Lacrosse defeats Millbrook, falls to the Hawks

Varsity beat Millbrook Thursday night 8-6.

On Friday, the Trojans (7-7) fall to Holly Springs 13-3 and the JV is beaten 8-3

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Trojan tennis rolls over the Bulldogs

Playing on back-to-back days due to weather cancellations, the Trojans pick up their 12th win of the season in the 8-1 GNRC road win at SE Raleigh. The Trojans (12-5) will host SENIOR DAY, Monday April 28th at 4PM vs Holly Springs. GMHS will honor the Class of 2008 for their service to our school: Logan Morgan, Michael Mahjoub, & Brian Ross. Our appreciation is extended to these fine student athletes!

Garner 8, Southeast Raleigh 1

Singles: D. Gonzalez (SER) def. Morgan 6-4, 6-1; Mahjoub (GAR) def. Morris 6-1, 4-0, retired; Holmes (GAR) def. Wrenn 6-2, 6-3; Smith (GAR) def Cravens 6-3, 6-0; Stephenson (GAR) def. Berner 6-1, 6-0; Bennett (GAR) def. Mormino 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: Morgan and Mahjoub (GAR) def. E. Gonzalez and Wrenn 8-4; Holmes and Stephenson (GAR) def. Morris and Cravens 8-5; Tompkins and C. Gonzalez (GAR) def. Berner and Bounous 8-3.

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Trojan tennis wins 11th of the year at E.Wake

Coach Walls Trojan tennis team takes 4 of 6 singles and two doubles matches for the GNRC win. The Trojans are 11-5 for the year. The Trojans are in action again Thursday at SE Raleigh, re-scheduled due the 4/22 rain out:
Garner 6, East Wake 3

Singles: Bryant (EWK) def. Morgan, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1; Mahjoub (GAR) def. Harris, 6-2, 6-1; Holmes (GAR) def. Lumley, 6-3, 6-4; Smith (GAR) def. Lee, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Stephenson (GAR) def. Roebuck, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1; Whitley (EWK) def. Bennett, 6-4, 4-6, 7-5.

Doubles: Bryant and Harris (EWK) def. Morgan and Smith, 9-8; Holmes and Stephenson (GAR) and Lumley and Lee, 8-4; Mahjoub and Thompkins (GAR) def. Roebuck and Whitely, 3-0, retired.

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Lady Trojan soccer comeback downs SE Raleigh

The Lady Trojans trail at SE Raleigh 3-0 at the half before tallying 5 goals after the break for the come-from-behind 5-3 win in their regular season finale. The Trojans 14-1-2 lock up the #2 seed in next week's GNRC Tournament:

Garner 5,Southeast Raleigh 3
Goals: GAR--M.Proper 2, P.Dugal 2, J.Smith 1; SER--J.Robinson 2, A.Lapp 1.
Assists: GAR--M.Proper 2, P.Dugal 2; SER--K.Howard 1, A.Eberhard 1, A.Lapp 1.

JV Trojans shutout the Bulldogs
Brittany Lambert leads the Lady Trojans 3-0 past SE Raleigh in their season finale. The Trojans end the year 4-4-2 for the season.

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Trojans drop pitchers duel at W.Johnston

Trojans are stymied again with an exceptional pitching duel in the 3-0 road loss at conference leading W.Johnston. Matt Keil goes toe-to-toe with the first place Wildcats (15-4) as neither team can produce more than 4 hits. Two Wildcat runs in the first provides enough runs as the Trojans (6-13) suffer only their third shutout of the year. They still cling to the 5th and final play-off spot for the GNRC:

GAR	0000000	--0	4	0
WJO	200010x	--3	4	0

W--M.Dupree. L--M.Keil.

JV Trojans fall to W.Johnston
Despite a good effort by Wil Norris, the Trojans fall in the road GNRC match and are 7-8 on the year.

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Caps top Trojan Lacrosse

The Trojans fall to 6-6 in the road match rescheduled from Tuesday due to the weather. David Houck, Jesse McCormick and Chris Porter register goals for the Trojans:
Broughton 11, Garner 3

Goals: BRO--Batsel 2, McCollum 2, Tillett, Smith, Wilson, Fleming, Turner, Kiker, Kyner; GAR--Houck, McCormick, Porter.

Assists: BRO--Purcell, Turner, Smith, Kiker, Fleming; GAR--McCormick.

The JV Trojans fall 6-1 in the earlier match.

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Lady Trojan soccer wins on Senior Night

Senior Paige Dugal scores twice on Senior Night for the Lady Trojan Class of 2008. The final regular season home game for Dugal, Nikki Keffer and Liz Boyette, the 11th ranked Trojans roll to lucky 13th win, a 4-1 GNRC win over SSS. GMHS extends its gratitude to these fine student athletes for their service to our school!!

