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Rain delays games until Wednesday
Heavy downpours and the threat of storms cancelled state playoff games in baseball and softball Tuesday afternoon. Both will now be played Wednesday. The second-round matchup between Hobbton’s top-seeded Lady Wildcats and their county rival Midway will get under way Wednesday at 6 p.m. at Hobbton. The teams have met twice this season, with the Lady Raiders winning on their home turf, and Hobbton exacting revenge a few nights later in Wild...
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Horses stumble in road game
The Clinton boys baseball team stalled out in the second round of the 2A state baseball playoffs last week, falling to Farmville Central 10-0. Working from the mound for the Horses were Mason Warren and Wil Pearson. Leading batter for Clinton was Kyle Brown. The Dark Horses end their season at 12-10 overall and 9-5 in conference play.
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Clinton s Margaret Coleman (#7) prepares to pass the ball to Grace Reagan (#18)as they work the ball toward the goal. Coleman scored the Lady Horses only goal on the night as Farmville defeated Clinton in the second round of the state playoffs. (Mike Carter/Special to the Independent)
Lady Horses fall in round 2
Clinton’s Lady Dark Horses ended a stellar soccer season Saturday night in Whiteville with a tough 3-1 loss to the undefeated Wolfpack. Whiteville dominated the first half, hitting the back of the net twice while holding their visiting opponents scoreless. But Clinton battled back and about midway through the second half Margaret Coleman scored the team’s only goal off a beautiful assist from Lexi Valenti, bringing the score to 2-1. But...
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Leopards bow out in opening round
Lakewood’s Leopards had their chances Friday night when they squared off with South Robeson, but too many runners left on base turned out to be the difference in the ball game. The No. 2 seeded team from the Three Rivers Conference came away with the 4-1 win. The Leopards, led 1-0 up until the fifth inning, but that’s when South Robeson’s bats came alive, giving the home team the lead and the eventual win. “It was a good game,” coach Larr...
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Lady Leopards end season at Manteo
It was a long ride to Manteo Saturday for Lakewood’s Lady Leopards and an even longer ride home, after the No. 2 seeded girls in the Tri-County Conference lost in the second round playoff. “It was a very disappointing loss,” said head coach Jennifer Wuester, about falling 2-1 to Manteo High School. “We struggled in terms of our participation. We had a couple of players who couldn’t play Saturday and others who couldn’t travel that far, so w...
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Raiders take down S. Robeson
Midway’s Lady Raiders traveled to South Robeson Friday night for the first round of the playoffs and came home with a 3-1 win. They’ll now advance to the second round where they’ll face county rival Hobbton, the No. 1 team in the Tri-County Conference and a team the Raiders have already played twice this season, winning once. The game will be played Tuesday at Hobbton. Although Midway coach Leigh Ann Smith called in the score on the rid...
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Hobbton s Michaela Wilson makes it to third base on a steal prior to scoring the winning run. (David Johnson/Sampson Independent)
Hobbton, Midway girls will battle it out in 2nd round
The top-ranked Hobbton girls were smokin’ hot Friday night, as they put bat to ball time after time against Red Springs, shutting out the visiting No. 3 seeded team from the Three Rivers Conference 15-0. “We were hitting well,” said coach Morgan Farroll, “and our base running was good.” So good, in fact, that the game was called after four innings. The Lady Wildcats came out fired up, amassing a whopping 9 runs in the first inning, alon...
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Lady Spartans lose close one on road
It was a close game from beginning to end, but timely hits by the River Mill Academy gave them the edge they needed to defeat Union’s girls 9-8 Friday night. “It’s disappointing, but that’s the way the games go sometimes,” said Spartan coach Doug Burley after the game. Union had the lead coming out of the gate, ahead 5-1 heading into the fifth inning. Then River Mills came alive, scoring 4 in the fifth and adding another in the sixth and ...
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Lady Dark Horse Jamison Kidd controls the ball during Thursday s match. (Mike Carter/Speical to The Independent)
Clinton girls strike often in first round victory
Clinton won at home Thursday night in the first round of the 2A state playoffs against Eastern Randolph. The Dark Horses jumped ahead early and never gave their opponents a chance as they moved on to the second round, which will be played on Saturday. Clinton now stands at 18-3-1 on the season. In the 7-2 win, the Clinton offense dominated. Lindsey Bass put the Horses up early by scoring five minutes into the game. Emily Green’s goa...
