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Camels complete baseball sweep

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Campbell topped Charleston Southern 6-5 on Sunday afternoon at CSU Ballpark, completing a three-game sweep to open Big South Conference baseball play. Triton graduate Logan Bender (2-0) was credited with the win, pitching one and two-thirds...

SJ softball evens score with Corinth Holders

South Johnston's varsity softball team evened its nonconference season series with Corinth Holders on Thursday with a 15-3 road win. South had fallen to the Pirates, 8-5, in eight innings at home on March 8. The Lady Trojans (3-2) are scheduled to host Clayton on...

HC softball wins league opener

Harnett Central's softball team went on the road for its Tri-County Six 3-A Conference opener at Lee County and took a 7-4 win on Friday night. The Trojans followed with a nonconference game at West Johnston on Saturday, dropping that contest, 5-3. Central is 2-3...

Sunday, March 18

Dillon Stewart (Triton) went 4-for-7 with three runs and three RBIs in UNC Greensboro's 13-9 win in 13 innings at Lipscomb on Saturday. Stewart is hitting .400 for the Spartans (14-4). ... Joseph Johnson (South Johnston) had a hit and an RBI for High Point in an 8-2...

CU heavyweight Heino finishes in top 12 in NCAA

CLEVELAND, OHIO — Campbell heavyweight Jere Heino finished in the top 12 in the nation, with his run at the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships coming to an end Friday night at Quicken Loans Arena. A junior from Helsinki, Finland, Heino took on Penn State's...

Camels hit six homers in 18-2 victory

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Campbell cranked six home runs on the way to a commanding 18-2 Big South Conference baseball victory over Charleston Southern on Saturday afternoon at CSU Ballpark. Campbell's six homers tied for the third-most in a single game by any Division...

Gibbons tops SJ Trojans, 10-7

Cardinal Gibbons topped host South Johnston 10-7 in a nonconference varsity baseball game on Saturday, dropping the Trojans to 4-3. Josh Schindler was 3-for-4 for South with a double. Grant Millay had a home run and three RBIs for the Trojans. Drew Moore went 2-for-3....

Midway baseball tops Wallace-Rose Hill, 6-4; girls soccer triumphs

Carson Calcutt had 12 strikeouts in six innings as Midway took a 6-4 East Central 2-A Conference varsity baseball win over visiting Wallace-Rose Hill on Friday night. Brayden Coats had two hits and two RBIs for the Raiders (5-0, 2-0). Midway scored twice in the bottom...

Nelson, Raynor lead HC baseball past Lee

N.C. State signee Baker Nelson pitched a complete-game shutout with 12 strikeouts as Harnett Central won its Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity baseball opener 2-0 Friday night at Lee County with Jared Raynor driving in both runs in the eighth inning. Johnny...

Rocky Mount tops Trojans, 6-4

Rocky Mount junior Austin Luttrell went 3-for-4 with four runs batted in as the Gryphons topped host South Johnston 6-4 in varsity baseball on Friday. The Gryphons (3-4) avenged a 4-1 loss at home to South (4-2) on March 9. Former South coach Pat Smith, a recent...

Saturday, March 17

David Weathersby, most recently head football coach of an 8-4 team at Bunn, has been hired as running backs coach at Triton and will start Monday, according to Hawks coach Ben Penny. "We're beyond excited to have him join the Triton family," Penny said. Weathersby...

CU heavyweight Heino competing in NCAA Tournament

CLEVELAND, OHIO — Campbell junior heavyweight Jere Heino advanced to day two of the 2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships, going 1-1 Thursday at Quicken Loans Arena. Heino topped 16th-seeded Matt Stencel from Central Michigan in round one, 8-3. The Campbell...

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