Mark Packer and Wes Durham will do their final morning show on the ACC Network on Friday. … Former coach Roy Williams and ex-player Larry Miller of UNC are among those to be inducted into the National Basketball Hall of Fame in November. … Houston catcher...
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Wednesday, June 29
Senior offensive lineman Austin Blake of Campbell has received the Wilma Rudolph Achievement Award after battling Guillain-Barre Syndrome. … Cliff Godwin of East Carolina has been named to the coaching staff of the Collegiate National baseball team. He will...
Tuesday, June 28
The 2022 NCISAA 1-A champion softball team from Cape Fear Christian Academy will be recognized by the Erwin Town Council at its meeting on July 14. … The Dunn Double-A baseball All-Stars emerged from the Dixie District 11 tournament in Lillington with a berth in...
Monday, June 27
Overhills won a 7-on-7 football jamboree at St. Augustine’s in Raleigh on Friday, defeating South View in the final. … Logan Atkins of Midway is a first-team selection on the All-State boys golf team published by HighSchoolOT. Caden Hodges of the Raiders...
Sunday, June 26
Rising junior Zeke Brock of Cape Fear Christian Academy set a Big Shots event scoring record with 58 points for the Bleu Diamond Wildcats at the Rocky Mount Event Center on Saturday. … Three Houston pitchers combined for a no-hitter in a 3-0 win over the host...
Saturday, June 25
Harnett Central football coach Cory Barnes and his family lived in Sandy Ridge when he coached Midway. They have moved into a home that was formerly owned by Triton football coach Ben Penny, which is about five minutes from Barnes’ new school. … East...
Trojans in transition: ‘It’s not instant grits’ — Barnes
When Cory Barnes moved from coaching football at Midway to Harnett Central, he did so knowing that the Trojans had significant tradition despite going 2-7 overall last season and 2-5 in the All American Conference. Barnes is working to restructure the offense and put...
Friday, June 24
Morgan Goff (Triton, UNC) has announced her retirement. Goff was in her second season as a midfielder/defender with the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League. … Paolo Banchero of Duke was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft by Orlando on...
Thursday, June 23
Campbell has added Mike Summey to its men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach and Kurtis Darden as director of basketball operations. Summey was previously an assistant coach at N.C. State and Darden, a former Camel player, was boys coach at Freedom...
Hawks welcome Evans back, turn football focus to conditioning
Triton football coach Ben Penny continued to look at aspects of preparation for the 2022 season as the Hawks took part in a 7-on-7 passing scrimmage at Harnett Central on Wednesday morning. One element Penny didn’t see last week in 7-on-7 sessions at N.C. State...
Wednesday, June 22
Erik Bakich, who played collegiately at East Carolina, has been named baseball coach at Clemson after guiding Michigan to four NCAA tournaments in 10 seasons. The Wolverines played for the College World Series championship in 2019 when Bakich was consensus coach of...
Tuesday, June 21
This is the first day of summer. … Tampa Bay took a 6-2 win over visiting Colorado in the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night as the Lightning cut the Avalanche’s series lead to 2-1. … In the College World Series on Monday in Omaha, Auburn won an...