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Crusaders advance
The Harrells Christian Academy boys varsity baseball team shut out O’Neal School 8-0 Friday afternoon to advance to the second round of the NCISAA playoffs. The Crusaders next game will be on Tuesday. Time and location have not yet been announced.
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Hobbton girls bow out in first round playoff
Hobbton’s Lady Wildcats bowed out of the state playoffs Thursday night at Rosewood, where they were shut out 7-0. But coach Wes Cone said he couldn’t say anything negative about the way his girls played from the start of the game until the final whistle blew. “They played their hearts out. It was a high-energy game and we rain our tails off,” Cone stressed. “In fact, both teams ran hard and played hard.” The game was totally physical, w...
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Janay Kinlock managed to put the ball in the net despite all the blue shirts surrounding her. This was the first of her three goals, giving her a hat trick in Lakewood’s first playoff game. (Ruthie Pope/Sampson Independent)
Lady Leops move to second round
The Lady Leopards didn’t just shine, they dazzled on the soccer field Thursday in their first playoff game , shutting out wildcard team West Columbus 9-0. The game was rescheduled from Wednesday due to stormy weather. The Leopards jumped out front quickly, with two players, Ashton Odum and Janay Kinlock, each getting a hat trick - scoring three times. Odum’s three goals happened in the first 20 minutes of the game. Senior Uniqua Kinlock s...
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Midway third baseman Matthew Phillips scoops up a ground ball in a first round playoff game Thursday versus East Columbus. (Danny McDowell/Sampson Independent)
Top-seeded Raiders advance
Midway’s No. 1 ranked Raiders survived a tough defensive battle with East Columbus Thursday night to move on to the second round of the playoffs. Final score 1-0. But it wasn’t a runaway kinda game. The Raiders, struggling some to put the bat on the ball, faced a tough pitcher, who made it even more difficult to get the hits coach Jason Fussell thought Midway needed. “We weren’t hitting the ball particularly well, and their pitcher kept u...
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Nic Cooper
Cooper headed to Green Bay Packers
When former Clinton High School and Winston-Salem State University running back Nic Cooper got the call from his agent, on the morning of April 28, that he was on the verge of becoming a free agent signed to the Green Bay Packers, his emotions ran high. “I was excited, but in the same breath, it wasn’t official yet and wasn’t on paper, so I didn’t want to get myself too pumped up, because anything could happen,” Cooper said, a wide smile sp...
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Extra Effort Award WRAL TV s Tom Suiter, former sports anchor, poses with Midway baseball player Brett Godwin shortly after presenting the Raider senior the Extra Effort Award. Godwin is expected to be featured on the TV 5 sports segment Tuesday, May 15. (Courtesy photo)
Extra Effort Award
Courtesy photo WRAL TV’s Tom Suiter, former sports anchor, poses with Midway baseball player Brett Godwin shortly after presenting the Raider senior the Extra Effort Award. Godwin is expected to be featured on the TV 5 sports segment Tuesday, May 15.
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Rain-soaked Raiders move to second round
It was a muddy win, but a victory nonetheless as Midway’s rain-drenched Raider girls shut out East Columbus 3-0 in the first round of the state playoffs Wednesday night. Midway battled deep puddles and rain that went from drizzle to downpour and back to a steady shower, stalling play at least three times before the game was finally called midway the second half. “I thought the girls played really well tonight, especially considering the e...
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Senior games medalist from Duplin include, from left: Fostina Cooper, Glorious Boykin, James Boykin, Annie Pickett, Leitha Hall, Marjorie Frederick, Mary Fullwood, Catherine Lovick, Rudolph Becton, Betty Caraway, Ruby Brinson and Ruth Dobson. Not pictured are Theresa Bowles, Helen Dobson, and James Dobson. (Courtesy photo)
Exercise pays off with gold
KENANSVILLE – James Sprunt Community College’s Fitness For Seniors class, instructed by Fostina Cooper, had several medal winners in the Neuse River Senior Games held in New Bern, April 19 -21, 2012. “I would never have been able to compete in the games if I hadn’t been exercising in Mrs. Cooper’s class here at the college. Exercising has kept me flexible,” said Betty Caraway. Caraway and her mother, Marjorie Frederick, were a mother and da...
