The Harnett County Football Jamboree at Triton on Wednesday, August 11, starting at 5 p.m., will include the Hawks, Harnett Central, Overhills and Western Harnett as well as Cleveland, Midway, South Johnston and Southern Lee. ... Triton has a 7-on-7 passing scrimmage...
Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) got a spot start for the Spokane Indians on Wednesday night and turned in five scoreless, hitless innings at home against the Tri-City Dust Devils, lowering his earned run average to 3.62. ... Mississippi State won the first NCAA...
Dunn won the Dixie Majors (12-and-under) district baseball tournament at Lillington on Tuesday night with a 13-3 victory over Hoke County (see News & Features below). ... Dunn will host Dixie state tournaments in 8-U and 10-U baseball. Opening ceremonies are July 9....
Little Tar Heel League all-star baseball teams from Erwin are scheduled to play in district tournaments in Southern Pines next month. Play in the Midget division (10-and-under) starts July 7. The Little League division (12-and-under) gets underway on July 10. ......
Teams from the East brackets swept the NCHSAA baseball championships as Greenville Rose (3-A) and Perquimans (1-A), the team that eliminated Hobbton in the second round, wrapped up titles on Sunday at Terry Sanford and South View, respectively. Fuquay-Varina (4-A) and...
Will Lewis of Western Harnett was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the NCHSAA 3-A individual championships on Saturday at Eastern Guilford after winning the 132-pound title by technical fall and finishing his senior season with a 27-0 record. ... Nicholas Williams...
N.C. State's baseball team has been ruled out of the College World Series by the NCAA due to COVID protocols. The Wolfpack had only 13 of 27 players in a 3-1 loss to Vanderbilt on Friday. The Commodores will meet the winner of today's game between Mississippi State...
The 36th annual Harnett Educators golf tournament at Keith Hills on Friday was shortened due to rainy weather. The championship flight was limited to 12 holes with Brooks Matthews, Eddie Jaggers, Braxton Wynns and Jerry Hockaday finishing first at 12-under par over...
South Johnston has announced that versatile Dewayne Schneider plans to continue playing baseball at Fayetteville Tech. Schneider threw a team-high 359 pitches in 2021 as South went 7-7 overall and 6-4 in the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference. Schneider also played infield...
Gumaro Benitez has developed as a tennis player very quickly. In less than three years playing the game at Harnett Central, he is ready to take the next step and move to the collegiate level at Pfeiffer. A signing ceremony was held Wednesday in the Central media...
Midway hosted 7-on-7 passing scrimmages with Triton, Lakewood and North Lenoir on Wednesday evening at Tommy Sloan Stadium. The Raiders return Wyatt Holland, who passed for 1,977 yards and 22 touchdowns with just two interceptions in a 5-2 season earlier this year....
Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) pitched two scoreless innings for the Spokane Indians on Wednesday, lowering his earned run average to 3.80. ... Dunn Area Sports has received its 197,000th view. Thank you! ... Matthew Creech is returning to Midway as varsity boys...
