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Hawks take pair from Wake Forest

Hawks take pair from Wake Forest

Triton took a varsity basketball sweep over visiting Wake Forest in a pair of competitive contests Friday night. Triton continued to show progress in a 45-34 win over Wake Forest in the girls game. “A little bit more composure and not rushing things on offense,” said...

Greenwaves split middle school basketball games at Central

Greenwaves split middle school basketball games at Central

Dunn Middle School and host Harnett Central split a pair of basketball games Monday, with the Raiders edging the Greenwaves in a one-point girls game and the visiting Greenwaves rallying to win the boys game. Harnett Central narrowly held off Dunn to take a 25-24 win...

Madison Farmer of Western signs to play softball at Peace

Madison Farmer of Western signs to play softball at Peace

Western Harnett senior Madison Farmer, of Lillington, signed Monday to play softball at William Peace University in Raleigh. “It was mostly I worked hard because I love softball,” Farmer said. “It had always been an option that maybe I could do, but after I toured...

Aggressive defense helps Lady Hawks win at South Johnston

Aggressive defense helps Lady Hawks win at South Johnston

Triton’s varsity girls basketball team survived a second-half rally at rival South Johnston Friday to take a 56-44 victory and a season sweep over the Trojans. “When we played aggressive defense, it seemed like our offense kicked in,” said Triton coach Wendy Simmons....

South boys top Triton, 65-56

South boys top Triton, 65-56

A fourth-quarter surge helped South Johnston survive a heated varsity boys basketball battle with visiting rival Triton Friday, winning 65-56 to remain unbeaten and take a season sweep over the Hawks. “That’s a good team (Triton),” said South Johnston coach Brody...

Triton boys down host Midway, 71-60, as Burnett has 19 points

Triton boys down host Midway, 71-60, as Burnett has 19 points

Midway’s varsity boys basketball team saw a great deal of improvement Tuesday, but visiting rival Triton was able to come away with a 71-60 victory. “I knew they’d be better,” said Triton coach T.J. Morrison. “I knew they’d have a better game this time out. Those kids...

Lady Raiders hold off Hawks

Lady Raiders hold off Hawks

Triton looked to hand visiting rival Midway its first varsity girls basketball loss of the season with a second-half rally, but some clutch free throws from freshman Rylie Williams helped the Raiders escape with 49-46 victory Friday. “They (Triton) came to play...

Hawk boys turn back Raiders

Hawk boys turn back Raiders

Triton started slow but dominated the second and fourth quarters to rout visiting rival Midway 72-42 in varsity boys basketball Friday night. “I don’t know what was going on early,” said Triton coach T.J. Morrison. “I told them I felt like we were going through the...

South boys down Midway

South boys down Midway

South Johnston started hot and finished strong in a 69-34 varsity boys basketball win at Midway Tuesday to complete a season sweep over the Raiders and remain unbeaten on the year. “I was glad we got off to a hot start,” said South Johnston coach Brody Massengill. “We...

Midway girls stay unbeaten

Midway girls stay unbeaten

Midway used a strong second half performance to take a varsity girls basketball season sweep over South Johnston by routing the visiting Trojans 64-32 to remain unbeaten Thursday. “(At halftime) we just said we needed to go in and fix what we’re not doing,” said...

Central girls rout South

Central girls rout South

Harnett Central’s varsity girls basketball team extended its win streak to four straight with a 61-14 rout of visiting South Johnston Tuesday. “We still won’t talk on defense like I want us to,” said Harnett Central coach Chelsey Cabe. “Since we won’t talk on defense...

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