Dunn Area Sports Staff

Friday, April 20

Triton starts spring football practice on May 14. Hawks coach Ben Penny must replace the top three rushers from a 6-6 team as De'Marius "Noonie" Staton (St. Augustine's), Da'John Williams (Greensboro) and Latrell McDougald (N.C. Wesleyan) have all signed for the next...

Coats-Erwin slams Shughart

The Coats–Erwin Middle School baseball team rallied from a 10-6 deficit in the third inning for a 23-10 win at Shughart on Wednesday. The Falcons (6-1) had 17 hits. Catcher Jacob Hartman hit two grand slams and added a triple among four hits. Dillon Faircloth and...

BC Astros cruise past Pelicans

The Buies Creek Astros scored seven runs in the second inning and completed a three-game sweep of Myrtle Beach with a 9-0 win on Wednesday night at Jim Perry Stadium. Brandon Bielak (2-1) and Justin Ferrell combined for the shuout with 11 strikeouts as the Pelicans...

Thursday, April 19

Haley Hicks and Hayden Smith of the Triton softball program are scheduled to sign with Fayetteville Tech today. ... LeBron James had 46 points and 12 rebounds as Cleveland topped Indiana 100-97 to even the first-round NBA playoff series at 1-1. ... Dunn has...

Hawk softball tops CBA

Triton hosted C.B. Aycock in a nonconference varsity softball game matching teams with 13-3 records. The Wednesday night contest had been postponed from Monday. The Hawks defeated their former Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference opponent, 8-3, as Appalachian State signee...

Triton to have baseball pink-out

On Thursday, April 26, the Triton baseball program will have its Senior Night as the Hawks host Harnett Central. The occasion will also be a pink-out game to raise awareness and money toward the cure for cancer. Susan Sibbach, a teacher at Triton and survivor of...

Gators hold off Raiders

Midway rallied from a 5-0 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the sixth but Spring Creek held on for a 5-4 East Central 2-A Conference varsity baseball win on Tuesday night. Carson Calcutt was 1-for-3 for Midway (11-5, 5-2) with a run and an RBI. Cameron Barefoot...

SJ softball batters SSS

South Johnston scored three runs in the first inning, seven in the second and six more in the fourth in a 16-0 Greater Neuse 3-A Conference varsity softball win at Smithfield-Selma on Tuesday night. South moved to 8-5 overall and 3-2 in league play. The Trojans travel...

South shuts out SSS

South Johnston's varsity baseball team won a Greater Neuse River 3-A Conference game at Smithfield-Selma, 12-0, on Tuesday. The Trojans are 9-7 overall and 3-2 in league play. Senoirs Jay McKenzie and Clay Milburn combined for the shutout. South hosts Raleigh...

Union Pines wins baseball

A 4-3 varsity baseball loss at Union Pines on Tuesday dropped Harnett Central to 5-10 on the season and 3-4 in the Tri-County 3-A Conference. Johnny Grizzard, Jackson Jones, Paul Gervase, Matthew Collins, Jackson Yarbrough, Baker Nelson and Matthew Bailey had hits for...

BC Astros top Myrtle Beach

The Buies Creek Astros took a 6-2 Carolina League baseball win over visiting Myrtle Beach on Tuesday night, outhitting the Pelicans, 9-3. Troy Sieber was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Buies Creek (8-5), which moved into first place in the Southern Division. Chas McCormick...

Camel baseball falls at Elon

ELON — Elon put up four runs in the bottom of the first and never looked back as Campbell fell to the Phoenix 11-1 on Tuesday night at Latham Park. First baseman Zach Minnick accounted for Campbell's only run of the game with a solo home run in the top of the second....

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