Quick Hits

Monday, June 30

Cedric Mullins (Campbell) had a hit, a run and an RBI for Baltimore in a 5-1 win over visiting Tampa Bay on Sunday. ... Trea Turner (N.C. State) had a sacrifice fly for the winning run for Philadelphia in a 2-1 win at Atlanta. The Phillies have a 1.5-game lead in the...

Sunday, June 29

Bijou Hester, a rising eighth grader at Cape Fear Christian academy, had 20 points in two games for her Carolina Lynx basketball team in Myrtle Beach in contests on Thursday and Saturday. ... Alec Burleson (East Carolina) had a hit and two RBIs for St. Louis in a 9-6...

Triton

Hawks in midst of changes in varsity boys basketball

Hawks in midst of changes in varsity boys basketball

Transition is an important element in basketball — offense to defense and vice-versa, but Triton's varsity boys will be dealing with other transitional factors after going 19-10 last season and reaching the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs. The Hawks are in the...

Sewell NCBCA all-state; Bates, Brown all-region

Sewell NCBCA all-state; Bates, Brown all-region

Chase Sewell has earned a berth on the 3-A all-state team selected by the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association after hitting .458 as a junior at Triton. Sewell had eight doubles, two triples and one home run with 13 RBIs as the Hawks went 15-11 and reached the...

Midway

Raiders roll past Hobbton in Barrett Sloan’s return

Raiders roll past Hobbton in Barrett Sloan’s return

Barrett Sloan made a successful return to Midway on Friday night as the first-year coach of the Raiders with a 34-0 win over visiting rival Hobbton at Tommy Sloan Stadium, which is named for his father. The younger Sloan played quarterback for his dad at Midway before...

Midway edged in state softball final, 3-2, by SW Randolph at UNCG

Midway edged in state softball final, 3-2, by SW Randolph at UNCG

Midway was the runner-up in the NCHSAA 2-A softball tournament for the second straight season after a 3-2 loss to Southwestern Randolph at UNC Greensboro on Saturday. The Raiders (21-5) gave no evidence of giving up after a 13-0 loss in five innings to the Cougars...

Results / Schedule

Wednesday, May 7
High School Girls Soccer
S. Lee 3, Triton 0

Thursday, May 8
High School Baseball
NCISAA 1-A Quarterfinal
Crossroads 2, CFCA 1
NCHSAA Second Round
Triton 4, C.B. Aycock 3

Friday, May 9
College Baseball
Elon 10, Campbell 8
High School Baseball
NCHSAA Second Round
Jacksonville 7, S. Johnston 3
Midway 3, Ayden-Grifton 0
High School Softball
NCHSAA Second Round
Midway 2, E. Duplin 0
E. Alamance 2, Harnett Central 0
S. Johnston 1, W. Carteret 0 (8 innings)

Saturday, May 10
College Baseball
Campbell 11, Elon 6
Campbell 6, Elon 0

Monday. May 12
High School Girls Soccer
MCHSAA First Round
Princeton 5, Midway 0
W. Alamance 9, Triton 0

Wednesday, May 14
High School Baseball|
NCHSAA Third Round

Midway 4, E. Carteret 0
S. Alamance 7, Triton 1

Thursday, May 15
College Baseball

Campbell 18, Delaware 6
High School Softball.
NCHSAA Third Round
Midway 3, Seaforth 2 (9 innings)
S. Johnston 5, Richlands 0 (8 innings)
NCISAA 1-A Semifinals
CFCA 7, Ridgecroft 1

Friday, May 16
College Baseball
Campbell 6, Delaware 1
High School Baseball

NCHSAA Quarterfinals
Midway 2, SouthWest Edgecombe 0
High School Softball
NCHSAA Quarterfinals
S. Granville 3, Midway 2
S. Johnston 5, S. Nash 0

Saturday, May 17
College Baseball

Delaware 5, Campbell 3

Tuesday, May 20
High School Baseball
NCHSAA 2-A Semifinal Series
Midway 8, S. Lenoir 1
High School Softball
NCHSAA 3-A Semifinal Series
Scotland Co. 7, S. Johnston 2
NCISAA 1-A Final Series
at N.C. Wesleyan, Rocky Mount
CFCA 3-6, Lawrence 2-5
CFCA wins series, 2-0

