Mount Olive basketball signee Leah Williams has been named Female Athlete of the Year at the HighSchoolOT Honors presentations. An evening of awards was conducted at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts in Raleigh on Saturday. The versatile Williams has been a...
Western Harnett right-handed pitcher Bradley Wilson has committed to East Carolina. Wilson was 6-3 as a junior with a 2.08 earned run average and 84 strikeouts in 67 and one-third innings. The Eagles reached the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs. … Wilson...
Dunn's All-Star softball teams swept their opening-night games decisively in the Dixie district tournaments at Pembroke on Friday. The Darlings (8-and-under) defeated Hoke County, 13-2, and the Angels (10-and-under) were 15-5 winners against Lee County. The Dunn...
Triton varsity boys basketball coach T.J. Morrison said, "We got some good experience in a hot gym," after the Hawks hosted Clinton for a summer scrimmage on Thursday night. The Dark Horses finished with a 60-54 scoring edge after surging to a 19-10 lead in the first...
Triton High School assistant track coach Dave Coburn is a candidate for the Stuart Scott Courage Award to be awarded Saturday at the inaugural HighSchoolOT Honors event at Raleigh’s Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts. Coburn is virtually blind. Tickets are...
Former Midway quarterback Austin Raynor is organizing the Wyatt Fisher Memorial Wiffle Ball Tournament at Miffly Field in Spivey's Corner. The event is scheduled for July 14-15. All of the proceeds will go to help Fisher's family. Registration per seven-player team is...
Right-handed pitcher Trent Fennell (Triton) was scheduled to start for the Grand Junction (Col.) Rockies on Tuesday but returned home for the funeral of his paternal grandmother. … Defending champion Florida topped Texas Tech 9-6 in an elimination game in the College...
All-Star baseball and softball teams from Dunn embark for district tournaments in the Dixie Youth playoffs this weekend. Dunn's AAA (10-and-under) and Majors (12-and-under) baseball All-Stars will be playing in Raeford starting Saturday. Dunn's three softball All-Star...
The Buies Creek Astros began the second half of the Carolina League baseball season with a 7-1 win over the Carolina Mudcats on Thursday evening at Jim Perry Stadium. Abraham Toro hit a solo homer in the third inning for a 5-1 Astros lead. Toro had two hits. Osvaldo...
South Johnston athletic director and varsity boys basketball coach Brody Massengill noted that the Trojans will have football games twice on Thursday night this season, Aug. 30, at Triton before Labor Day weekend and Sept. 20 at home against Union Pines before Mule...
Buies Creek Astros players made significant contributions to the Southern Division's 7-6 win over the Northern Div ision in the Carolina League All-Star game at Five County Stadium in Zebulon on Tuesday night. Brett Bielak was the winning pitcher. Abraham Toro had two...
The Carolina League All-Star baseball game is at Five County Stadium in Zebulon tonight at 7. Country singer Jason Michael Carroll of Youngsville will do the national anthem. … North Carolina's winners bracket contest with Mississippi State in the College World Series...
