Triton's varsity boys basketball team participated in a jamboree at Sandhills Community College on Wednesday (June 11). The Hawks were topped 64-54 by Person County to start the day and then lost 77-59 to Friendship. Triton regrouped to top Jack Britt, 61-52. "We...
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Erwin, Western play for district titles in 10-U, 12-U softball
Western Harnett brought hot bats to day two of the Tar Heel Leagues District IV 12-and-under softball tournament at Al Woodall Municipal Park in Erwin on Tuesday, beating Angier in an elimination game and topping Erwin to force tonight's "if necessary" game. Ten runs...
Tar Heel baseball district play gets underway
District IV Tar Heel League baseball tournaments had games at three sites on Monday night. In the 10-and-under division in Southern Pines, Angier defeated Parkwood 10-6. Western Harnett plays Erwin tonight at 6 and Angier takes on Sandhills at 8. In the 12-and-under...
Western takes two wins in 10-U district softball
After edging host Erwin in an extra-inning marathon, Western Harnett used the momentum to top Angier and advance to the championship series on day one of the Tar Heel Leagues District IV 10-under softball tournament at Al Woodall Municipal Park in Erwin on Monday...
Huge rally moves Erwin 12-U softball to 2-0 in Tar Heel district play
The first night of the Tar Heel Leagues 12-and-under District IV softball tournament at Al Woodall Municipal Park in Erwin on Monday saw the host team advance to the championship round by holding off Western Harnett in the first game and scoring 19 unanswered runs to...
Tar Heel youth softball tournaments coming up in Erwin
Erwin is hosting a pair of Tar Heel League district tournaments beginning Monday (July 9) at 6 p.m. Al Woodall Park will be the site of 10-and-under as well as 12-and-under softball competition. The Erwin 10-and-under All-Star softball team includes Makenzy Coley,...
Dixie AAA, softball state brackets released
The Dunn AAA (10-and-under) baseball All-Stars will be among 16 teams converging on the Brunswick County community of Ash for opening games Saturday in the Dixie Youth state tournament. Dunn meets host Waccamaw on Field One on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the...
Camels earn highest finish in Director’s Cup standings
BUIES CREEK — Campbell earned a top-100 finish and led all Big South Conference schools in the final standings of the 2017-18 Learfield Directors' Cup standings. With 194.0 total points, Campbell finished 97th among 292 Division I members ranked, the highest mark for...
South hoops notches wins
South Johnston's varsity boys basketball team was at full strength in decisive wins over C. B. Aycock and James Kenan at Princeton on Thursday night. Jacob Thornton had been playing in Europe with a national team. "He was back so we had everybody," said South coach...
Dunn AAA bounces back
After a 4-3 loss to host Hope Mills American on Wednesday night in the Dixie district baseball tournament, the Dunn AAA (10-and-under) All-Stars bounced back with a 13-1 win over the same Hope Mills team on Thursday night to win the double-elimination tournament. Dunn...
Trio has no-hitter in summer play
Host Midway defeated South View 11-0 in a summer league baseball game on Thursday night as Sawyer Sutton, Jonathan Cooper and Collin Avery combined for a no-hitter. The outcome put the Raiders at 3-3 for the summer. Midway is playing in a Fayetteville-based summer...
Raiders progressing in new systems
Midway hosted seven-on-seven football scrimmages with Triton, Lakewood and North Lenoir on Thursday morning. "We're about two months into installing new offense and new defense," said new Raiders coach Cory Barnes. "We competed. We showed some progress. You see some...
