Dunn Area Sports Staff

Friday, March 16

League play in baseball, girls soccer and softball starts in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference tonight with Harnett Central at Lee County, Triton at Western Harnett and Union Pines at Southern Lee. ... Ana-Beth Brewer has five goals and two assists in a 3-0 start for...

Duke advances

Duke is the only team thus far from the state of North Carolina to win its opening game in the NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devils turned back Iona, 89-67, in Pittsburgh on Thursday as Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points and Grayson Allen had nine assists. N.C. State was...

Track meet postponed following bomb scare

Triton was scheduled to host Harnett Central, Lakewood and Western Harnett for a track meet on Thursday, but the event was postponed as authorities investigated a bomb scare after a note was found in a rest room at the school Thursday morning. Harnett County sheriff...

Central adjusts softball schedule

Harnett Central's softball schedule has been adjusted. The Trojans were originally going to host Overhills this afternoon (Thursday, March 15), but the Jaguars had to make up a Patriot Athletic 4-A/3-A Conference game at Gray's Creek. Central (1-2) starts Tri-County...

Thursday, March 15

Trent Fennell (Triton) is the Carolinas Conference Pitcher of the Week after striking out 16 in seven innings in Barton's 3-2 win over Clarion. Fennell pitched a complete game. He leads the league with 62 strikeouts. ... Dillon Stewart (Triton) was 1-for-3 and scored...

Campbell advances in CBI as Clemons becomes CU career leader

Campbell advances in CBI as Clemons becomes CU career leader

BUIES CREEK — Chris Clemons became Campbell’s all-time scoring leader, Damontez Oliver had a career-high 19 points and Campbell defeated Miami (Ohio) 97-87 on Wednesday night in the opening round of the College Basketball Invitational at Gore Arena. Clemons finished...

Williford, Culbreth combine for one-hit shutout at Spring Creek

Midway won its East Central 2-A Conference baseball opener at Spring Creek on Wednesday, 8-0. Chandler Williford pitched six innings of a one-hitter as the Raiders moved to 3-0 overall. Williford had 13 strikeouts while walking one and allowing one hit. Eli Culbreth...

Hawk softball remains unbeaten

Triton's varsity softball team improved to 5-0 on Wednesday night with an 8-5 nonconference win at West Johnston. The Hawks scored twice in the first inning and batted around in the sixth as they added six runs. Getting two hits each for Triton were Haley Hicks, Kaila...

Triton baseball falls at Terry Sanford

Host Terry Sanford took a 16-0 varsity baseball win in five innings over Triton on Wednesday. The Bulldogs (5-1) scored five times in the first inning and added 10 runs in the second. Parker Crews, Seth Gurkin and Dalen Thompson had hits for the Hawks (1-4). Triton...

Rider takes 13-4 baseball win over CU

BUIES CREEK — Tyler Stockwell went 3-for-5 with five RBIs to lead Rider to a 13-4 baseball win over Campbell on Wednesday afternoon at Jim Perry Stadium. Christian Jones (4-for-4, 3 RBIs) was a triple shy of the cycle as the senior infielder finished with a single,...

Wednesday, March 14

Campbell comes off its longest layoff of the season as the Camels host Miami of Ohio at 7 p.m. tonight in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational. CU downed The Citadel, 87-77, after a 10-day layoff in December. Campbell's last game was March 1. The...

CU hurlers dominate Rider

CU hurlers dominate Rider

BUIES CREEK — The Campbell pitching staff registered 17 strikeouts without allowing a walk as the Camels shut out the Rider Broncs 9-0 in baseball Tuesday at Jim Perry Stadium. The 17 whiffs were the most for CU since at least 2005. Redshirt senior Allan Winans (2-2)...

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