Dunn Area Sports Staff

Thursday, June 24

The 35th annual Harnett Educators golf tournament is Friday afternoon at Keith Hills. ... Fuquay-Varina topped host Wilmington Ashley, 2-1, for the NCHSAA 4-A Eastern regional baseball championship on Wednesday. The Bengals (14-3) take on Reagan (16-2) in a...

Wednesday, June 23

Three Triton wrestlers have qualified for the NCHSAA 3-A championships at Eastern Guilford on Saturday, including Nicholas Williams at 152 pounds, Nathan Williams (160) and Xavion Richardson (220). Former state champion Will Lewis (132) represents Western Harnett....

Central girls tennis concludes season with signings, trip to regionals

Central girls tennis concludes season with signings, trip to regionals

Harnett Central's girls tennis team concluded its season in the regionals at the Burlington Tennis Center on Friday. Sophie McLean and Morgan Jones of the Trojans each lost to seeded players in singles. Malaya McFadyen and Anna Vreeling lost 6-2, 6-2 in a doubles...

Tuesday, June 22

Gumaro Benitez of Harnett Central, who plans to play tennis and soccer at Pfeiffer, will have a signing ceremony Wednesday. ... N.C. State topped defending champion Vanderbilt, 1-0, in the College World Series on Monday night as Terrell Tatum hit a fifth-inning homer....

Monday, June 21

Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) had a hit and scored two runs for the host Asheville Tourists in a 19-4 win over Aberdeen on Sunday. Barefoot is hitting .312. ... Virginia topped Tennessee, 6-0, and Mississippi State held off Texas, 2-1, in the College World...

Sunday, June 20

Happy Father's Day! ... Midway junior Nate Smith has been named Player of the Year in baseball in the East Central 2-A Conference after hitting .468 during a 13-2 season. Justin Carroll is Coach of the Year after guiding the Raiders to the league championship in his...

Saturday, June 19

Keith Hills will have a flag tournament on the Fourth of July in which participants will have 72 strokes plus their handicap to play the Orange and Black nines. When golfers reach their stroke limit, they will plant their flag at that point. ... N.C. State opens play...

Friday, June 18

Triton's varsity boys basketball team plays in a jamboree at Wilmington Laney today. ... Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) had a 2-run homer Thursday for the Asheville Tourists in a 9-8 home loss to Aberdeen. ... Rod Brind'Amour of the Carolina Hurricanes has been...

Thursday, June 17

Campbell landed a program record three players on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America teams. Zach Neto and Spencer Packard were named second-team while Matthew Christian was a third-team selection. ... Isa Banks of Clinton, the East...

Wednesday, June 16

Richard Warren pitched a shutout as Hobbton took a 6-0 win at East Columbus in the first round of the NCHSAA 1-A baseball playoffs on Tuesday night. Ben Langston had three hits for the Wildcats (10-2) and Daniel Britt had two. Hobbton plays at Perquimans (13-2) in the...

Tuesday, June 15

South Johnston will have a signing ceremony Thursday for Chase Carroll, who plans to play baseball and football at Methodist. ... Brittany Mills of Harnett Central will be signing to play basketball and tennis at Pfeiffer. ... Anna Vreeling of Central is heading to...

Monday, June 14

Happy Flag Day! ... Midway (13-1) is the No. 3 seed in the East bracket for the NCHSAA 2-A baseball playoffs and will host No. 14 Whiteville (9-4) in the first round on Tuesday. ... Hobbton (9-2) is the No. 9 seed in the East in 1-A baseball and will travel to East...

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