Garner 4, Smithfield-Selma 1
Goals: GAR--P.Dugal 2, M.Proper, J.Smith; SSS--P.Huber
Assists: GAR--L.Boyette, P.Dugal, M.Proper 2.



The JV match ends in a 1-1 tie with the Spartans. The JV team is 3-4-2 on the year.

GNRC Golf at River Ridge GC

Team scores: Holly Springs 307, Clayton 311, Smithfield-Selma 313, East Wake 327, Knightdale 334, West Johnston 338, Garner 343, Southeast Raleigh disqualified.
Medalist: Sawrey (SSS) 71
HLY--Bass 73, Howser 77, Kiley 77, Ray 80. CLY--Furr 76, Matthews 78, Runyon 78, Floriani 79. SSS--McMillen 72, Kivel 81, Dees 89. EWK--Strickland 76, Brannan 81, Jordan 84, Little 86. KNI--Denton 79, Yoon 82, Powell 86, Muccio 87. WJO--Cooper 79, Lacombe 83, Barker 84, Gibbons 92. GAR--Stephenson 84, Edwards 84, Cooke 87, Perry 88. SER--Nigam 83, Kelly 96, Lancaster 112.

Lady Trojans win at EuroSport Showcase

The GMHS varsity team beat Jacksonville 4-3 in the EuroSport Soccer Showcase Saturday played at Southeast Raleigh HS. Meagan Proper and Paige Dugal post 2 goals and 2 assists each to account for the scoring. The 11th ranked Lady Trojans (12-1-2) were able to top the 13th ranked Cardinals from the 4A/3A Mideastern conference:
Garner 4-Jacksonville 3
Goals: M.Proper 2, P.Dugal 2.
Assists: M.Proper 2, P.Dugal 2.


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Other matches:
Fike 4 SE Raleigh 2
East Chapel Hill 1 Clayton 0
Garner 4 Jacksonville 3
Gibbons 1 Hoggard 1
Apex 4 Grimsley 0


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Trojans compete in Apex Relays Track & Field

APEX RELAYS TRACK AND FIELD event
Team scores
1. SE Raleigh 61 2. New Bern 56, 3. Wakefield 52 4. Green Hope 32, 5. Knightdale 26 5. Nash Central 26.......14. Garner 14
Individual results
4x400--5th, Garner 3:27.10.
1600SM-- 5th, Garner 3:37.90.
LJ--4th, Delapp, Garner, 22-09.25; 5th, Moore, Garner, 22-08.
SP--4th, Anglin-Stone, Garner, 46-00.

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Trojans shutout in Bobby Murray finale

The Trojan bats which were red hot earlier in the week, go cold and the varsity Trojans (6-12) fall in the much delayed final game of the Bobby Murray Invitational:
Leesville Road 11, Garner 0

LVL	24041	--11	7	0
GAR	00000	-- 0	4	4

W--Steinbugler. L--Baker.

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Dugal & Proper highlighted by N&O

April 18th News and Observer provides a terrific article on Coach Barnes dynamic duo of Meagan Proper and Paige Dugal. The report announces the committment to NCSU by Proper, a junior. Earlier this year, Paige signed with the Wolfpack, where they will join 2007 graduate Kaitlin Wescoe on Coach Laura Kerrigan's team.

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Trojans blast the Warriors

Trojan bats erupt for a season-high 20 hits and 21 runs, with dingers by Wil Medlin, starting pitcher Zach Howell, Matt Keil, Jeremy Conyers and Dillon Creech en route to the 21-6 road GNRC win. The Trojans (6-11) will face Leesville Rd Saturday in the conclusion of the Bobby Murray Invitational Spring Break Tournament at Wakefield HS:

GAR	2602047	-- 21	20	1
EWK	0010131	-- 6	9	3

W--Z.Howell. L--J.O'Brien.

Leading hitters: W.Medlin HR, Z.Howell HR, M.Keil HR, J.Conyers HR, D.Creech HR,J.Young(2B,3B), D.Creech(2B), Z.Howell(2B), H.Brown(2B), E.Josey(2B)

JV Trojans fall 9-6
The Trojans are now 7-7 on the year.

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Unbeaten JV softball drops E.Wake

Breanne Campbell picks up win #9 with a 1 hitter as Garner beats EW 5-1. She had 8 k's in 7 innings. Leading hitters for Garner (10-0) were, Morgan Daeke, Raven Smith and Anna Burton. The JV squad is 10-0. Next week they face W Johnston and Clayton.

