First-year Midway football coach Cory Barnes became a father on July 10 with the birth of Cole Ethan Barnes. The Raiders lost defensive line coach Brandon Powell to the staff at Lakewood. Midway's lone preseason scrimmage will be the Sampson Jamboree at Clinton on...
Midway closed its summer baseball season with a 2-1 win at Cape Fear on Tuesday night. The Raiders were scheduled to host Hoke County on Thursday night but that game was called off. Eli Culbreth pitched three scoreless innings against the Colts. Hunter Gainey yielded...
Host Wilmington (Del.) handed Buies Creek a 7-2 Carolina League baseball loss on Sunday, dealing Abdiel Saldana (8-2) his second setback of the season. The Astros and Winston-Salem are each 22-15 for the second half of the season and are tied for first in the Southern...
The North Carolina (Dunn) Ponytails (12-and-under) softball All-Stars defeated Alabama (Coffee County) 19-3 on Sunday morning in the Dixie Youth World Series in Alexandria, La. The outcome improved the local girls to 2-0 in the World Series going into a matchup with...
The North Carolina (Dunn) Angels (10-and-under) softball All-Stars got their second win in the Dixie Youth World Series in Alexandria, La., on Sunday, rallying past Florida, 7-2. The local girls will play again on Monday at 8:30 p.m. (Eastern) against the winner of a...
The Buies Creek Astros split a Carolina League baseball doubleheader at Wilmington (Del.), defeating the Blue Rocks 3-0 in the second game after losing the opener, 1-0, on Saturday. Tyler Ivey (2-3) and Colin McKee (fifth save) combined for the seven-inning shutout....
High school football programs across the state begin practice Monday. Triton will be doing things differently this season. The Hawks will shift their preseason practice time from morning to evening with workouts scheduled from 7 to 9:30 p.m. this year. Triton coach...
SUNDAY UPDATE: The North Carolina (Dunn) Ponytails defeated Alabama 19-3 this morning and will play Mississippi at 10:30 (Eastern time) tonight. SUNDAY UPDATE II: The North Carolina (Dunn) Angels (10-and-under) rallied past Florida for a 7-2 win in the second round on...
Play continued Friday in the Tar Heel Leagues state baseball tournaments in Hickory. In 8-and-under (Coach pitch), Benson defeated Caldwell County, 17-2, before falling to Cleveland, 13-2. Benson plays Garner in an elimination game today at 10 a.m. In 12-and-under...
Prayers and condolences for the family of Patrick Dennis of Lillington. Dennis died Thursday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a rising senior fullback/linebacker at Harnett Central. … In 15-and-under baseball in the Tar Heel Leagues state...
Wendy Simmons said Thursday she will be filling the girls basketball coaching vacancy at Triton. Simmons, who serves as athletic director and volleyball coach for the Hawks, had been an assistant to previous girls basketball coach Keith Howard in recent seasons....
Western Harnett's 15-and-under baseball All-Stars play Johnston County at Jaycee Park in Hickory today at 4 p.m. in the first round of the double-elimination Tar Heel Leagues state tournament. Angier takes on Watauga County on the Stanford 2 Field in the event this...
