Dunn Area Sports Staff

Hawks notch first triumph at UP

Hawks notch first triumph at UP

Triton won 15-7 at Union Pines on Friday night for its first varsity football victory of the season. The Hawks took a 7-0 lead as Travion Sanders ran 12 yards for a touchdown with 5:28 left in the first quarter. The Vikings answered and the score was tied at 7 at the...

Highland tops Coats-Erwin to move to 2-0 for 2018 season

Defending conference champion Highland continued its winning ways in middle school football Wednesday by a 20-6 margin over Coats-Erwin on the Vikings' home field. Highland improved to 2-0 on the season, following last week's 40-0 victory over Shughart. Coats-Erwin...

Midway Middle School takes first football game, 12-8

In its football season opener Wednesday, Midway Middle School defeated Roseboro-Salemburg, 12-8, in a defensive battle at Lakewood High. The first half was scoreless. Midway struck first in the third quarter when Casey Culbreth connected with Jaylin Baggett for a...

Friday, October 13

Campbell's football team (5-1) has an open date on Saturday before starting Big South Conference play at Monmouth on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. … Carson Wentz threw for three touchdowns as Philadelphia downed the host New York Giants, 34-13, in a Thursday night NFL...

Thursday, October 11

School systems in Harnett, Sampson, Johnston, Lee and Cumberland counties are among those closed today due to the approach of Michael, which has been reduced to the status of a tropical storm since making landfall along the Florida panhandle on Wednesday. Athletic...

Wednesday, October 10

Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school volleyball team won a doubleheader at Village Christian of Fayetteville on Tuesday. The young Eagles improved to 20-1 overall and 19-1 in the Southeastern Conference. … Dunn Area Sports received its 53,000th view since Feb....

Duke takes 2-0 soccer win over Camels

Duke takes 2-0 soccer win over Camels

DURHAM — Duke scored twice in the opening 33 minutes and went on to defeat Campbell 2-0 on Tuesday night in men's soccer at Koskinen Stadium. Daniele Proch and Issa Rayyan scored for the 17th-ranked Blue Devils (7-3-1), who won their third in a row. “It was not our...

CFCA runners compete Tuesday in Fayetteville meet

CFCA runners compete Tuesday in Fayetteville meet

Cape Fear Christian Academy competed in a cross country meet on Tuesday at the Jordan Soccer Complex in Fayetteville. Northwood Temple Academy hosted the event. Freedom Christian and Village Christian also were on hand. The boys ran first with Jaden Crumley of CFCA...

Tuesday, October 9

South Johnston's varsity boys soccer team defeated visiting West Johnston, 3-1, on Monday night. South has moved its volleyball matches at Cleveland from Thursday to Wednesday. … Drew Brees of New Orleans became the NFL's leader in career passing yardage as the Saints...

Monday, October 8

A 63-yard field goal by Graham Gano with one second remaining lifted the Carolina Panthers to a 33-31 victory over the New York Giants in Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Sunday. … The Houston Texans topped the Dallas Cowboys, 19-16, on Sunday night. … The...

Dupree, CFCA win No. 1 matches

Dupree, CFCA win No. 1 matches

Seventh-grader Ella John Dupree teamed with fifth-grader Savanna Stocks to win the No. 1 doubles in a girls tennis match against Village Christian at Arnette Park in Faytteville on Friday. The youthful team prevailed, 8-0. Dupree captured her No. 1 singles match, 8-1,...

McCormick takes cross country meet

McCormick takes cross country meet

Maggie McCormick of Harnett Central won the girls division of the Hagan Stone Classic cross country meet in Pleasant Garde, south of Greensboro, on Saturday. McCormick ran the five-kolometer course in 18 minutes, 2.73 seconds for a personal best. Central's girls were...

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