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Lady Trojans win at E.Wake

Coach Barbour's Lady Trojans get back in the win column at E. Wake with the 10-2 win. Christie Wright picks up her 8th win in relief of Cecily Parrott. Trojans go to 11-4 on the year, 8-1 in the GNRC:

GAR	1052011	10	8	1
EW	0200000	2	3	1

WP-Wright (8-3) LP-Watkins
Garner Hitters: Jeffries 1-4, Barbour 1-3, Beach 1-4, Wright 1-3, Stewart 1-2, Parrott 1-2, Powell 2-4
E Wake Hitters: Souder 1-3-HR, Lindsay 1-3, Ruther 1-3

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Lacrosse falls to #2 Wakefield

The Trojans (6-5) fall on the road 15-1 to a formidable Wolverine team, ranked #2 in the state.

The JV Trojans fall in an earlier game 14-1.

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JV Softball rolls to 9-0 with 3-1 win over the Bengals

Garner improves to 9-0, as Breanne Campbell pitches a 4-hitter and 13k's to lead Garner over the Bengals 3-1 in 7-innings of play. Leading hitters for the Trojans were Jenna Armstrong 3-3, Breanne Campbell 1-3, Amber Robb 1-3, Raven Smith 1-3, Maggie Spence 1-3. Breanne Campbell (8-0) now has 82 k's in 42 innings pitched. The Trojans face E.Wake at home Friday at Trojan Park, 4PM

Varsity Trojans fall to Fuquay 8-0.
The Lady Trojans (10-4) eight game win streak ends on the road with the non-conference loss, leaving 13 runners left on base. The Trojans travel to E.Wake Friday for a 7PM game:

GAR	0000000	--0	4	3
FV	300033X	--9	11	4

WP-Ryan LP-Wright
Leading hitters: GAR--Jeffries 1-4, Wright 1-3, H. Warner 1-1, Powell 1-3; FV-- Ryan 2-4, Parks 2-4, Harris 2-3, Boni 2-3, Smith 2-3,Patterson 1-3


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8th Annual Jo Ann Watkins Golf Tournament

8th Annual

JO ANN WATKINS MEMORIAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
Sunday, April 20th at Eagle Ridge Golf ClubCost: $300 per team (includes golf, cart, dinner and goody bags and prizes)
The Jo Ann Watkins Memorial Tournament raises money for the Garner Relay for Life to help join the fight against cancer and for the memorial scholarship at Garner Magnet High School in memory of Mrs. Watkins. Jo Ann taught at Garner High for 30 years and has a profound legacy in the Garner Community. Please come join us for this fun event and to raise money for some great causes.
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Trojans swept by the top-ranked Bengals

The undefeated Bengals pound the Trojans (5-11) in five innings:
Fuquay-Varina 24, Garner 1

GAR	00001	-- 1	2	4
FUQ	97620	--24	18	0

W--Z.Boraski. L--D.Gay.

The JV Trojans (7-6) are tamed 10-0 at Fuquay in a five run game.

Knightdale edges Trojans in GNRC tennis

Knightdale 6 Garner 3

Singles:
L. Morgan (G) def. J. King (K) 7-6 (7-2), 6-0
G. Pintos (K) def. M. Mahjoub (G) 6-2, 6-0
S. Margison (K) def. P. Holmes (G) 6-3, 7-5
J. Smith (G) def. S. Munn (K) 6-2, 6-1
C. Womble (K) def. P. Stephenson (G) 7-5, 6-3
A. Bennett (G) def. R. Richardson (K) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2

Doubles:
J. King/G. Pintos (K) def. L. Morgan/A. Bennett (G) 8-0
S. Margison/S. Munn (K) def. P. Stephenson/C. Simpson (G) 8-5
C. Womble/R. Richardson (K) def. M. Mahjoub/L. Thompkins (G) 9-7

Records: (10-5) overall, (7-4) conference

Dugal, Smith "hat tricks" lead Lady Trojans past Knightdale

Jessie Smith and NCSU signee Paige Dugal score 3 goals and each adds an assist and Meagan Proper scores twice and adds four assists as the #11-ranked Lady Trojans (11-1-2) win big at Knightdale 8-2. The Trojans will next be in action in the prestigious Eurosports Showcase on Saturday at SE Raleigh vs #12-ranked Jacksonsville, (11-2-1) at 1PM:

Goals: GAR--J.Smith 3, P.Dugal 3, M.Proper 2

Assists: GAR--M.Proper 4, J.Smith 1, P.Dugal 1

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Morgan, Smith lead tennis past SSS