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Rain delays opening of soccer playoffs Rain and storms moving across North Carolina Wednesday afternoon forced a delay in the opening round of state soccer playoffs, with Clinton, Lakewood and Hobbton games rescheduled for Thursday night. Midway, playing away, had not determined whether they would play by press time. Times for the rescheduled games were not confirmed. For more information, contact the individual school. Lakewood and Clinton will play at home Thursday; Hobbton is at Rosewood. Pictured above are Clinton s Grace Reagan, Lindsey Bass and Margaret Coleman in a late April match. (Mike Carter/Special to The Independent)
Rain delays opening round of soccer playoffs
Mike Carter/Special to The Independent Rain and storms moving across North Carolina Wednesday afternoon forced a delay in the opening round of state soccer playoffs, with Clinton, Lakewood and Hobbton games rescheduled for Thursday night. Midway, playing away, had not determined whether they would play by press time. Times for the rescheduled games were not confirmed. For more information, contact the individual school. Lakewood and Clinton...
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Raider golfers regional champs, move on to state finals
The Midway Raider golfers clinched the regional tournament title Monday, qualifying for the state finals, and team member Adam Capps secured the individual runner-up spot on the second playoff hole behind regional medalist Nathan Moore of Fayetteville Academy. Midway will be making it fourth consecutive trip to the state championship at Keith Hills next Monday and Tuesday. The Raiders captured the No. 1 ranking in the regionals after shoo...
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CHS golfers place 2nd in conference; Turlington in state finals
Clinton High senior Festus Turlington will head to Pinehurst next Monday and Tuesday to compete in the state 2A golf finals, a position he solidified earlier this week when he won the regional medal. Turlington, playing with his team at Carolina Sands in White Lake Monday, shot a 70 to earn the regional medalist title, the second such accolade in a week, having earned the conference medalist title late last week. The Dark Horse duffers pl...
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Leps fall in seeding game, ranked 4th heading into state playoffs
With the 1A baseball playoffs beginning this week, Lakewood and Wallace-Rose Hill were forced into an early playoff game to see which of the two teams would get the third seed. The game was played at Union, considered a neutral field by both teams, on Tuesday, and the ‘Dogs came away with the No. 3 spot after getting the 7-4 win. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early lead, scoring 4 runs in the first inning to the Leopards 1. Wallace scored 2...
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Wildcat celebration Hobbton softball player Brittany Testerman sprays teammate Hannah Warren with Seltzer water after Monday night s game against Midway. Baleigh Moser and Cheyenne Roscoe are in the background. The girls were celebrating both their 4-1 defeat over their county rival and their No. 1 ranking in the Tri-County Conference. They begin state playoffs Friday night at home. (David Johnson/Sampson Independent)
Wildcat celebration
David Johnson/Sampson Independent Hobbton softball player Brittany Testerman sprays teammate Hannah Warren with Seltzer water after Monday night’s game against Midway. Baleigh Moser and Cheyenne Roscoe are in the background. The girls were celebrating both their 4-1 defeat over their county rival and their No. 1 ranking in the Tri-County Conference. They begin state playoffs Friday night at home. (no description)
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Hobbton s Taylor Bowden gets the out on Raider Kaitlyn Jackson. (David Johnson/Sampson Independent)
No. 1 ranked Hobbton girls mete out a little revenge on Raiders
The Hobbton girls were looking for a little revenge over county rival Midway Monday night when the two teams returned to the field for a makeup game, and they got it with a 4-1 win over the visitors. Just two days earlier, the Raiders had handed the No. 1 ranked Lady Wildcats only their second conference loss of the season, but Monday was not to be a repeat, with Hobbton far more determined and hungry for the win. “They wanted this tonigh...
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Golf champs
Courtesy photo Mount Olive College alumnus Clark Rose, second from left, and Bradley Jones, third from left, emerged the champions of the 2012 Handy Mart/Mount Olive College Invitational held last weekend at Southern Wayne Country Club in Mount Olive. Jones-Rose shot an amazing two-day score of 27-under par 115. Standing with Rose and Jones are, far left, Judson Pope, president of EJ Pope Inc. and, far right, Howard Hunt, golf pro at Southe...
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Leopard Carlon Cannady sneaks by Union senior first baseman Dylan Hairr as he stretches to catch the throw. (Ruthie Pope/Sampson Independent)
Lakewood boys sweep Union
Lakewood swept the visiting Spartans Friday in two games — one was a make-up game of the final three innings of a rain-out from April 4 and the other the regularly scheduled final game of the season for both teams. The final score was 7-5 in the make-up game and 11-1 after five innings in the last game. “We didn’t play very well in the first game and we let them get back in it. We were up 6-0 when it was called at Union, but we finished it ...
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