Trent Fennell (Triton) pitched two scoreless innings for the Grand Junction (Col.) Rockies on Friday in his second professional outing. He allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two. … Osvaldo Duarte had three hits with a home run and two RBIs as the Buies...
The Buies Creek Astros finished June on a six-game winning streak after topping the Carolina Mudcats 7-3 at Jim Perry Stadium on Saturday night. Brandon Bailey, Ronel Blanco (5-1) and Gabriel Valdez combined for 12 strikeouts for Buies Creek. Chuckie Robinson had two...
Chandler Williford of Midway made the 2-A All-State baseball team selected by the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association. … Williford and fellow rising senior Carson Calcutt of the Raiders played on the Region 2 team in the State Games. … Charleston Southern...
South Johnston's varsity boys basketball team was at full strength in decisive wins over C. B. Aycock and James Kenan at Princeton on Thursday night. Jacob Thornton had been playing in Europe with a national team. "He was back so we had everybody," said South coach...
After a 4-3 loss to host Hope Mills American on Wednesday night in the Dixie district baseball tournament, the Dunn AAA (10-and-under) All-Stars bounced back with a 13-1 win over the same Hope Mills team on Thursday night to win the double-elimination tournament. Dunn...
Host Midway defeated South View 11-0 in a summer league baseball game on Thursday night as Sawyer Sutton, Jonathan Cooper and Collin Avery combined for a no-hitter. The outcome put the Raiders at 3-3 for the summer. Midway is playing in a Fayetteville-based summer...
Midway hosted seven-on-seven football scrimmages with Triton, Lakewood and North Lenoir on Thursday morning. "We're about two months into installing new offense and new defense," said new Raiders coach Cory Barnes. "We competed. We showed some progress. You see some...
South Johnston's varsity football team went to Wilson Hunt for seven-on-seven competition Wednesday morning. "We got to go against two pretty good teams, Hunt and C.B. Aycock," said South coach Matt Riggsbee. The Trojans have a nonconference contract with Hunt...
After successful seven-on-sevens on Tuesday at Cleveland, Triton traveled to Midway on Thursday morning with the aim of avoiding a letdown. Lakewood and North Lenoir competed as well. "It was a pretty good day for us," said Hawks coach Ben Penny. "We challenged the...
The Dunn Angels (10-and-under) All-Star softball team defeated Hope Mills 7-1 for the Dixie district championship Thursday night in Pembroke. … The Dunn AAA (10-and-under) baseball All-Stars downed Hope Mills American 13-1 for the Dixie district title in Raeford. …...
The Dunn Majors (12-and-under) baseball All-Stars wrapped up the Dixie Youth district championship with a 15-0 no-hit win over Coats on Wednesday night in Raeford. Ross Stevens had nine strikeouts in three innings for Dunn. Coats received two walks. There were...
The Dunn Majors (12-and-under) baseball All-Stars wrapped up the Dixie district title with a 15-0 win over Coats on Wednesday night in Raeford. … The Dunn AAA (10-and-under) All-Stars topped Lee County 7-2 before falling 4-3 to Hope Mills American in the district...
