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Eagles sweep soccer at Lee Christian, take two of three in volleyball

Eagles sweep soccer at Lee Christian, take two of three in volleyball

Cape Fear Christian Academy took four of five in Mid-Carolina Conference matchups at Lee Christian on Tuesday. In middle school contests, the Eagles won, 3-2, in soccer and, 2-0 (25-16, 26-9), in volleyball. The junior varsity volleyball team prevailed, 2-0 (25-23,...

Wednesday, August 28

Lannah Price had 15 kills as South Johnston's varsity volleyball team improved to 5-3 overall with a 3-0 (25-9, 25-14, 25-9) win over visiting Smithfield-Selma in the Trojans' Quad County 3-A Conference opener. ... Campbell will have an Alumni Weekend for women's...

Eagles sweep Defenders in soccer on Monday, CFCA girls tennis edged

Eagles sweep Defenders in soccer on Monday, CFCA girls tennis edged

Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school and varsity boys soccer teams won nonconference matches with visiting Christ the Cornerstone of Laurinburg on Monday. Eli Shwaikeh scored unassisted goals early in each half to lift CFCA to a 2-1 victory in its middle school...

Tuesday, August 27

Elias Lopez had two goals for Triton in a 3-1 varsity boys soccer win at South Johnston on Monday night. ... Lannah Price had 11 kills for host South Johnston in a 3-0 varsity volleyball win over Midway on Monday. ... Visiting Campbell and East Carolina played to a...

CFCA competes at Cresset, busy week ahead

CFCA competes at Cresset, busy week ahead

Cape Fear Christian Academy had Mid-Carolina Conference matches at Cresset of Durham on Friday, taking competitive varsity losses in boys soccer and volleyball. CFCA improved to 2-0 in middle school volleyball with a 2-0 win (25-21, 23-19). The varsity volleyball team...

Monday, August 26

Sophomore Tyler Williams completed seven of 12 passes for 179 yards with a touchdown to D.J. Lawson for South Johnston in a 21-20 win at Princeton on Friday night. Williams had 10 keepers for 35 yards with a score. ... Lotem Ben Dov and Curtis DeLeon (penalty kick)...

Sunday, August 25

Mark Whitman will continue as softball coach at Triton after moving into the recreation director's position in Coats. The Hawks were undefeated in the All American Conference in 2024. ... The Carolina Panthers took a 31-26 exhibition win at Buffalo on Saturday. ......

Trojans foiled in OT as Wildcats come back

Trojans foiled in OT as Wildcats come back

Harnett Central fell victim to an overtime field goal in a season-opening 37-34 nonconference loss at West Johnston on Friday night. The Trojans were on top, 21-6, at the half on three scoring passes from Koby Howard to D.J. Brown. "Special teams were the deciding...

Raiders roll past Hobbton in Barrett Sloan’s return

Raiders roll past Hobbton in Barrett Sloan’s return

Barrett Sloan made a successful return to Midway on Friday night as the first-year coach of the Raiders with a 34-0 win over visiting rival Hobbton at Tommy Sloan Stadium, which is named for his father. The younger Sloan played quarterback for his dad at Midway before...

Saturday, August 24

Campbell opened its men's soccer season at home on Friday night with a 2-1 win over Radford as Filipe Matos scored both goals for the Camels. The Camels host N.C. Wesleyan on Sunday at 7 p.m. ... No. 10 Florida State takes on Georgia Tech in college football in...

Eagles win MCC volleyball opener at Bradford, 3-0

Eagles win MCC volleyball opener at Bradford, 3-0

Cape Fear Christian Academy defeated Bradford, 3-0, in its Mid-Carolina Conference volleyball opener in Mebane on Thursday. Set scores were 25-14, 25-20 and 25-11. The Eagles improved to 1-2 overall going into a league match at Cresset (3-3) today. The CFCA middle...

Friday, August 23

Hobbton visits Midway as the 2024 high school football season gets underway tonight. Tanner Williams is expected to start at quarterback for first-year Raiders coach Barrett Sloan. ... Midway's new athletic director is Brandon Lusk. ... Campbell defeated N.C. State,...

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