25-19 -- Kelly Dail...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
PREP SOCCER: Abril provides Eagles' offense
Gio Abril punched in a pair of goals during Rosewood's 2-0, non-conference conquest of county rival Goldsboro at Branch Pope Field on a muggy Wednesday evening. Noah Bates assisted Abril's second goal. The Eagles (1-1-0 overall) travel to Goldsboro next...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
PREP VOLLEYBALL: Saints fall to Fike in four sets
Fike handed Southern Wayne a 25-15, 23-25, 25-22, 25-17 setback in non-conference action Wednesday evening. Alexus Elliott paced the Saints with eight kills and five solo blocks. Rebecca Coor handed out 12 assists. The Saints fell to 1-1 overall this...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
PREP VOLLEYBALL: Cougars ace Wildcats
Goldsboro served an eye-popping 21 aces during its season-opening 25-20, 25-19, 25-10 over Hobbton inside Norvell T. Lee Gym on Wednesday evening. Amber Pfennig logged five kills and five aces. Marcy Taylor posted five kills and six aces. The Cougars...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story
PREP VOLLEYBALL: Warriors rein in Dark Horses
CLINTON -- Emily Newsome cranked out a team-high 13 kills as Eastern Wayne pulled out 22-25, 25-15, 11-25, 25-18, 15-9 win over Clinton on Wednesday evening. A senior, Newsome delivered six aces, picked up five digs and dished out 10...Published: Aug 17, 2017 6:00 AM Full Story