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Raiders host Hobbton

Raiders host Hobbton

A lot has changed from Midway's 80-73 season-opening varsity football win at Hobbton in 2021. Both quarterbacks, Wyatt Holland of the Raiders and Loden Bradshaw of the Wildcats, have graduated. Midway has a new coach, Kyle Stevens. One thing will remain constant, the...

South hosts Western to open 2022 season

South hosts Western to open 2022 season

Two solid scrimmages have South Johnston ready to host Western Harnett tonight to get the 2022 varsity football season underway. The Trojans held Harnett Central scoreless on August 10 and outscored Midway, 3-1, on August 12 in the Sampson Jamboree at Clinton. Connor...

Campbell, Mercer play to 1-1 draw in women’s soccer

Campbell, Mercer play to 1-1 draw in women’s soccer

BUIES CREEK — Campbell fought Mercer to a 1-1 draw in its season opener Thursday night at Eakes Athletics Complex. The Camels scored first in the 29th minute as Elyssa Nowowieski received a throw-in from Reagan Baiotto. Nowowieski booted it into the box, finding...

CFCA takes 6-3 girls tennis win at Greenfield

CFCA takes 6-3 girls tennis win at Greenfield

Cape Fear Christian Academy's girls tennis team improved to 2-0 on the 2022 season with a 6-3 win at Greenfield in Wilson on Thursday. The Eagles got wins from Ella John Dupree, Aubrey Jackson, Nina Sauer and Karson Hamilton in the top four singles. Dupree and Anna...

Friday, August 19

Cape Fear Christian Academy hosts Greenfield School of Wilson for volleyball matches on the middle school, junior varsity and varsity levels beginning at 4 p.m. today. ... Campbell and visiting Mercer played to a 1-1 draw in the women's soccer opener for the Camels on...

HC tops Triton, 3-1, for county soccer title

HC tops Triton, 3-1, for county soccer title

After a scoreless first half, host Harnett Central got goals from Adrian Pillaca, Richie Diego and Sequoia Cortes-Medeiros for a 3-1 win over Triton in the Harnett County boys soccer tournament championship game Wednesday night. The Hawks (1-1) avoided a shutout with...

Thursday, August 18

Overhills has moved its varsity football season opener at home against South View from Friday to tonight at 7 p.m. to avoid possible inclement weather. ... Western Harnett topped Overhills, 5-4, for third place in the Harnett County boys soccer tournament on Wednesday...

Wednesday, August 17

Triton has moved its varsity football season opener at home against Jordan to Thursday night at 7 p.m. ... Right-handed pitcher Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) has been placed on the injured list and has returned to the spring training comnplex of the Colorado Rockies...

Tuesday, August 16

Cape Fear Christian Academy is home to take on Fayetteville Christian, Triton hosts Lee County and Harnett Central travels to South Johnston in high school volleyball season openers this evening. ... The Campbell women were picked fourth and the Camel men were slotted...

Monday, August 15

Campbell took a 2-1 exhibition win in men's soccer on Sunday at Elon as Angel Bacho and Tyler Young had goals for the 25th-ranked Camels. Mercer visits CU for a preseason contest on Saturday at 3 p.m. ... Triton meets Overhills at Harnett Central at 5 p.m. and Western...

Hawks cautious in closing scrimmage

Hawks cautious in closing scrimmage

Triton played it safe in its second and final football scrimmage at Cape Fear in the Cumberland jamboree on Friday night. "I thought we played well at times," said Hawks coach Ben Penny. "We were cautious with all the rain that came in with some of our guys. J.J....

Central shows improvement from first scrimmage

Central shows improvement from first scrimmage

First-year Harnett Central football coach Cory Barnes said he saw improvement when the Trojans scrimmaged Dougkas Byrd at Westover on Friday evening. "We moved the ball a whole lot better," said Barnes in comparison to a Wednesday session with South Johnston. "We...

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