Triton’s girls golf team may have graduated Kathryn Elliott, but the Hawks still won their season-opening match at Pine Hollow in Clayton on Tuesday as Lana Klein claimed medalist honors with a 41. Elliott was Tri-County Six 3-A Conference Player of the Year and signed with South Carolina-Upstate. Triton totaled 144 with Neva Chance contributing […]
High Schools
CFCA takes first volleyball match under Calvin Gaines
Cape Fear Christian Academy started its 2018 volleyball season with a 2-0 junior varsity victory over Lee Christian on Tuesday in the CFCA gym. It was the first contest for Calvin Gaines as a scholastic head coach and the Eagles made the occasion special as they prevailed by scores of 25-23 and 25-21. CFCA essentially […]
HC rallies from 0-2 deficit to top Jack Britt, 3-2
Harnett Central made a strong statement to open volleyball season Monday, rallying from down 2-0 to edge visiting Jack Britt in five sets by scores of 20-25, 19-25, 26-24, 25-16 and 15-12. “I was pleased,” said Harnett Central coach Jason Harrell. “We came out with effort and intensity. We executed and we just didn’t quit. […]
South waits out showers at S. Garner
South Johnston dominated in a scrimmage with East Chapel Hill at South Garner on Saturday. After that, the Trojans sat in a locker room for about an hour during a summer storm before matching up with Broughton. “The first half against East Chapel Hill, we were able to gain a lot of confidence,” said South […]
Raiders hit with Sampson neighbors
Midway scrimmaged with neighbors Hobbton, Lakewood, Clinton and Union on Friday night in the Sampson Jamboree at Clinton. “Overall, I was pretty pleased,” said first-year Raiders coach Cory Barnes. ” … It was pretty good for our first outing against someone other than ourselves. … I wasn’t pleased with how we finished because we were […]
HC faces Apex, Southern Nash
Harnett Central took part in the Harnett Jamboree on Friday at Campbell’s Barker-Lane Stadium. “I was pleased,” said HC coach Matt Migliore. “Obviously, there are a lot of things that we need to fix and work on. Because of some injuries and we had a few guys that didn’t have days to meet the requirements, […]
Penny sees progress in set of scrimmages at Campbell
Triton scrimmaged for the second time in as many nights at the Harnett Jamboree at Campbell’s Barker-Lane Stadium on Friday. The Hawks had four scores in a matchup with North Johnston before outscoring Southern Wayne, 3-1, at CU. Triton hosted Pine Forest for a scrimmage on Thursday night after a session with Terry Sanford at […]
Sampson coaches provide previews, Salas takes over at Hobbton
The Sampson County public school football coaches convened for the annual Robert Hill luncheon at the Railroad Steakhouse in Roseboro on Friday before the Sampson Jamboree tonight at Dark Horse Stadium in Clinton. The coaches provided an outlook for their teams for the upcoming season. Doug Burley of Union is the only returning head coach […]
Hawks scrimmage at home
Triton had some things to work on after scrimmaging Pine Forest on Thursday night, but the Hawks’ immediate focus will be on the Harnett Jamboree at Campbell this evening. “Defensively, I thought we did pretty good, especially up front,” said Triton coach Ben Penny on Thursday night. “Linebackers, defensive line first two groups played well. […]
Scrimmages at South curtailed by weather
The South Johnston Jamboree football scrimmages were cut short due to sudden storms in the area Wednesday, but host South Johnston and Western Harnett were both able to get two scrimmage sessions in. Other teams involved in the scrimmage were Garner, Holly Springs, Gray’s Creek and West Johnston. South had two half-field scrimmages against Holly […]