Wednesday, May 21
College Baseball
CAA Tournament
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Campbell 10, Elon 9

Thursday, May 22
College Baseball
CAA Tournament
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
UNC Wilmington 6, Campbell -0
High School Baseball
NCHSAA 2-A Semifinal Series
S. Lenoir 9, Midway 8 (8 innings)
(Best of three tied, 1-1)
High School Softball
NCHSAA 3-A Semifinal Series
Scotland Co. 8, S. Johnston 1
(Scotland Co. wins best of three, 2-0)

Friday, May 23
College Baseball
CAA Tournament
Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Charleston 12, Campbell 11

Saturday, May 24
High School Baseball
NCHSAA 2-A Semifinal Series
S. Lenoir 5, Midway 4
(S. Lenoir wins series, 2-1).

Friday, August 22
High School Football
Midway at Hobbton, 7 p.m.
Northwood at Harnett Central, 7 p.m.
Overhills at S. Lee, 7 p.m.
Oxford Webb at W. Harnett, 7 p.m.
S. Johnston at Smithfield-Selma, 7 p.m.
Triton at Willow Spring, 7 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

Cape Fear
Christian Academy

Ellis assesses summer scrimmage sweep at Triton

Ellis assesses summer scrimmage sweep at Triton

A veteran Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity boys basketball team was ready when called to compete in scrimmages at Triton on Friday, registering some decisive outcomes as a fill-in for North Duplin, which withdrew. The Eagles topped the host Hawks by 12 points,...

Linwood Smith looking forward to continuing CFCA’s success as AD

Linwood Smith looking forward to continuing CFCA’s success as AD

Linwood Smith will have to figure out where to store some trophies in the athletic director's office at Cape Fear Christian Academy as he takes on the AD responsibilities for the Eagles. The trophy haul in 2024-25 included state championship hardware in girls golf,...

Central

Central pulls away to 11-5 softball triumph at Triton

Central pulls away to 11-5 softball triumph at Triton

Harnett Central broke a 1-1 tie at Triton on Tuesday with four runs in the fifth inning and the Trojans went on to remain unbeaten in varsity softball in the All American Conference with an 11-5 win. The Trojans added six runs in the sixth inning in improving to 12-4...

Will Gage reflects on 33 years as coach at Central

Will Gage reflects on 33 years as coach at Central

Will Gage coached his last game at Harnett Central on Monday night in the first round of the All American Conference varsity boys basketball tournament. The seventh-seeded Trojans were topped, 66-58, in double overtime at second-seeded Triton So ended Gage's tenure...

South

Scotland Co. sweeps South in 3-A Eastern softball final

Scotland Co. sweeps South in 3-A Eastern softball final

Visiting Scotland County took an 8-1 softball win at South Johnston on Thursday night to close out the best of three series for the NCHSAA 3-A East region championship. The Fighting Scots scored a run in the top of the first and held the lead the rest of the way in...

Lannah Price hits walk-off home run to give South diamond playoff split

Lannah Price hits walk-off home run to give South diamond playoff split

Lannah Price added to her lustrous athletic legacy at South Johnston with a walk-off home run in the eighth-inning for a 1-0 second-round playoff win over visiting West Carteret on Friday night. The blast from the Virginia Commonwealth volleyball signee gave South a...

News & Features

55 captures First Flight in Educators golf at Keith Hills

55 captures First Flight in Educators golf at Keith Hills

The team of Steven Hamby, John Hardee, Lindsey Hardee and Mark Whitman shot 55 in the Superball format at Keith Hills on Monday to win the first flight in the 40th annual Harnett Educators Golf Tournament. The first flight played the Orange to Black nines. Second...

East Carolina, Duke, UNC take wins in NCAA baseball

East Carolina, Duke, UNC take wins in NCAA baseball

East Carolina opened play in the NCAA baseball tournament regional at Coastal Carolina on Friday with an 11-6 win over Florida. Host North Carolina topped Holy Cross, 4-0. Duke rolled past Oklahoma State, 12-5, in the Athens regional at Georgia. Sophomore left-hander...

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