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Hawk softball moves to 9-0 as baseball, girls soccer absorb setbacks

Hawk softball moves to 9-0 as baseball, girls soccer absorb setbacks

Triton's varsity softball team improved to 9-0 overall and 3-0 in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference with a 6-1 win Friday night over visiting Union Pines. Caroline Marshall pitched the complete game win. In the bottom of the third, Kaila Cooney hit a solo home run to...

SJ wins league openers on diamond

South Johnston won make-up games with visiting Clayton in baseball and softball on Thursday night. The matchups were the first in Greater Neuse 3-A Conference play for the Trojan teams. South won the baseball game 11-1 in six innings as seniors Jay McKenzie and Dylan...

HC sweeps on diamond

Harnett Central completed a regular-season sweep of visiting Lee County in baseball and softball on Thursday night. The Trojans took a 5-1 varsity baseball win as Paul Gervase pitched six and one-third innings with nine strikeouts, two walks and two hits. Lincoln...

Triton girls win meet at S. Lee

Triton won the girls Tri-County Six 3-A Conference track meet at Southern Lee on Thursday with 64 points. Western Harnett was second with 44 points and the Cavaliers were third with 33. Southern Lee won the boys meet with 93.5 points. The Hawks were second with 43.5...

Friday, March 23

Union Pines visits Triton tonight in baseball, girls soccer and softball. The Vikings feature Ryder Giles, an East Carolina signee, at shortstop in baseball. ... The No.18 Pirates start their American Athletic Conference baseball schedule at No. 20 Central Florida at...

Dons hold off CU in CBI semi

Dons hold off CU in CBI semi

SAN FRANCISCO — Frankie Ferrari scored 18 points and San Francisco hung on for a 65-62 win over Campbell on Thursday night in a College Basketball Invitational semifinal at War Memorial Gym. The Dons (21-15) advance to the best-of-three games CBI finals series against...

Softball prevents WH sweep

Softball prevents WH sweep

Western Harnett took a 12-6 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity baseball victory at Triton in a make-up game on Thursday night as Andrew Kelly set the tone for the Eagles with a home run to lead off the game. Western dealt the Hawks their first loss in girls soccer...

Thursday, March 22

Sophomore right-hander Ethan Hedgepeth of Triton returned to school Wednesday after a bout with the flu. The younger brother of Mount Olive freshman first baseman Aaron Hedgepeth did not make the trip to Western Harnett on Friday night. The Hawks host the Eagles in a...

HC tops South again in girls soccer

Braelyn Barnes scored three goals for Harnett Central and Alexis Gordon added two as the hosts took a 5-1 nonconference girls soccer win over South Johnston on Monday night. The list with assists for the Trojans included McKinley Heston, Jolee Nicholson, Hannah Nutt...

Wednesday, March 21

Campbell (18-15) visits San Francisco (20-15) for a 10 p.m. tipoff Thursday in the College Basketball Invitational semifinals. The Dons outscored visiting Radford 34-19 in the second half for a 52-41 win over the Highlanders of the Big South Conference on Dec. 19. ......

Duke downs Campbell, 4-0

Duke downs Campbell, 4-0

Duke pitchers struck out 17 Campbell batters on the way to a 4-0 baseball win Tuesday at Jim Perry Stadium. All four runs scored by the Blue Devils were unearned. Duke (17-4) put up three runs in the top of the sixth after Campbell (10-11) committed a throwing error...

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