Logan Morgan sweeps his opponent at #1 singles and then teams with Jake Smith to win their doubles match for the Trojans 10th win of the year and clinches a winning season for the 6th consecutive year:
Garner 7
SSS 2

Singles:

Morgan (G) def. Newsome (SSS) 6-0, 6-0
Williams (SSS) def. Mahjoub (G) 6-2, 5-7, 6-4
Caison (SSS) def. Holmes (G) 6-3, 6-2
Smith (G) def. Hester (SSS) 6-0, 6-1
Stephenson (G) def. Pittard (SSS) 7-6 (8-6), 6-3
Bennett (G) def. Daniels (SSS) 6-1, 7-5

Doubles:

Morgan/Smith (G) def. Williams/Caison (SSS) 8-2
Holmes/Stephenson (G) def. Newsome/Hester (SSS) 8-5
Mahjoub/Thompkins (G) def. Pittard/Daniels (SSS) 8-5

Brian Ross added an exhibition win in singles.
Carlos Gonzalez/Cayler Simpson and Brian Ross/ Chase Morgan added wins in exhibition doubles.

Records: (7-3) conference, (10-4) overall

Dupree headed to Bejing

Congratulations to Tucker Dupree ('07) Dupree finished in 2:05.55 and set a new record in the S12 swimming class to qualify for the 2008 Paralympics to be held in Bejing, Sept. 6-17th. Tucker also qualified for the games in the SB12 and SM12 events.

Tucker, who competed in the 2007 U.S. Paralympics CanAm Open in College Park, Maryland in December 2007 and won gold in all 6 of his individual events for the S12 classification and achieved 5 personal best times - all of which were new American records. Congratulations Tucker and good luck in the international competition!!

Lacrosse tops Enloe for home win

#22 ranked Trojan Lacrosse picks up the home win over the Eagles 12-7 to go to 6-3 on the year, The match was played on a brutally cold spring night at Trojan Stadium.

The JV fall in an earlier match 8-5 to the Eagles.

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Lady Trojans blast the Hawks

A big 13-run first inning puts the Lady Trojans on cruise to the 15-0 GNRC road win. The Trojans have won eight straight en route to 10-3 on the year. The Trojans get triples by Cecily Parrott, Amanda Beach, Kimmie Stewart and Morgan Barbour in their 17 hits. Parrott pitches a 2-hitter, with 9 strikeouts for the shutout win:

GAR	(13)2000	--15	17	1
HLY	00000	-- 0	2	4

W--C.Parrott (3-1) L--K.Krebs.
Leading hitters:GAR--Jeffries 2-3, Barbour 2-3, Beach 3-3, Wright 2-2, Stewart 2-4, Carroll 1-3, Parrott 2-4, Hamrick 3-4

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Trojan baseball splits with the Hawks

Will Norris pitches the JV Trojans to a 10-4 win. Brian Woodard picks up the save in relief in the GNRC road game. The Trojans are 7-5 on the year.


Varsity Trojans drop the GNRC match at Holly Springs 8-7
The Trojan out-hit the Hawks ten to six, including a Wil Medlin homer and plate runs in 5 of 7 innings but a 4-run Holly Spring's 7th inning drops Garner to 5-10 on the year.

GAR	0112120	--7	10	3
HLY	1210004	--8	6	3

W--W.Conover. L--J.Baker.
HRs:GAR--W.Medlin (1)

Lady Trojan soccer suffers first loss

The Trojans suffer their first loss of the year, a 2-0 loss at home vs Clayton. The Trojans are 10-1-2 on the year and 8-1-1 in the GNRC. Clayton is 11-4, 7-1 in the conference.

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GNRC Golf at Johnston County CC

Clayton 305, Smithfield-Selma 317, Knightdale 327, Holly Springs 337, East Wake 340, Garner 347, West Johnston 359, Southeast Raleigh 395.
Medalist: Runyon (CLY) 69
CLY--Bain 79, Furr 79, Matthews 79; SSS--McMillen 73, Sawrey 75, Dees 81, Wilson 88. KNI--Denton 70, Muccio 83, Yoon 86, Bridgen 88. HLY--Bass 75, Ray 84, Stodgill 85, Kiley 88. EWK--Little 83, Brannon 83, Strickland 87, Jordan 87. GAR--Stephenson 75, Shore 87, Perry 92, Edwards 93. WJO--Cooper 88, Yoder 89, Barker 90, Gibbions 92. SER--Nigam 88, Thompson 96, Kelley 101, Lancaster 110.

