South Johnston’s varsity football team slipped to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the Quad Counties 3-A Conference with a 43-19 loss at Hunt (7-1, 5-0) on Friday night. South tied the score at 6 when C.J. Redmond fell on a Trojans fumble in the end zone with 10:35 left in the first half. The Warriors […]
High Schools
Pine Forest comeback tops Hawks
Triton’s varsity football team started hot on Senior Night against visiting All American 3-A/4-A Conference opponent Pine Forest on Friday, but the Trojans scored 49 unanswered points to win 49-21. “We’ve got a lot of young kids and we’re playing a lot of kids both ways and we’ve been off for a week-and-a-half,” said Triton […]
HC volleyball tops Triton, 3-0, for AAC title on Trojans’ Senior Night
Harnett Central’s varsity volleyball team celebrated its Senior Night on Thursday by clinching a share of the All American 3-A/4-A Conference regular season championship with a 3-0 win over visiting conference and Harnett County rival Triton. Individual set scores were 25-17, 25-23 and 25-13. “We’ve been telling the girls, you take that one night against […]
Hawks turn back Overhills on volleyball Senior Night
Despite some struggles in the third set, Triton’s varsity volleyball celebrated its Senior Night on Tuesday with a 3-1 win over visiting All American 3-A/4-A Conference and Harnett County rival Overhills. Individual set scores were 25-9, 25-8, 20-25 and 25-7. “If anybody could explain what happened in that (third) set, that would be great,” said […]
Eagles win, 3-0, at second-seeded Freedom
Claire Parker said she had never been on a Cape Fear Christian Academy team that had beaten Freedom Christian in volleyball. The senior outside hitter, who had 17 kills Tuesday night, and the Eagles had a new experience with a 3-0 win over the host Patriots in the semifinals of the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament. […]
Hawks reap girls golf honors
Neva Chance of Triton was the medalist Monday at the All American Conference girls golf tournament at Gates Four Country Club in Fayetteville with a score of 85. The event was the last league match of the season. Chance won the AAC Player of the Year award and Mark Whitman of the Hawks was named […]
CFCA advances with first-round volleyball victory
Cape Fear Christian Academy took a 3-0 varsity volleyball victory over visiting Northwood Temple on Monday in the opening round of the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament. Set scores were 25-11, 25-19 and 28-26. Third-seeded CFCA (13-8) advances to a semifinal at second-seeded Freedom Christian (13-7) tonight at 7 p.m. The Eagles overcame some absent personnel […]
Central tops Terry Sanford, 2-0, in soccer for solo league lead
Harnett Central’s varsity boys soccer program continued its vast improvement from last season with a 2-0 All American Conference win over visiting Terry Sanford on Monday. The Trojans, who were winless in a delayed season during the 2020-21 school year, stayed atop the league standings at 7-0. Central is 8-2 overall going into a conference […]
Hawks notch 8-2 soccer win over Western Harnett
Host Triton got three goals and an assist from Francisco Martinez in an 8-2 varsity boys soccer win over Western Harnett on Monday night. The Hawks improved to 10-4-1 overall and 5-2 in the All American Conference going into a match at Pine Forest (6-7, 5-3) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. Benny Villalvazo had two […]
Terry Sanford downs Harnett Central
With kickoff moved up an hour to avoid potential problems with weather, host Terry Sanford wasted no time in setting the tone in a 48-7 All American Conference win over visiting Harnett Central on Friday night as Kamal Thames returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. Three scores in the second quarter gave the Bulldogs […]