Dunn Area Sports Staff

Friday, January 8

Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school boys basketball team improved to 3-0 with a 42-25 win at Fayetteville Christian on Thursday as Brandon Surles tallied 23 points. Landon Alphin scored 12, Lathan Wilborn had four points and Eli Burns hit from behind the arc...

Thursday, January 7

Dunn Area Sports has received its 168,000th view. Thank you! ... Benjamin Barton of Campbell has been named Wrestler of the Week in the Southern Conference. ... Midway's girls cross country team won the East Central 2-A Conference championship. The Raider boys were...

Comeback produces 1-0 league start for CFCA boys

Comeback produces 1-0 league start for CFCA boys

Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team overcame a double-digit deficit for a 71-66 win on Tuesday night at Northwood Temple in the Sandhills Athletic Conference opener for both teams. CFCA improved to 14-6 overall with a balanced scoring effort...

HC Trojans turn back Southern Lee

HC Trojans turn back Southern Lee

Harnett Central's varsity volleyball team improved to 7-3 overall and 7-2 in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference on Tuesday with a 3-0 home win over Southern Lee. Set scores were 25-17, 25-18 and 25-11.' Central pulled away from an 11-10 lead in the first set. The...

Wednesday, January 6

Gardner-Webb earned a split against visiting Campbell in back-to-back Big South Conference men's basketball games with an 85-70 win Tuesday as the Bulldogs hit 52.6 percent of their field goal attempts. ... Andrew Platek scored with 3.6 seconds remaining to lift North...

Tuesday, January 5

Triton's varsity boys basketball team is on quarantine until January 14. ... Overhills is not playing in the Patriot Athletic Conference volleyball tournament due to positive COVID tests. ... Messiah Thompson scored a career-high 15 points to lead Campbell to a 70-61...

Monday, January 4

First-round playoff pairings for next weekend in the NFL have been set. On Saturday, Indianapolis visits Buffalo (CBS, 1:05 p.m.), Seattle hosts the Los Angeles Rams (FOX, 4:40 p.m.) and Tampa Bay plays at Washington (NBC, 8:15 p.m.). On Sunday, Baltimore travels to...

Sunday, January 3

Campbell lost its season-opening wrestling match, 26-8, on Saturday at No. 8 Virginia Tech. ... Due to COVID issues within the High Point men's basketball program, Campbell will visit Gardner-Webb for games on Monday (6 p.m.) and Tuesday (4 p.m.). ... Texas A&M...

Saturday, January 2

No. 3 Ohio State downed No. 2 Clemson, 49-28, in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night as Justin Fields threw for six touchdowns and Trey Sermon ran for 193 yards. The Buckeyes (7-0) will take on No. 1 Alabama (12-0) for the College Football Playoff championship on Monday,...

Lady Camels thrash Winthrop, 80-37, as Price is right

Lady Camels thrash Winthrop, 80-37, as Price is right

BUIES CREEK — Faith Price led a hot-shooting offense with a career-high 23 points off the bench as Campbell defeated Winthrop, 80-37, in Big South Conference women's basketball on Thursday afternoon in Gore Arena. Campbell (5-2, 2-0) completed a two-day sweep of...

Friday, January 1

Happy New Year! ... Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team was topped, 66-61, by Cannon School of Concord in the consolation championship of the Beach Ball Classic at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Thursday despite 21 points by Cinque Lemon....

Thursday, December 31

Campbell was edged 84-83 in its Big South Conference men's basketball opener at Winthrop on Wednesday as the Eagles shot 50 free throws compared to 25 for the Camels, who had five players foul out, tying a school record. ... North Carolina was topped, 72-67, at...

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