Coats-Erwin visits Harnett Central in middle school basketball this afternoon. … Louisville topped visiting Boston College, 80-70, and host Clemson turned back Georgia Tech, 72-60, in ACC games on Wednesday. … Temple won 85-74 at East Carolina despite 27 points by...
Dunn Area Sports Staff
Winthrop tops Lady Camels
BUIES CREEK — Shy Tuelle reached double-figures for the fourth time this season by scoring 12, but the Campbell women's basketball team dropped a 59-46 decision to Winthrop on Tuesday night. Winthrop moved to 3-2 in Big South play and 7-9 overall, while the Camels...
Wednesday, January 16
Dunn Area Sports received its 71,000th view since Feb. 4, 2018, on Tuesday. Thank you! … Wake Forest saw a 22-point lead disappear before topping No. 17 N.C. State, 71-67, in Winston-Salem on Tuesday night for the Deacons' first ACC win of the season. … No. 4 Virginia...
Trinity Christian downs CFCA
Trinity Christian Academy completed a Sandhills Athletic Conference basketball sweep at Cape Fear Christian Academy on Tuesday night with a 78-55 win in the varsity boys game. E.J. Bethea had 17 points for CFCA (17-9, 2-3 SAC). Lucas Capalbo had 14 points for the...
Tuesday, January 15
Top-ranked Duke was defeated 95-91 in overtime by visiting Syracuse on Monday night, leaving Virginia and Virginia Tech, each 3-0, as the only teams unbeaten in ACC play. … Charlotte won 108-93 at San Antonio on Monday night as Tony Parker had eight points and four...
CFCA splits middle school matchups with Northwood Temple
Cape Fear Christian Academy split its Southeastern Middle School Athletic Conference basketball games visiting Northwood Temple Academy on Monday afternoon. CFCA won the girls game, 54-16, as Aubree Bass scored 16 points and Ella John Dupree tallied 12. Perri Caroline...
Lady Raiders return to East Central win column
After East Central 2-A Conference losses to Clinton and East Duplin, the Midway varsity girls basketball team returned to the league win column with a 62-29 win over visiting James Kenan on Friday night. J.J. Sankey had 16 points and seven steals as the Lady Raiders...
Freedom tops CFCA varsities, Eagle JV boys steal win
Host Freedom Christian took a pair of Sandhills Athletic Conference varsity basketball wins Friday over Cape Fear Christian Academy after the Eagles pulled out a 65-63 win on a steal and score by Zeke Brock in the closing seconds. The CFCA varsity boys were topped...
Monday, January 14
Middle school basketball matchups today include Dunn at Overhills, Northwood Temple at Cape Fear Christian Academy, Shughart at Harnett Central and Western Harnett at Coats-Erwin. … The NFL conference championships are set after New England defeated the visiting Los...
Sunday, January 13
Midway will host Neuse Charter in basketball at Campbell's Gore Arena on Wednesday night. … Campbell's wrestling team defeated Franklin & Marshall, 29-12, in Richmond on Saturday. … Kansas City downed visiting Indianapolis, 31-13, and the host Los Angeles Rams turned...
Saturday, January 12
NFL playoff games today include Indianapolis (10-6) at Kansas City (12-4) at 4:35 p.m. (NBC) and Dallas (10-6) at the Los Angeles Rams (13-3) at 8:15 p.m. (FOX). … In noon starts today in college basketball, Pittsburgh (11-4) visits N.C. State (13-2) and North...
HC presents awards for fall sports
Harnett Central held its fall sports awards gathering at the high school on Thursday evening. The girls cross country team won the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference championship and junior Maggie McCormick was second in the state meet. Achievements by athletes for...
