Triton won 15-7 at Union Pines on Friday night for its first varsity football victory of the season. The Hawks took a 7-0 lead as Travion Sanders ran 12 yards for a touchdown with 5:28 left in the first quarter. The Vikings answered and the score was tied at 7 at the half. Union Pines […]
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South wins big at West
South Johnston bounced back from a tough conference-opening varsity football loss at Clayton last week by winning a 49-0 rout at county and Greater Neuse 3-A Conference rival West Johnston to spoil the Wildcats’ Homecoming on Friday night. “I’m extremely proud,” said South Johnston coach Matthew Riggsbee. “I didn’t have a good feeling going into […]
CFCA runners compete Tuesday in Fayetteville meet
Cape Fear Christian Academy competed in a cross country meet on Tuesday at the Jordan Soccer Complex in Fayetteville. Northwood Temple Academy hosted the event. Freedom Christian and Village Christian also were on hand. The boys ran first with Jaden Crumley of CFCA finishing the five-kilometer course in 23 minutes, 41 seconds for sixth place […]
Central volleyball tops Hawks, 3-1
Harnett Central guaranteed itself a finish of no worse than a tie for third in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity volleyball standings by fighting back after a slow start to take a 3-1 win over Harnett County and conference rival Triton on Tuesday. Individual set scores were 21-25, 25-12, 25-14 and 25-21.. The Hawks […]
Hawks take volleyball win over Western
Triton’s varsity volleyball team continued regaining momentum it lost in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence with a sweep of visiting Harnett County and Tri-County Six 3-A Conference rival Western Harnett on Monday, the Hawks’ second straight win over the Eagles. Individual set scores were 25-16, 25-15 and 25-14. “For a while I think we were […]
Dupree, CFCA win No. 1 matches
Seventh-grader Ella John Dupree teamed with fifth-grader Savanna Stocks to win the No. 1 doubles in a girls tennis match against Village Christian at Arnette Park in Faytteville on Friday. The youthful team prevailed, 8-0. Dupree captured her No. 1 singles match, 8-1, to stay unbeaten individually against Sandhills Athletic Conference competition. The Eagles are […]
McCormick takes cross country meet
Maggie McCormick of Harnett Central won the girls division of the Hagan Stone Classic cross country meet in Pleasant Garde, south of Greensboro, on Saturday. McCormick ran the five-kolometer course in 18 minutes, 2.73 seconds for a personal best. Central’s girls were sixth in the team standings. Katherine Priu of Cardinal Gibbons was second individually […]
Western spoils occasion for Hawks
Triton’s varsity football team returned from a layoff since Sept. 7 on Friday night and perhaps rustiness was a factor in a 22-14 Homecoming loss to Western Harnett. The Eagles got their first win under second-year coach Blake Culbertson, taking a 7-0 lead on a 16-yard pass to Kentarius Thompson from Tristin Ung after a […]
JK wins at Raiders’ homecoming
After struggling in the first half, Midway’s varsity football team battled back in the second half, but came up short in a 47-34 loss to visiting East Central 2-A Conference opponent James Kenan on the Raiders’ Homecoming on Friday night. “We missed some opportunities in the first half,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “We let […]
Eagles in the pink in five-set triumph
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s gym and its volleyball teams had a different look on Thursday for Pink-Out matchups with visiting Village Christian. The Eagles junior varsity remained unbeaten in the Sandhills Athletic Conference with a 2-0 triumph (25-9, 25-20) before rallying for a five-set win in the varsity contest (25-22, 20-25, 23-25, 25-22, 15-12). “It […]