Triton wrestler Michael Carvin won the 285-pound division in a tournament at West Johnston on Saturday. Carvin improved to 33-1 for the season with his 98th career win. … Josiah Bailey of Triton has been named Tri-County Six 3-A Conference Male Swimmer of the Year. … Authorities are seeking answers in a helicopter crash in […]
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Union Pines posts wins at Triton
Union Pines outscored host Triton 24-11 in the second quarter and went on to a 66-52 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball win on Friday night. The Vikings emerged from a see-saw second half with a 42-40 win in the girls game. The Hawks fell to 9-8 overall and 2-2 in the league despite […]
CFCA wins on Senior Night as Locklear scores 1,000th career point
Fayetteville Christian School looked to spoil Senior Night for Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity boys basketball team, but the Eagles narrowly escaped with a 58-55 victory in Sandhills Athletic Conference play on Friday night. “It was tough,” said Cape Fear Christian boys assistant coach Michael Dial. “I would have liked for us to have won […]
CFCA middle school boys close season with win
Cape Fear Christian Academy took a 42-10 Southeastern Conference middle school boys basketball win over visiting Sandhills Classical Christian of Southern Pines on Thursday. Wyatt Medlin had 16 points and Patrick Raynor had 11 points to lead the Eagles in their final game of the season. Tony Cornette-McGuire had eight points. Elijah Ellis, Landon Alphin […]
CFCA swimmers get seconds
Spencer George and his sister, Ruby George, each got a pair of second-place finishes in a seven-team swim meet at the Aquaventure facility in Winterville on Tuesday. Spencer George, a senior, had a time of one minute, 52.62 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle and completed the 100 backstroke in 59.05. Ruby George, a freshman, swam […]
Hawks hold Senior Night for wrestlers
Hosting three teams for Senior Night, Triton’s varsity wrestling team took a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win over Lee County and a nonconference win over Clinton before falling to 4-A nonconference for Millbrook on Wednesday night. “We did pretty well,” said Triton coach David Weathersby. “We had a kid get sick during the first match […]
Lady Camels stay perfect at home
BUIES CREEK — Luana Serranho matched a career-high 19 points to help the Campbell women’s basketball team run past Charleston Southern, 61-36, on Tuesday night in Gore Arena. The win improved the Big South leading Camels (13-5, 8-1 Big South Conference) to 9-0 inside Gore Arena this season marking the best start at home since […]
Hawks sweep Western Harnett
Dalen Thompson had 19 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals to lead Triton to a 63-54 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball win over visiting Lee on Tuesday night. Thompson made 9 of 12 field goal attempts as the Hawks improved to 9-7 overall and 2-1 in league play. Travion Sanders had […]
Lee boys come back for split at Harnett Central
Harnett Central split Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball games with visiting Lee County on Tuesday, with Central winning the girls game and Lee taking the boys contest. Harnett Central held off a fourth-quarter rally to top Lee County 49-41 in the girls game. “Brittany (Mills) got in foul trouble and Brittany runs our show,” […]
Wednesday, January 22
Kris-shyia McKoy had 16 points and four steals on Tuesday night in a 57-23 East Central 2-A Conference win for the Midway varsity girls basketball team. The Lady Raiders improved to 12-4 overall and 4-2 in league play. … Zykia Matthews had 21 points, 25 rebounds and eight blocked shots for the Cape Fear Christian […]