South Johnston hosted Western Harnett to open varsity basketball season on Wednesday, with the teams splitting the contests. The Eagles won the girls game and the Trojans won the boys game. A third-quarter surge propelled Western Harnett to a 47-33 win over South...
Western Harnett recently had a signing ceremony at the school for Shamaree Brown. She will be joining the cheerleading squad at Campbell. A spokesperson said the Western community is excited about Brown's future plans. Family, friends, coaches and school officials...
Taft Cummings of Western Harnett has signed to run track at Mars Hill. Cummings had an abbreviated senior season for the Eagles due to the cancellation of competition because of the coronavirus. Cummings turned in a time of four minutes, 58 seconds in the 1,600 meter...
Western Harnett junior Will Lewis won the 132-pound division in the NCHSAA 3-A wrestling tournament at Greensboro Coliseum on Feb. 20-21. Lewis defeated Josh Wilson of Southeast Guilford by pin at one minute, five seconds in the championship final. Lewis had a 48-2...
Kaila Cooney had 20 points, seven rebounds, four assists and three steals as the Triton varsity girls basketball team defeated visiting Western Harnett, 54-41, in the first round of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference tournament on Monday night. The Lady Hawks (12-10)...
With the two teams meeting for the fourth time this season, Harnett Central edged visiting county rival Western Harnett 63-58 in the first round of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference boys basketball tournament Monday night. “There’s more times than not where in sports...
Western Harnett kicker and punter Dillon Smith has signed with Mars Hill. Smith averaged 43.7 yards on 38 punts for the Eagles in 2019 with a longest of 66 yards and 10 inside the opponent's 20-yard line. He was Western's leading scorer with 36 points as he made 15 of...
Meeting for the third time this season and the second in Tri-County Six 3-A Conference play, Harnett Central split varsity basketball contests with visiting Harnett County rival Western Harnett on Tuesday, with Central’s girls picking up their third win over the...
Meeting for the second time this season, but the first in Tri-County Six 3-A Conference play, Harnett Central’s varsity boys basketball team emerged from an overtime thriller at Harnett County rival Western Harnett with a 67-62 victory on Friday night. “I guess it’s...
Western Harnett and visiting South Johnston split varsity basketball games on Tuesday, with the Eagles winning the girls game and the Trojans taking the boys contest. Defense powered Western Harnett to a 35-28 win over South Johnston in the girls game, the Lady...
A strong first-half performance led Triton’s varsity boys basketball team to a 60-46 win over Western Harnett in the boys consolation game of the Harnett County Tipoff Tournament at Harnett Central on Wednesday. “I thought defensively we played a good first half,”...
Harnett Central opened varsity boys basketball season with a 73-60 win over visiting Western Harnett on Tuesday in the opening round of the Harnett County Tip-off Tournament. “I thought overall we played like a first game,” said Harnett Central coach Will Gage. “We...
