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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
A second-quarter surge powered Midway’s varsity girls basketball team to a 66-42 win over visiting rival Triton on a milestone night for senior J.J. Sankey of the Lady Raiders on Tuesday. “I would say tonight you saw the team I knew we could play like all year,” said...
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...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