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Barbour 2 HR's powers Lady Trojans past Victor, NY

Morgan Barbour slugs two HR's (her 5th and 6th of the year) and Christie Wright adds another gem from the mound as the Lady Trojans 84-2 win over Victor HS from New York. The game was played at W.Johnston HS:

GAR	0010120	--4	10	3
VHS	2000000	--2	4	1

WP-Wright (7-2) LP-Koche
Leading Hitters: Jeffries 1-4, Barbour 2-3 (2 HR), Beach 1-4, Wright 2-4 (2B), Stewart 2-3, Parrott 1-3. Powell 1-3

Trojans drop two to Middle Creek

The boys varsity drops the home game 10-4 to the Mustangs.

The JV are beaten 7-5 on a rainy, cold day at Middle Creek.

Trojans place 4th in Wake Co. Track Championships

Trojan finishers in the Wake County Track Championships, held at Athens Drive HS:
110 hurdles: Nunley, 5th
300 hurdles: Nunley, 4th
4x100 relay: Garner, 4th
4x400 relay: Garner, 4th
Pole vault: Jones, 3rd
Long jump: DeLapp, 2nd
Triple jump: DeLapp, 2nd
Shot Put: Anglin-Stone, 3rd
Girl's discus: Gibbs, 5th

SE Raleigh captures the boys and girls titles.

JV Softball stays unbeaten at 8-0

Breanne Campbell has 12 strikeouts allows only 2 hits as the JV team defeats E.Wake 11-8. Hitting leaders for Garner were Jenna Armstrong, Raven Smith, Amber Robb, Morgan Daeke and Breanne Campbell. The Trojans are next in action on April 17th at Trojan Park vs Fuquay.

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Lady Trojans run win streak to 6!

Christie Wright pitches no hit ball for 4 innings and the Trojan bats provide the offense in the 12-1 win. Wright has 5 K's and an unearned run before Cecily Parrott finishes up. Wright lowers her ERA to 0.58 with 61 strikeouts for the year. The Trojans (8-3) will play the Victor HS team from White Plains, NY tomorrow at W.Johnston at 11:00AM. Admission is free:

EW	00010	1	1	3
GAR	37002	12	8	3

WP-Wright (6-2) LP-Watkins

Garner Hitters: Morgan Barbour 1-2, Amanda Beach 2-2, Christie Wright 2-3, Ashley Carroll 1-3, Scottie Powell 2-3

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Trojans sweep the Warriors

Will Norris holds E.Wake as the JV wins 13-2 in 6 innings. Tyler Hunter doubles with the bases loaded to end the game in 6 innings for the Trojans (6-4). The JV Trojans travel to Middle Creek for a Saturday afternoon tilt tomorrow.

The varsity Trojans win 4-3 at Trojan Park behind Zach Howell's 4-hitter. The Trojans (5-8) will play at home on Saturday, 4/12 against Middle Creek:

EWK	3000000	-- 3	4	1
GAR	001003x	-- 4	6	2

W--Z.Howell. L--A.Stephenson.



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Lacrosse falls to Broughton

#16-ranked Trojans fall to Broughton at home 8-5 to fall to 5-4 on the year.

The JV team falls 9-3 in an earlier game.

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Soccer picks up 10th win at E.Wake

Coach Barnes' Lady Trojans roll to 10-0-2 with the shutout win at E.Wake. Meagan Proper has a "hat trick" and Danielle McCartney and Paige Dugal add two each for the 11th ranked Trojans. Anna Burke adds a goal also. Proper regains the scoring lead for the Triangle Area with her eight point night:
Garner 8, East Wake 0

Goals: GAR--A.Burke, P.Dugal 2, D.McCartney 2, M.Proper 3.
Assists: GAR--J.Carroll, H.Davis, P.Dugal 2, M.Proper 2, J.Smith.

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Gibbs picks up two wins in GNRC Track

Senior Raven Gibbs wins the shot put and discuss in the GNRC quad meet:

Knightdale 108, West Johnston 42, Garner 41.5, Smithfield-Selma 29.5
Long jump--Wright (KNI) 16-7; Triple-jump--Holmes (KNI) 28-5; High jump--Mungin (KNI) 4-10; Shot put--Gibbs (GAR) 31-7; Discus--Gibbs (GAR) 115; Pole Vault--High (SSS) 4-6; 100--Adams (SSS) 12.36; 200--Bridges (KNI) 25.58; 400--Slatter (WJO) 59.33; 800--Mathews and Montague (WJO) 2:30; 1600--Mathews (WJO) 5:48; 110 hurdles--Wright (KNI) 14.22; 300 hurdles--Wright (KNI) 52.17; 4x100--SSS 52.86; 4X200--KNI 1:58.12; 4x400--KNI; 4X800--KNI 13.00.

