The life of former Harnett Central track and field coach Sam Bell will be celebrated on Sunday (Sept. 23) at 2 p.m. at the Cape Fear Conference A headquarters in the Riverside community adjacent to Erwin. Bell coached track at Central for 33 years. He later assisted...
Harnett Central got its first varsity football win of the season on Tuesday night, 24-0, at Smithfield-Selma. Brandon Booker had two touchdowns for the Trojans, a 2-yard run in the second quarter and an 8-yard carry in the final period. John Rhody scored on a 38-yard...
Host Clayton rolled out to a 42-0 lead at the half and subdued Harnett Central 56-0 in a nonconference varsity football game on Friday night. Hayden Smith received WRAL's Extra Effort Award this week but the Central quarterback was unable to avoid a shutout as the...
The Harnett Central varsity boys soccer team took its first win of the season on Tuesday night with a 3-0 nonconference shutout at South Johnston. Central (1-3-1) lost to South 3-2 at home on August 27 and followed that with a 2-1 defeat at Overhills on August 29. HC...
Visiting Fuquay-Varina took a 59-20 varsity football victory at neighboring Harnett Central on Friday night. The Bengals led 19-6 at the end of the first quarter and were on top 39-6 at the half as they improved to 3-0. Central's first quarter score came after Brandon...
Deshawn Lewis opened the scoring on a touchdown run for Overhills and the Jaguars never trailed in a 50-13 varsity football win at Harnett Central on Friday night. Lewis had three touchdowns for the game. After a Trojans turnover on a fumble, Overhills capitalized...
West Johnston came back for a 31-22 season-opening varsity football win over visiting Harnett Central on Friday night. The Trojans opened the scoring as Hayden Smith found Jaden Meadows on a deep ball. John Rhody ran for Central's second TD. Smith connected with Rhody...
Harnett Central made a strong statement to open volleyball season Monday, rallying from down 2-0 to edge visiting Jack Britt in five sets by scores of 20-25, 19-25, 26-24, 25-16 and 15-12. “I was pleased,” said Harnett Central coach Jason Harrell. “We came out with...
Harnett Central took part in the Harnett Jamboree on Friday at Campbell's Barker-Lane Stadium. "I was pleased," said HC coach Matt Migliore. "Obviously, there are a lot of things that we need to fix and work on. Because of some injuries and we had a few guys that...
On the field, Harnett Central coach Matt Migliore has been generally pleased with the start of practice. Off the field, the Trojans have dealt with the passing of senior stalwart Patrick Dennis in an automobile accident in late July. The program has sought to move...
Harnett Central had three wins by one run each against Triton during the 2018 scholastic softball season as the Trojans won the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference regular season and tournament championships. Circumstances — and the outcome — were different in a less...
Paul Gervase has really grown into a college prospect, signing to play baseball at Pfeiffer on Friday. As a freshman at Harnett Central, Gervase was 5 feet, 10 inches. He was 6 feet as a sophomore, but now stands 6-7. He has played basketball, but only in gym class at...
