BUIES CREEK — Luana Serranho matched a career-high 19 points to help the Campbell women’s basketball team run past Charleston Southern, 61-36, on Tuesday night in Gore Arena. The win improved the Big South leading Camels (13-5, 8-1 Big South Conference) to 9-0 inside Gore Arena this season marking the best start at home since […]
Middle Creek prevails vs. Hawks
Middle Creek downed Triton in a pair of nonconference varsity basketball games hosted by the Hawks on Friday night. The 4-A Mustangs improved to 12-2 with a 65-43 win in the boys game as 6-feet, 7-inch junior Sam Perez led the way with 26 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Senior Josiah Lett paced Triton […]
Larry Smith adds to holes-in-one
Larry Smith had 10 career holes-in-one as he stepped to the red tee on No. 7 at Chicora Country Club with his 7-iron on Oct. 13. Playing partners Jim Allen, Hylton Lawrence and Thurman Tart soon witnessed Smith’s 11th ace. “We could see it go in,” Smith said. Smith was playing No. 14 at Chicora […]
Wednesday, November 13
Campbell absorbed its first men’s basketball loss, 81-76, in overtime at UNC Wilmington on Tuesday night despite 18 points from Ja’Cor Nelson. The Camels (2-1) visit The Citadel on Saturday at 1 p.m. … Top-seeded Campbell (14-2-2) hosts Presbyterian (6-12-1) in the Big South Conference men’s soccer tournament semifinals tonight at 7 p.m. Temperature at […]
Tuesday, August 27
Aaron Lane is the new athletic director at Midway. … Meredith Taylor of the Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity volleyball team was named all-tournament at the Falcon Classic at Lee Christian on Saturday. … The Fayetteville Woodpeckers moved into first place in the Carolina League Southern Division standings with a 4-3 win over the host […]
Fussell makes family-based move to Hobbton
Jason Fussell made a difficult decision but ultimately did what he felt was best for his family in going to Hobbton to be baseball coach. Since starting at Midway in 2004, Fussell has been baseball coach of the Raiders, accumulating 293 wins and an NCHSAA 2-A championship in 2014. He also has served stints as […]
Lee favored in league football as scrimmages approach
Lee County has won two previous football championships in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference and the Yellow Jackets have been picked by league coaches to do it again in a preseason poll conducted at a conference luncheon at Western Harnett on Tuesday. Lee received a maximum of 25 points in the balloting and was followed […]
Thompson commits to Camels
Dalen Thompson of Triton has announced his commitment to Campbell to play baseball. Thompson hit .340 with 13 RBIs as a sophomore in 2019 in his second season as a starter when the Hawks went 11-10 overall and 6-4 in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference. He was 13 for 13 on stolen base attempts. Thompson […]
Erwin wins Tar Heel District III 10-and-under softball tournament
When play in the Tar Heel Leagues District III 10-and-under softball tournament at Al Woodall Park was halted by a downpour on Thursday night, host Erwin slept on a 1-0 deficit against a Western Harnett team focused on payback from a 10-1 loss to Erwin on Wednesday night. Virginia Howsden had scored for Western before […]
Wednesday, June 5
Campbell outfielder Matthew Barefoot (Midway) was drafted in the sixth round by the Houston Astros. His potential developmental path could send him through the Carolina League with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers. Camel teammate Tyson Messer (Harnett Central) was a ninth-round section by the Chicago White Sox. … Dunn is hosting the district coach-pitch baseball tournament (Dixie […]