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Dugal named Raleigh Sports Club Athlete of the Week

Congratulations to Senior Paige Dugal who has been named Raleigh Sports Club Athlete-of-the-Week. A three-sport star, Paige has committed to NC State to play soccer next year. Currently, ranked third in the Triangle in scoring for Coach Connie Barnes' 9-0-2 Lady Trojans, Paige demonstrates the exceptional qualities on a scholar athlete to receive this recognition. Paige is the daughter of Tre and Wendy Dugal. Congratulations Paige!!

GNRC Golf at Wil-Mar CC

Team scores: Holly Springs 300, Clayton 307, Knightdale 313, Smithfield-Selma 316, East Wake 322, Garner 343, West Johnston 353.
Medalist: Bass (HLY) 68
HLY: Houser 73, Kiley 79, Ray 80.
CLy: Floriani 78, Runyon 73, Mathews 77, Bain/Satterfield 79.
KNI: Denton 72, L. Muccio 77, Yoon 77, Pridgen 87.
SSS: McMillen 73, Sawrey 70, Dees 82, Kivel 91.
EWK: Little 72, Brannan 79, Hinnant 84, Strickland 87.
GAR: Stephenson 77, Cooke 88, Perry 88, Edwards 90.
WJO: Yoder 85, Barker 85, Lacombe 90, Starkey 93.

Lady Trojans blast the Wildcats

The Lady Trojans, ranked #11 in the state 4A rankings pick up the GNRC win at W.Johnston, to stay unbeaten. Meagan Proper scores twice and adds four assists for the Lady Trojans (9-0-2). The Trojans shoot for their 10th win against E.Wake Thursday:
Garner 7,West Johnston 1
Goals: GAR--M.Proper 2, J.Smith 2, P.Dugal 2, P.McCabe 1; WJO--A.Knight 1.
Assists: GAR--M.Proper 4, S.Hooper 1, K.Skillman 1

The JV team ties the Wildcats in the earlier game, 1-1.

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Trojan Lacrosse tops E.Guilford

The varsity lacrosse team gets back in the win column, defeating E.Guilford 9-2 at Trojan Stadium. Playing on back-to-back days, the Trojans go to 5-3 for the season. The Trojans play at home Friday with a JV/varsity DH vs E.Wake beginning at 4:30. Come out support the Trojans!

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Trojan tennis drops match to the Comets

Playing on three consecutive days, the Trojans (9-4) fall to Clayton in the GNRC match:
Clayton 8, Garner 1
Singles: Hobbs (CLY) def. Morgan, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; Franson (CLY) def. Mahjoub, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1; Evans (CLY) def. Holmes, 6-2, 6-2; Hernandez (CLY) def. Smith, 6-4, 6-3; Tinsley (CLY) def. Stephenson, 6-1, 6-2; Bennett (GAR) def. Postlewaite, 6-3, 1-6, 6-0

Doubles: Hobbs and Franson (CLY) def. Morgan and Smith, 8-3; Evans and Joyner (CLY) def. Holmes and Stephenson, 8-5; Hernandez and Tinsley def. Mahjoub and Thompkins, 8-0.

Trojan tennis splits post-Spring Break matches

The Trojans resume their season with an 8-1 GNRC win over W. Johnston on Monday. On Tuesday, the SE Raleigh Bulldogs nip the Trojans 5-4 in a mtach that goes to a tiebreaker in the last doubles match. The Trojans are 9-3 on the year and 6-2 in the conference:
Mon. 4/7: Garner 8 West Johnston 1

Singles:
L. Morgan (G) def. B. DeSantis (WJ) 6-0, 6-4
M. Mahjoub (G) def. L. Kennedy (WJ) 6-3, 6-0
P. Holmes (G) def. D. Greer (WJ) 6-4, 6-1
J. Smith (G) def. B. Allen (WJ) 6-3, 6-0
P. Stephenson (G) def. M. Simon (WJ) 6-4, 6-1
A. Bennett (G) def. H. Stephens (WJ) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles:
P. Holmes/P. Stephenson (G) def. B. DeSantis/L. Kennedy (WJ) 8-4
C. Simpson/L. Thompkins (G) def. D. Greer/M. Simon (WJ) 8-6
B. Allen/H. Stephens (WJ) def. C. Smith/C. Morgan (G) 8-3

Mark Nyutu and AJ Jacob added an exhibition win in doubles!

