Dunn advanced to the championship round of the Dixie Youth District 11 Majors baseball tournament with a 13-2 win over host Lillington on Sunday. Dunn had defeated Hoke County and Lillington won over Hope Mills on Saturday to advance to Sunday’s game. Starter...
Midway suffered a pair of heartbreaking losses at home in the second round of the NCHSAA 2-A state playoffs on Friday night, with Providence Grove rallying past the softball team and the baseball team falling to East Bladen in extra innings. A three-run rally in the...
Midway’s varsity baseball and softball teams advanced to the second round of the NCHSAA 2-A state playoffs with a softball win over visiting J.F. Webb and the baseball team winning over visiting SouthWest Edgecombe on Tuesday. Fifth-seeded Midway held off a late rally...
A five-run rally in the sixth inning powered top-seeded Harnett Central to a 7-4 win over visiting No. 4 Union Pines in the second round of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference softball tournament on Thursday to advance to Friday’s championship game. “We’re heading into...
Second-seeded Triton overcame defensive struggles to take an 8-6 win over No. 3 Lee County in the second round of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference softball tournament at Harnett Central on Thursday and advance to the championship round. “That was our worst defensive...
With the two rival schools meeting for the second time in three days on Wednesday, visiting Coats-Erwin won middle school matchups in softball and girls soccer at Dunn, but the Greenwaves took a decisive win in baseball. Dunn followed up handing Coats-Erwin its first...
Monday was a night full of emotion for Harnett Central’s varsity baseball team. The Trojans held a dedication ceremony for their new scoreboard in memory of Dan Honeycutt, celebrated Senior Night and rallied for a 13-12 win in eight innings over visiting Tri-County...
A three-run third inning made the difference as Harnett Central secured its second straight Tri-County Six 3-A Conference regular-season softball championship with a 4-1 win at Harnett County rival Triton on the Hawks’ Senior Night on Thursday. “They came out...
Harnett Central guaranteed itself at least a share of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference softball championship with a 10-0 win over visiting county rival Western Harnett on Wednesday. “We do a good job of coming out in the first inning strong and then we get a little...
Harnett Central claimed sole possession of first place in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference softball standings with a 6-1 Senior Night win over visiting Harnett County rival Triton on Tuesday. “Yesterday at practice, we stressed to them how much we wanted them to...
Harnett Central senior Fallon Wimberly, of Fuquay-Varina, has signed to play softball at Meredith College. “It was pretty late (her decision),” Wimberly said. “It was last November. I wasn’t really planning on playing softball after high school...
Triton’s varsity baseball team edged visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference opponent Lee County for a 5-4 Senior Night win in eight innings on Thursday night when senior Colton Neighbors was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to score junior Christian Tyndall in the...
