2008-04-01

T.C. Roberson players cut short break for The Brittany

From staff reports

If a four and a half hour drive wasn’t far enough for Asheville T.C. Roberson, a handful of seniors made an even farther trip to participate in The Brittany Willis Memorial Scholarship Soccer Showcase.

Middle School Results

Speight defeats Springfield, 12-7

The Speight softball team upended Springfield, 12-7, on Thursday afternoon to remain perfect through six games.

Caitlin Jones struck out 12 in the complete game victory and …

Lady Bruins, White siblings highlight Beddingfield, Hunt winter awards

County high schools Hunt and Beddingfield, both of the 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference, recently announced award winners for the winter sports season.

For Hunt High, siblings Victoria and Bobby White were recognized for their play on …

Rain plays havoc with area schedules

Heavy rain on Monday forced a shift in the spring sports schedule.

Today’s Hunt-Beddingfield varsity tripleheader in baseball, softball and girls soccer has been switched to Wednesday at Beddingfield.

The soccer match …

Smith leads CCS past Wayne Christian

GOLDSBORO — Community Christian standout Auburn Smith continued to carry her team Monday afternoon, scoring both goals in the Lady Cyclones’ 2-0 win against Wayne Christian.

The victory opened the Carolina Christian Conference slate …

UNC’s Hansbrough, KSU’s Beasley head senior-less AP All-America team

The Associated Press

North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough and Kansas State’s Michael Beasley were unanimous selections to The Associated Press’ All-America team Monday. For the first time, no senior was chosen.

Beasley and …

ACC women out of NCAA tourney

The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS — Sylvia Fowles will finish her LSU career 4-for-4 at reaching Final Fours.

The Lady Tigers still must win two more games to capture their school’s first national championship, which …

Jayhawks will finally face Roy

The Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Tucked snugly into a 100-year-old building in the middle of this college town’s bustling commercial district is a place where hair is cut and a statement is made.

Packed with …

Williams prepares for emotionally tough meeting against Kansas in Final Four

The Associated Press

Roy Williams has always known that one day his North Carolina team would have to play the Kansas program he led for 15 years.

And since he will never schedule a game against the Jayhawks in the …

Twins join Tobs

The Wilson Tobs have added twins, an outfielder and infielder-outfielder, to their 2008 Coastal Plain League summer collegiate baseball roster.

General Manager Ben Jones announced that Cameron Freeman, a freshman at East Carolina …

Burke tabbed player of the month again

By Michael Lindsay | Daily Times Staff Writer

Jonathan Burke could get used to being the top dog.

For the third straight month, Burke, a junior at Barton College, was selected the Conference Carolinas men’s golf Player of …

Little Davidson changed forever after Wildcats’ magical tourney

The Associated Press

DAVIDSON — Walk into Bob McKillop’s office and among the first things you’ll see are the old issues of Sports Illustrated chronicling Lefty Driesell’s dominant Davidson teams of the 1960s.

When …

Tulsa wins first game of CBI finals

The Associated Press

TULSA, Okla. — The first game in the College Basketball Invitational finals series left the coaches of Bradley and Tulsa wanting.

Bradleys Jim Les wanted more free throws (18), rebounds (30) and more …

Taylor King to leave Duke

DURHAM — Duke officials say freshman Taylor King has decided to leave the Blue Devils.

The announcement came Monday.

King, a 6-foot-6 native of Huntington Beach, Calif., saw action in all 34 games in 2007-08, averaging …

Lopez twins leave Stanford, enter NBA draft

The Associated Press

The Lopez twins are going pro together.

Stanford sophomore Robin Lopez is joining his 7-foot brother Brook in entering the NBA draft.

The brothers made their announcement to The …

Season hasn’t quite started for Nixon, Bynum

By Tom Ham | Senior Staff Writer

Major League Baseball turned busy Monday with its “real” mainland season debut after curiously starting the “national pastime” in 2008 abroad early last week and then christening the Washington …

Otteson aiming to move up Duramed Futures tour money list

The second 2008 Duramed Futures (women’s professional golf) Tour this weekend in Daytona Beach, Fla., will see Wilson’s Stephanie Otteson attempting to move up the money list.

Otteson opened her second year as a professional with a …

Area Calendar

Today

High School

Varsity Baseball

Cresset at Community Christian, 4 p.m.; Southern Wayne at C.B. Aycock, 7 p.m.; Nash Central at Fike, 7 p.m.; Greene Central at North Pitt, 7 p.m.; Northern Nash at …

Santana dazzles in Mets’ debut

The Associated Press

Johan Santana wasted no time putting the National League on notice with a dominating opening day start for the New York Mets.

Joe Torre appears to have the Los Angeles Dodgers ready to make a run in …

Suns overcome 22-point deficit; Hawks nearly blow 38-point lead Monday night

The Associated Press

The Phoenix Suns came back from a 22-point deficit in the second quarter against Denver. The Atlanta Hawks nearly squandered an even bigger third-quarter lead against Memphis.

Amare Stoudemire had 41 …