Triton’s varsity football team started hot on Senior Night against visiting All American 3-A/4-A Conference opponent Pine Forest on Friday, but the Trojans scored 49 unanswered points to win 49-21. “We’ve got a lot of young kids and we’re playing a lot of kids both ways and we’ve been off for a week-and-a-half,” said Triton […]
HC volleyball tops Triton, 3-0, for AAC title on Trojans’ Senior Night
Harnett Central’s varsity volleyball team celebrated its Senior Night on Thursday by clinching a share of the All American 3-A/4-A Conference regular season championship with a 3-0 win over visiting conference and Harnett County rival Triton. Individual set scores were 25-17, 25-23 and 25-13. “We’ve been telling the girls, you take that one night against […]
Hawks turn back Overhills on volleyball Senior Night
Despite some struggles in the third set, Triton’s varsity volleyball celebrated its Senior Night on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over visiting All American 3-A/4-A Conference and Harnett County rival Overhills. Individual set scores were 25-9, 25-8, 20-25 and 25-7. “If anybody could explain what happened in that (third) set, that would be great,” said […]
SJ overwhelms Southern Wayne, 62-14
South Johnston’s varsity football dominated from wire to wire in a 62-14 rout over visiting Quad County 3-A Conference opponent Southern Wayne on the Trojans’ Homecoming on Friday night. “We said two weeks ago after that loss to Fike (41-32 at home on Sept. 23) that we weren’t worried because we knew on Monday we […]
Raiders down Clinton, 3-1, in volleyball
Midway’s varsity volleyball team stunned visiting Sampson County and Southeastern Athletic 2-A Conference rival Clinton with a hot start and carried the momentum into a 3-1 win Thursday, avenging the Raiders’ lone conference loss and giving the Dark Horses their first conference defeat. Individual set scores were 25-11, 25-15, 23-25 and 25-9. “We have focused […]
St. Pauls outscores Raiders
Midway’s varsity football team fell, 64-41, in an offensive shootout to visiting Southeastern Athletic 2-A Conference foe St. Pauls in a make-up game on Tuesday night. “It’s kind of the same thing that happened at Clinton (a 44-35 loss Friday),” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “We were getting on the board. We were playing some […]
Hawks fall to Westover comeback
Visiting Westover’s defense stalled All American 3-A/4-A Conference opponent Triton’s offense in the second half as the Wolverines rallied to win 33-27 on the Hawks’ Homecoming on Friday night. “We were having some problems up front (on offense),” said Triton coach Ben Penny. “We don’t know what it was. When we get a lead like […]
CFCA teams show improvement in setbacks from Freedom
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity volleyball team battled, but fell 3-1 to visiting Sandhills Athletic Conference opponent Freedom Christian Academy on Tuesday by scores of 25-22, 25-20, 21-25 and 25-19. “So, the situation with us is that we need to keep our offense and our defense clicking at the same time,” said Cape Fear Christian […]
Raiders roll past Richlands, 33-13
It was not the originally scheduled opponent, but Midway’s varsity football team still took care of business Friday night, defeating visiting nonconference foe, Richlands, 33-13. “We played assignment football,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “They showed us some different formations that we hadn’t seen on film that kind of caught us, but we adjusted. The […]
Fike deals SJ first setback, 41-32
South Johnston’s varsity football team suffered its first loss of the season Thursday night as visiting Quad Counties 3-A Conference opponent Fike used a strong fourth quarter performance to win, 41-32. “That’s a good football team,” said South Johnston coach Lee Webb. “I’m not taking anything away from them. I just told our guys that […]