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Hawk boys finish strong to top Central, 43-34

Hawk boys finish strong to top Central, 43-34

A 10-1 fourth quarter made the difference as Triton’s varsity boys basketball team took a 43-34 win over visiting Harnett County and Tri-County Six 3-A Conference rival Harnett Central Tuesday. “Their kid, Tre (Williams) hit a three, I think it was very similar to...

Western completes varsity sweep of Hawks in OT

Western completes varsity sweep of Hawks in OT

Western Harnett won a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity sweep over visiting Harnett County rival Triton on Friday night, taking the rubber match with the Hawks in both boys and girls basketball. After a hot start by Triton, a dominant second quarter powered...

Coats-Erwin sweeps visiting Panthers to keep lead in standings

Coats-Erwin sweeps visiting Panthers to keep lead in standings

Coats-Erwin posted a middle school basketball sweep over visiting Overhills Thursday to take a season sweep over the Panthers and remain on top of the Harnett County Conference standings in both boys and girls basketball. Coats-Erwin's stalwart defense led the way in...

Ram boys enable split at HC

Ram boys enable split at HC

Harnett Central split nonconference varsity basketball games with visiting Cleveland on Wednesday night, with Central’s girls and Cleveland’s boys completing season sweeps. Harnett Central routed Cleveland 52-21 in the girls game. “It’s hard when you play two nights...

Harnett Central notches varsity road wins over Western

Harnett Central notches varsity road wins over Western

Harnett Central took a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball sweep at conference and county rival Western Harnett on Tuesday night, with both the boys and girls teams taking a regular-season sweep over Western. Harnett Central’s girls turned in a strong...

Coats-Erwin wins two games at Dunn, Falcon teams atop standings

Coats-Erwin wins two games at Dunn, Falcon teams atop standings

Coats-Erwin is on top of the Harnett County Conference in both boys and girls middle school basketball after taking a sweep at rival Dunn on Monday. Another strong defensive performance led Coats-Erwin to a 37-18 win over Dunn in the girls game for a season sweep of...

Harnett Central gets wins over Lee

Harnett Central gets wins over Lee

Harnett Central opened the second half of Tri-County Six 3-A Conference play with a varsity basketball sweep of visiting Lee County on Friday night, with both the boys and girls teams taking a regular season sweep over the Yellow Jackets. In the girls game, Harnett...

Dunn Middle takes pair from HC

Dunn Middle takes pair from HC

Dunn took a middle school basketball sweep over visiting Harnett Central on Thursday. At Harnett Central on Dec. 17, a rally by Dunn's girls came up short as the Raiders held on for a one-point win. On Thursday, it was the Greenwaves that held off a late rally to take...

HC’s Hadding signs to run track, cross country at Mars Hill

HC’s Hadding signs to run track, cross country at Mars Hill

Harnett Central senior Kyle Hadding, of Lillington, signed Wednesday to attend Mars Hill University for cross country and track. Hadding said that one of several reasons he chose to attend Mars Hill was that Trojans cross country coach Carter Benge also ran cross...

South sweeps Cleveland to finish first half in Greater Neuse

South sweeps Cleveland to finish first half in Greater Neuse

South Johnston ended the first half of Greater Neuse 3-A Conference play with a junior varsity and varsity basketball sweep over visiting Johnston County rival Cleveland on Tuesday night. South Johnston held off a fourth-quarter rally from Cleveland to take a 55-39...

Western, Central divide middle school games

Western, Central divide middle school games

Harnett Central split middle school basketball games with visiting Western Harnett Monday, with Western winning the girls game and Central winning the boys contest. Western Harnett edged Harnett Central 24-23 in the girls game on a layup from Trinity Gaither with...

Central takes pair from Triton

Central takes pair from Triton

There was a packed house at Harnett Central on Friday night as the Trojans took a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball sweep over visiting Harnett County rival Triton in front of a raucous crowd. Meeting for the second time this season, but the for the...

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