Harnett Central senior Ansley Lee, of Lillington, signed Wednesday to play college softball at Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs. The upcoming spring season will be Lee’s fourth as a varsity starter, one year at Western Harnett and three at Harnett Central, primarily at...
Trailing 6-0 at the half, South Johnston scored 24 unanswered points in the second half to take a 24-6 varsity football Senior Night win over visiting non-conference foe Union Pines to end the regular season Friday. “We didn’t make any adjustments,” said South...
On a foggy night in Spivey’s Corner, Midway edged visiting Sampson County rival Hobbton 44-38 in a non-conference varsity football shootout Tuesday. “We did what we had to do to pull it out there at the end,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “The kids played hard. We...
Cleveland clinched the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference football championship with a 28-13 win at county rival South Johnston on Thursday night. “They’re a well-coached team,” said South Johnston coach Matthew Riggsbee. “They’ve got a lot of good players. They’ve got...
Union Pines capitalized on two early mistakes to take its first Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity football win of the season 14-7 at Harnett Central’s Homecoming on Monday night. “Defensively, I thought we played pretty well,” said Harnett Central coach Matt...
No. 12 seed Midway survived a five-set battle with visiting No. 21 Trinity Senior in the first round of the NCHSAA 2-A state volleyball playoffs Tuesday to advance to the second round for the fifth straight season. Individual set scores were 25-22, 18-25, 25-20, 19-25...
Western Harnett celebrated its Homecoming by overcoming some early struggles with turnovers to take a 37-14 varsity football win over visiting county and Tri-County Six 3-A Conference rival Harnett Central Friday. “We’ve got to protect the ball a little bit better,”...
Triton overcame a slow start to win the rubber match with visiting Southern Lee 3-1 in the opening round of the Tri-County Six 3-A volleyball tournament Thursday. Individual set scores were 17-25, 25-23, 25-18 and 25-14. The match was played at Cape Fear Christian...
Midway celebrated its varsity volleyball Senior Night by routing visiting East Central 2-A Conference foe Wallace-Rose Hill in straight sets Wednesday. Individual set scores were 25-7, 25-10 and 25-13. “We went into the locker room before the game and our team chant...
Triton battled hard on its varsity volleyball Senior Night, but fell 3-1 to visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference foe Lee County to end the regular season Tuesday. Individual set scores were 25-27, 25-14, 25-23 and 25-19. The match was played at Cape Fear Christian...
Harnett Central’s varsity volleyball team celebrated Senior Night with a 3-0 win over visiting Harnett County and Tri-County Six 3-A Conference rival Triton Monday, completing a season sweep over the Hawks. Individual set scores were 25-16, 25-20 and 25-12. “We as a...
South Johnston bounced back from a tough conference-opening varsity football loss at Clayton last week by winning a 49-0 rout at county and Greater Neuse 3-A Conference rival West Johnston to spoil the Wildcats’ Homecoming on Friday night. “I’m extremely proud,” said...
