Dunn Area Sports Staff

Thursday, April 12

Triton hosts Union Pines and Harnett Central in track and field at 4 p.m. today. ... Opening day is scheduled for Dunn's youth recreation baseball and softball leagues on Saturday, April 21. ... Former Triton basketball standout D'Angelo Harris redshirted at...

BC Astros take loss at Lynchburg

Lynchburg scored three runs in the second inning with the help of a pair of bases-loaded walks and the Hillcats added four runs in the third on the way to a 7-3 win over the visiting Buies Creek Astros on Wednesday night. Luke Wakamatsu had a three-run double for the...

Four Oaks Bank shoots 52 to win CCCC golf at Chicora

The team of Clint Knox, David Herring, James Harris and Jason Bethune shot 52 in a superball format at Chicora on March 29 to win the Central Carolina Community College Harnett Golf Classic. The winning team was sponsored by Four Oaks Bank. Ace Services sponsored the...

BC Astros shut out Lynchburg

Abdiel Saldana allowed just four hits over six innings as the Buies Creek Astros took a 4-0 Carolina League baseball win at Lynchburg (Va.) on Tuesday night to even the area team's record at 3-3. Saldana (1-0) struck out six and walked one. Jesus Balaguer (two...

West Johnston tops South

West Johnston took a pair of diamond wins at South Johnston on Tuesday night. The Wildcats won the varsity baseball matchup, 5-3, to put South at 7-7 for the season and 1-2 in the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference. West edged South (6-4, 2-1) by a 4-3 margin in softball....

HC Trojans nip Western, 4-3

N.C. State signee Baker Nelson pitched five and two-thirds innings as host Harnett Central took a 4-3 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity baseball win over Western Harnett on Tuesday night. Nelson allowed three hits and three runs (all earned) while walking three...

Wednesday, April 11

Leah Williams of Midway, the girls basketball Player of the Year in the East Central 2-A Conference, is scheduled to sign with Mount Olive today. ... The Boston Red Sox defeated the New York Yankees 14-1 on Tuesday night in Fenway Park in the first meeting this season...

Midway baseball downs Goldsboro, 16-6, as Raiders sweep

Midway's varsity baseball team scored six runs in the sixth inning to close out a 16-6 East Central 2-A Conference win over visiting Goldsboro on Tuesday night. Sophomore Drew Matthews had two hits and drove in three runs as the Raiders improved to 9-3 overall and 4-1...

Camels top N.C. Central, 3-1

DURHAM — Campbell juniors Zach Minnick and Tyler Anshaw cranked back-to-back home runs in the top of the fourth inning as the Camels downed the N.C. Central Eagles 3-1 on Tuesday night at the Durham Athletic Park. With the victory, coach Justin Haire notched his 100th...

Hawk softball takes 12-0 win to prevent Southern Lee sweep

Hawk softball takes 12-0 win to prevent Southern Lee sweep

Triton’s softball team had a much-needed strong performance in a 12-0 win over visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference foe Southern Lee in five innings Tuesday. “We had a really good practice yesterday,” said Triton coach Mark Whitman. “We really worked on hitting...

Union Pines wins golf at Whispering Pines with Weaver medalist

Union Pines won a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference golf match for the fourth time in four tries this season, hosting play and getting a 78 for medalist honors from Allen Weaver on the way to a 328 team total at Whispering Pines on Monday. Western Harnett was second at...

C-E posts shutout vs. Shughart

C-E posts shutout vs. Shughart

The Coats-Erwin Middle School baseball team shut out visiting Shughart, 12-0, on Monday as starter Dillon Faircloth and Jamari Thompson combined for a two-hitter while striking out 11. The Coats-Erwin softball team won, 25-0, in three innings. The Falcons improved to...

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