Triton was unable to get its bats going in a 4-1 nonconference varsity softball loss to visiting Cleveland Thursday. “I thought we played well defensively,” said Triton coach Mark Whitman. “Well enough to win. We made two mental errors. I think overall, we hit the...
South Johnston bounced back from a narrow 4-3 loss to Greater Neuse 3-A Conference rival West Johnston Tuesday by taking a 10-2 non-conference win over visiting Union Pines on Wednesday night. “I felt like the girls were focused from the very beginning from the time...
One day after falling 10-6 in a slugfest to Charles B. Aycock, Harnett Central was topped again by the Golden Falcons, this time in a 1-0 pitchers’ duel in the last game of the Harnett Central Spring Break Softball Tournament on Wednesday. “Pitching did well,” said...
Triton struggled through a 12-1 loss to Princeton on the second day of the Harnett Central Spring Break Softball Tournament on Wednesday. “No effort at all whatsoever,” said Triton coach Mark Whitman. “Our pitching was OK for the most part. We weren’t getting the...
All three teams went 1-1 on the first day of the Harnett Central Spring Break Softball Tournament on Tuesday as the first game saw host Harnett Central fall to Charles B. Aycock, which dropped game two to Princeton, which was edged in the final game by Central....
South Johnston’s baseball team rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take rival Cleveland to extra innings in the Johnston County Easter Invitational Monday, but the Rams scored a pair in the eighth to take an 8-6 win over the host Trojans. “We...
A late surge lifted Smithfield-Selma to an 11-6 varsity baseball win over Triton in the Johnston County Easter Invitational at South Johnston Monday. “We run out of pitching and then the wheels fall off the bus is basically what seems to happen every game,” said...
Missed opportunities were costly as South Johnston fell 4-2 in a varsity baseball contest with visiting Wake Forest in the opening round of the Johnston County Easter Invitational on Saturday. “We had base runners, we had opportunities,” said South coach Aaron...
Some early big hits and some big defensive plays late led Western Harnett to a 6-4 varsity baseball win over Cleveland in the opening round of the Johnston County Easter Invitational at South Johnston on Saturday. “A huge win,” said Western coach Dalton Hardee. “We...
South Johnston held off a late surge to edge visiting Harnett Central 4-3 in a nonconference varsity softball game Thursday. “It’s about to be spring break and it’s hard to bring that focus,” said South coach Amanda Smith. “But I thought for six innings, we came...
One night after suffering its first loss of the season, Triton rallied with a four-run sixth inning to take a 4-1 varsity softball win in a defensive battle at rival Midway on Wednesday night. “We hit when we needed to hit there at the end,” said Triton coach Mark...
Late game heroics led to varsity wins in baseball and girls soccer for Midway over visiting Triton on Wednesday night. In baseball, Midway scored four runs in the last two innings, taking a 4-3 win when Austin Peterson scored as Cameron Barefoot drew a bases-loaded...