Records: (9-2) overall, (6-1) conference

Tue. 4/8: SE Raleigh 5 Garner 4

Singles:
J. Walker (SER) def. L. Morgan (G) 6-4, 6-4
D. Gonzalez (SER) def. M. Mahjoub (G) 6-0, 6-2
P. Holmes (G) def. T. Williams (SER) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
J. Smith (G) def. R. Morris (SER) 4-6, 6-0, 6-4
P. Stephenson (G) def. F. Wrenn (SER) 6-1, 6-2
A. Bennett (G) def. B. Cravens (SER) 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
Doubles:

J. Walker/D. Gonzalez (SER) def. L. Morgan/M. Mahjoub (G) 8-1
T. Williams/R. Morris (SER) def. P. Holmes/P. Stephenson (G) 8-5
F. Wrenn/B. Cravens (SER) def. A. Bennett/L. Thompkins (G) 9-8 (9-7)

Curtis Reed added a win in exhibition singles.
Cayler Simpson/Clifford Smith and Carlos Gonzalez/Brian Ross added wins in exhibition doubles.
Records: (9-3) overall, (6-2) conference

Madefrau invited to National Championships

Trojan wrestler Cole Magdefrau won the 117 Cadet Class in the 2008 Atlantic Coast Wrestling Championships. Cole also placed 4th at the 2008 Southern Nationals Championship and has received in invitation to the 2008 AAU National Championship in Ohio on April 26. Magdefrau had 30 wins and 15 pins in his Trojan career and was a NCHSSA regional qualifier in 2008. Cole is coached by GMHS alum Ray Bocchino (' 06) on the Dynamic Wrestling Team. Good luck Cole!

Senior Joe Bocchino placed 2nd in the 138 Elite Class, posting a 3-1 record with 2 pins during the Atlantic Coast Championships
(note: 3/8 ACC tournament results located at bottom of the home page by scrolling down and selecting weight class)

JV Trojans shutout SE Raleigh 10-0

Jackson Pleasant picks up the win for the JV baseball team in the road GNRC win. Colin Perry went 2 for 2, with a walk for the Trojans, who are 5-4 on the year.

The boys varsity team fell at home to SE Raleigh 9-7 to drop to 3-6 for the season.

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Lady Trojans win 5th straight, top the Bulldogs

Christie Wright's 3-hitter, her 4th consecutive win leads the Trojans past SE Raleigh 7-1 in the key GNRC win. Allowing just 10 hits during her four game win streak, Wright (5-2) lowered her ERA to 0.64 for the year for the Lady Trojans (7-3). Nadia Jeffries picks up two hits for the Trojans:

SER	0010000	1	3	3
GAR	200212X	7	3	1

WP-Wright (5-2) LP-Strickland

Leading hitters: Nadia Jeffries 2-3, Kimmie Stewart 1-2

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Lacrosse falls to Holly Springs

The Trojans fall at home to the Hawks 17-4 at Trojan Stadium. They will return to action Wednesday night at Trojan Stadium against E.Guildford (varsity game only!) The Trojans are 4-3 on the year.

The JV Trojans are defeated 5-1 in an earlier game.

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Kanita Shepherd named Scholar Athlete of the Month

Congratulations to Senior Kanita Shepherd named Coastal Federal Credit Union's Scholar Athlete of the Month by 850 "The Buzz". A 4-year varsity 3-sport star in basketball, volleyball and track and field athlete as well, Kanita will attend James Madison University next year. An honor roll student, Beta Club member, National Honor Society and Junior Marshall, Kanita has consistently shown dedication in the classroom and the court. Congratulations Kanita for continuing the Garner Winning Tradition!!

Lacrosse climbs to #16 in NC

In just its third year as a varsity sport, Coach Lamb has taken the Trojan Lacrosse team to a #16 ranking in the LAX Power rankings for 4A schools for the poll released April 7th. The Trojans are 4-2 on the year, with 3 big games this week. Come out and support the Trojans!

Trojans fall to Millbrook in Day 2 of Bobby Murray

Trojans fall despite another hard luck outing by Zach Howell (0-4), who has 9 strikeouts, allowing just 3 hits on the evening:
Millbrook 2 Garner 1
Trojans score in the 3rd inning when Austin Gulley reaches on throwing error, sacrificed to 2nd and scores on Patrick Monihan RBI single. Millbrook answers in their half of the inning by packaging 2 singles and 2 stolen bases for 2 runs and the 2-1 lead after 3 complete. In the 5th, the Trojans get singles by Howell, Wil Medlin and Gulley but can't score. Millbrook threatens in the 5th but Howell again K's the side and do not score. Howell's 9th K and a DP keeps the Wildcats (8-4) from scoring in the 6th. the Trojans fail to score in the final inning. Austin Gulley just misses a homer, doubling off the wall but the Trojans (4-7) cannot plate the run.

