South Johnston swept varsity basketball contests against visiting nonconference opponent Midway on Monday night. South Johnston’s girls snapped a five-game losing streak with a 43-28 win. “We had a lot of turnovers in that second and third quarter,” said South...
South Johnston opened Greater Neuse 3-A Conference play on Friday with a pair of varsity basketball losses to visiting Johnston County rival Clayton. South Johnston gave a strong effort and started hot, but Clayton took a 62-45 win in the girls game. “I definitely...
There was a packed house at Dunn Middle School on Thursday to see the Greenwaves host rival Coats-Erwin for a pair of basketball games between unbeaten teams. In the end it was Coats-Erwin's girls and Dunn's boys that came away still undefeated on the season....
South Johnston split a pair of competitive varsity basketball games against visiting nonconference opponent Corinth Holders on Wednesday, as the Pirates won the girls game, but the Trojans took the boys contest. South Johnston rallied past Corinth Holders in the...
Midway split East Central 2-A Conference varsity basketball games against visiting Goldsboro on Tuesday, with the Raiders winning the girls game and the Cougars taking the boys game. Midway overcame struggles with foul trouble to take a 55-37 win over Goldsboro in the...
Cape Fear Christian Academy finished its varsity basketball nonconference slate with a sweep over visiting Fayetteville Academy on Monday. After a slow start in the girls game, a dominant second-quarter powered Cape Fear Christian to a 48-30 win over Fayetteville...
Triton dropped a pair of varsity basketball games against visiting Fuquay-Varina on Friday. Triton struggled offensively in a 41-25 loss to Fuquay-Varina in the girls game. “Just not our night,” said Triton girls coach Wendy Simmons. “Nothing fell. I think a couple of...
Dunn Middle School's basketball teams both remained unbeaten on the season with a sweep of visiting Harnett Central on Wednesday. Dunn overcame some early cold shooting for a 44-22 win over Harnett Central in the girls game. JaNiah Smith led all scorers with 23 points...
Western Harnett took a middle school basketball sweep on the road at Harnett Central Monday, with both the boys and girls teams picking up their first win of the season. A strong defensive effort powered Western Harnett to a 36-20 win over Harnett Central in the girls...
Cape Fear Christian Academy started Sandhills Athletic Conference play on Friday with a varsity basketball split in a pair of competitive games against visiting rival Northwood Temple Academy for Homecoming. CFCA won the boys game after NTA won the girls contest. A...
After suffering its first loss of the season at East Wake on Monday, Harnett Central’s varsity girls basketball team rebounded with a 58-35 win over visiting South Johnston on Thursday. “They just played good tonight,” said Harnett Central coach Catherine Griffin....
Despite a much stronger fight from Harnett Central than in the last meeting between the two, South Johnston’s varsity boys basketball team stayed unbeaten on the season with a 48-38 win at Central on Thursday night. “I said the other night (after South beat visiting...
