Harnett Central opened varsity boys basketball season with a 73-60 win over visiting Western Harnett on Tuesday in the opening round of the Harnett County Tip-off Tournament. “I thought overall we played like a first game,” said Harnett Central coach Will Gage. “We...
Triton’s girls basketball team surged in the third quarter and held off a fourth quarter rally to beat Western Harnett 48-40 in the girls consolation game of the Harnett County Tipoff Tournament at Harnett Central on Tuesday. “The first half we were kind of cold,”...
Harnett Central’s girls basketball team opened the season by routing visiting Western Harnett 54-18 in the first round of the Harnett County Tip-Off Tournament on Monday. “We know that defense is kind of going to be our bread and butter this year,” said Harnett...
Overhills swept varsity basketball contests against Triton on Monday, with both the boys and girls teams winning to advance to the championship of the Harnett County Tipoff Tournament, hosted by Harnett Central. A pair of late scores from senior Jade Butcher and...
Three Triton High School seniors signed on Friday to continue their athletic careers at the next level: Brittany Ireland, Josiah Beasley and Ethan Hedgepeth. Brittany Ireland has signed with Catawba College in Salisbury to play softball. “I really like the coach...
Host Cape Fear Christian Academy split varsity basketball contests with Wilson Prep in the championship games of the Senior Classic on Saturday, with the Eagles winning the boys championship, but the Tigers taking the girls championship. The last time Cape Fear...
Host Cape Fear Christian Academy advanced to the boys and girls championship games of the Senior Classic basketball tournament with a pair of wins on Friday night. In the girls game, Cape Fear Christian rallied in the second half, taking a 51-49 win over visiting...
Two fourth-quarter scores powered Harnett Central’s varsity football team to a 28-14 Senior Night win over visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference and Harnett County rival Triton to end the regular season on Friday night. “They were incredibly athletic on defense,”...
Coats-Erwin Middle School's volleyball team wrapped up a Harnett County Conference championship with a 3-0 win over visiting Western Harnett to end the season on Thursday. Individual set scores were 25-13, 25-11 and 25-21. Carleigh Hemby had 20 kills, three blocks and...
Playing in the state playoffs for the first time since 2011, No. 16 Triton scored three goals in the second half to beat visiting No. 17 Terry Sanford in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A boys soccer state playoffs on Wednesday night. “I said before the game that we...
Coats-Erwin won a pair of middle school contests over visiting rival Dunn on Tuesday, with the volleyball team rallying to win a five-set battle and the soccer team posting a shutout. Dunn held a 2-0 lead in the volleyball match when Coats-Erwin rallied by winning...
Dunn and visiting Highland split middle school contests on Monday, with the Vikings wrapping up a Harnett County Conference championship on the soccer pitch and the Greenwaves remaining unbeaten on the volleyball court. Highland took a 6-1 win on the soccer field to...
