Dunn Area Sports Staff

Thursday, January 24

Trevonne Williams scored 20 points in Harnett Central's 71-66 varsity boys basketball win at Fuquay-Varina on Wednesday night. Kasey Perkins had 13 points and four assists for the Trojans (7-7). Croix Shipman and Jaden Meadows scored nine points each. Chase Mullins...

Wednesday, January 23

Triton hosts Harnett Central in wrestling tonight. … Dunn Area Sports received its 72,000th view since Feb. 4, 2018 on Tuesday. Thank you! … No. 2 Duke won 79-64 at Pittsburgh on Tuesday night and No. 3 Virginia took a 68-45 win over visiting Wake Forest. … Former New...

Tuesday, January 22

No. 11 North Carolina defeated visiting Virginia Tech, the nation's 10th-ranked team, 103-82, on Monday night. The Tar Heels improved to 5-1 in the ACC to lead the league standings. Virginia, Duke, Louisville and Syracuse are all 4-1 in ACC games. Virginia Tech...

Monday, January 21

Campbell's wrestling team won its Southern Conference opener, 19-17, at Appalachian State on Sunday. … The N.C. State women's basketball team topped visiting Virginia Tech, 70-61, in overtime Sunday to improve to 18-0 overall. The Wolfpack women are the only unbeaten...

Union Pines rallies past Hawk boys

Triton's varsity boys basketball team had a 36-26 lead at halftime at Union Pines on Friday night but the Vikings came back for a 54-51 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win. "They changed defenses in the second half," said Hawks coach T.J. Morrison. "We rushed and didn't...

Northwood Temple evens season series with CFCA

Northwood Temple evens season series with CFCA

Northwood Temple Academy evened its Sandhills Athletic Conference basketball season series with visiting Cape Fear Christian Academy on Friday night by completing a sweep with a 66-42 win in the varsity boys game. The hosts won took the varsity girls game, 50-41, and...

Clemons sparks Campbell win at Charleston Southern

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Chris Clemons hit a pull-up 3-pointer with 14 seconds left as Campbell rallied from a 14-point deficit in the second half to defeat Charleston Southern 73-72 Saturday at the CSU Field House. Clemons finished with 29 points. Jordan Whitfield forced...

Lady Camels come back to deal Hampton first league loss

Lady Camels come back to deal Hampton first league loss

BUIES CREEK — After trailing by 10 with just over two minutes remaining in the third quarter, Campbell women’s basketball outscored Hampton 23-9 for the remainder of the game to earn a 52-46 win over the first-place Pirates on Saturday afternoon at Gore Arena....

Sunday, January 20

Virginia lost 72-70 at Duke and Michigan was turned back 64-54 at Wisconsin on Saturday, leaving no unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I men's basketball this season. … The results came on the same date that Notre Dame ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak in 1974. … In...

Saturday, January 19

Glenn Patrick of Midway has been named Coach of the Year in golf by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association after guiding the Raiders to the 2-A state championship in 2018. … North Carolina visits Miami for a noon start in men's college basketball. N.C....

Friday, January 18

Dunn Area Sports photographer Barbara Myatt was named Woman of the Year in Erwin at the Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Family Life Center of Erwin United Methodist Church on Thursday night. Former Erwin High School coach and Wake Forest golfer Bill Corbett was...

Camels win at UNC Asheville

ASHEVILLE — Chris Clemons scored 17 of his game-high 22 points in the second half and Andrew Eudy added his third double-double of the year to lead Campbell to a 70-53 Big South Conference men's basketball win over UNC Asheville on Wednesday night at Kimmel Arena. The...

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