GAR	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	--1	5	1
MBK	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	--2	3	3

W--T.Smith. L--Z.Howell (0-4)

Special thanks to Chris Edwards, Sports Editor of The Garner Citizen News & Times for providing updates posted during the game. Great job Chris!!

Day 2 games completed: At Millbrook:
Game #1: Jordan 6 East Wake 3
Game #3: Person 9 Cary 1

Schedule for Sat. 4/12 (revised due to weather):
At Wakefield, Green Hope will play Wake Forest-Rolesville at 10 a.m., and Lee County will play Wakefield at 1 p.m.
At Millbrook, Apex plays Northern Durham at 10 a.m. and Fuquay-Varina plays Broughton at 1 p.m.
The second-round game between Athens Drive and Leesville Road, which was rained out Friday, Saturday and Monday, has yet to be rescheduled.
The teams will be seeded and final pairings set after all the second-round games are complete.
The championship is April 19, but a site has not been chosen.

Trojans blast Person in Bobby Murray Baseball tournament update

Austin Gulley's 4 RBI night and shutout pitching by Wil Medlin leads the Trojans (4-6) to the 10-0 win in the opening round over Roxboro Person. Gulley and Zach Clay RBI singles produce a 2 run lead in the 4th. Medlin's double scores them both and the Trojans are staked to a 4-0 lead after five innings. In the 5th, Jordan Young singles in Jeremy Conyers and Austin Gulley delivers a booming 3-run homer for an 8-0 Trojan advantage. Jeremy Conyers doubles with the bases loaded in the sixth, scoring two more for the final 10-0 score. Garner 10 Roxboro Person 0
WP- W.Medlin (3-3) LP-Reid

Other Day 1 action at the Bobby Murray Invitational Baseball Tournament:
1st game: Fuquay 9 Leesville Road 2
2nd game: Athens Drive 4 Broughton 3
3rd game: Garner 10 Person 0
4th game: Cary 11 Millbrook 4

at Wakefield:
Apex 2 Wake Forest-Rolesville 1
Green Hope 5 Northern Durham 1
Lee County 12 Durham Jordan 1
Wakefield 14 East Wake 11

Thanks to Chris Edwards, Sports Editor, The Garner Citizen News & Times for braving a bitterly cold, wet day to provide inning-by-inning updates during the game.


The 21st Annual Bobby Murray Invitational high school baseball tournament, the premiere baseball tournament in NC, begins Thursday and runs through Saturday. The field has been expanded to 16 teams this year, with opening round games being played at two sites Thursday and Friday.


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Clifton wins American Team Bass tournament

Congratulations to Trojan Club supporter and GMHS alum Derek Clifton on his win in the AMERICAN TEAM BASS tournament:
15 teams, March 30, Swift Island access, Lake Tillery, Troy
TOP FINISHERS: 1, Derek Clifton, Garner, and Doug Denton, Clayton, five bass, 16.43 pounds, $395; 2, Cliff Pleasant, Apex, and James Pleasant, Apex, five fish, 14.05, $237; 3, Jim Britt, St. Paul's, and Ronnie Britt, St. Paul's, five fish, 12.86, $158; big fish, Charles Phillips and Ricky Parsons, 5.37, $182.
COMING UP: April 20, Kerr Lake, Flemington Road access; May 18, Roanoke River, Plymouth City Ramp; June 8, Jordan Lake, Farrington Point; July 13, Chowan River, Pembroke Creek boat access; August 17, Pamlico River, Trainers Creek.
INFORMATION: Derek Clifton (919) 669-5901, Ronnie Britt (910) 734-4626.

Lady Trojan Soccer ranked #12 in NC

Congratulations to Coach Barnes and her undefeated Lady Trojans who are ranked 12th in this week's NC 4-A rankings. The Lady Trojans are 8-0-2 on the year, lead by Triangle scoring leaders Meagan Proper and Paige Dugal.

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Yeargan Foundation establishes GMHS scholarships

Wake Technical Community College Foundation has received a $50,000 donation from The Yeargan Foundation Charitable Trust of Garner, according to a news release from the college. The money will be used to establish two endowed scholarships that will benefit graduates of Garner High School. Each annual scholarship will be awarded to an eligible full-time student with a grade-point average of at least 3.0. The recipient may be enrolled in any associate in arts or associate in science degree program at Wake Tech, the release said.

One scholarship will be awarded to an eligible student on the basis of financial need. The second scholarship will be awarded to a student who meets criteria based on academic achievement.

Both scholarships are expected to be awarded for the first time for the 2008-2009 academic year.

For more information, visit Wake Tech Foundation

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