Nate Jolley of Western Harnett plans to play baseball at Methodist after hitting .432 for the Eagles as a senior in 2021. Jolley had five doubles, two triples, one home run and 10 RBIs. (see photo inside) … Midway and Hobbton will learn their placement in the...
South Johnston wrapped up the 2021 varsity baseball season with a 10-6 Greater Neuse 3-A Conference win at Cleveland on Saturday. Five runs in the top of the third inning pushed the Trojans’ lead to 7-0. Chase Carroll led off the decisive frame with a double. A...
Richard Rozier has been named the new coach of varsity girls basketball at Triton after serving as an assistant with the boys program at Overhills. … Kerrigan Brown of Midway has been recognized as the Female Field Athlete of the Year in the East Central 2-A...
Midway’s varsity baseball team secured the East Central 2-A Conference championship with a 4-0 win over Wallace-Rose Hill on Friday night. The game was scheduled to be played at Wallace-Rose Hill on Thursday night but was postponed and moved to Midway because of...
Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) had a rough start with the Spokane Indians but the right-hander has lowered his earned run average to 3.31. … Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) went 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI for the Asheville Tourists on Thursday in a 6-5...
Defending 3-A state champion at 132 pounds, Western Harnett’s Will Lewis, the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference Wrestler of the Year, is one of five nominees for HighSchoolOT’s Wrestler of the Year. … Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) went 3-for-4 with two...
Campbell president Dr. Brad Creed will serve as president of the Big South Conference through the 2022-23 school year. … Hobbton took a 7-2 baseball win at Neuse Charter on Tuesday as Richard Warren went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. Daniel Britt pitched four and...
Host Mississippi State topped Campbell, 6-5, for the regional baseball championship on Monday despite a 3-run homer by Spencer Packard. Zach Neto and Collin Wolf made the all-regional team from the Camels, who finished the season 37-18. … The Carolina Hurricanes...
Former Cape Fear Christian Academy coach Lee Cumbie Jr. passed away on Memorial Day at age 60 after a battle with leukemia. … All-state softball selection Rhyleigh Horne of CFCA will be playing in the State Games on June 22-24. … Zach Neto and Grant Harris...
Bryce Arnold, Zach Neto, Spencer Packard and Grant Harris hit home runs for Campbell in a 16-13 win over Samford in an NCAA Tournament elimination game on Saturday at Mississippi State. … N.C. State took an 8-3 win over host Louisiana Tech to improve to 2-0 in...
Western Harnett bounced back from a 2-0 loss at Lee County on Wednesday to take a 10-0 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference baseball win over the visiting Yellow Jackets on Friday. Sophomore Ian Bristow had two hits and two RBIs for the Eagles. Soph Zack Hooper allowed two...
Five Midway athletes were recognized at a signing ceremony on Wednesday, including Hunter Hawley (Belmont Abbey, bowling), Miranda Holmes (Barton, softball), Sawyer Sutton (UNC Wilmington, baseball), Dawson Wiggins (Ferrum, baseball) and Sydney Williams (UNC Pembroke,...
