Anthony Jones pitched a 3-hitter and struck out 10 in leading Dunn to a 12–2 middle school baseball win at Coats–Erwin on Monday. The Greenwaves improved to 8-2 while the Falcons fell to 6-1. Dunn took a 1–0 lead in the top of the third, then scored six runs in the...
Cape Fear Christian Academy is ranked No. 1 among North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 1-A softball teams by MaxPreps. The Eagles are hosting the NCISAA 1-A Final Four in softball on May 17-18. … Philadelphia evened its second-round NBA playoff...
The Harnett Strong Ballers youth basketball program won the fourth-grade division in a tournament in Indian Trail over the weekend. The seventh-grade team was edged 42-41 in the final. … The Carolina Hurricanes took a 2-0 lead in their second-round Stanley Cup playoff...
Harnett Central took a 1-0 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity girls soccer win over visiting Triton on Thursday night as Austin Bowling scored the game-winning goal in the 75th minute for the Trojans. Madeline Langdon was in goal for the shutout. Western Harnett...
Cape Fear Christian Academy notched its second varsity girls soccer win this season by a 2-1 margin at Liberty Christian in a nonconference contest on Friday. Lexi Crumley had both goals for the Eagles. Both scores were unassisted as one followed a bad goal kick and...
Western Harnett wrestler Fred Lewis has signed to wrestle at Ohio Valley University, a Christian institution in Vienna, West Virginia. Lewis was runner-up at 120 pounds in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A tournament. He compiled a 44-4 record as...
Ryan Dorow hit a game-ending home run for the host Down East Wood Ducks on Saturday night in a 3-2 Carolina League baseball win over the Fayetteville Woodpeckers. … Dunn Area Sports received its 94,000th view since Feb. 4, 2018, on Saturday. Thank you! … The Denver...
Triton’s varsity softball team ended the regular season on Saturday by winning a 14-3 rout at Union Pines to secure second place in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference and a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Sophomore Gracyn Slaughter pitched the complete...
Harnett Central's home baseball game with Triton, scheduled for Friday night, has been moved to Monday at 7 p.m. … The Carolina Hurricanes opened the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 1-0 overtime road win over the New York Islanders. Jordan Staal scored...
Cape Fear Christian Academy matched up with Fayetteville Christian School for Sandhills Athletic Conference games on Thursday with the Eagles winning on the road in baseball and softball. In baseball, CFCA overcame a 9-0 deficit for a 12-11 victory. The Eagles...
Coats-Erwin's middle school baseball game at home against Highland was postponed Thursday. … Triton was second to Union Pines for the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference golf season. The Hawks qualified as a team for regional play. Lee Bass, Aaron Jackson and Cameron Brown...
Gage Herring (Hobbton) started on the mound for host UNC Wilmington in a 3-1 baseball win over Campbell on Wednesday night. … Joseph Johnson (South Johnston) is hitting .303 with three home runs and 25 RBIs for High Point. Johnson has a 4-3 pitching record. … Dunn...
