Midway opened varsity football season Thursday by winning a 53-13 rout over visiting Sampson County rival Hobbton. “That’s what we wanted to do,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “We wanted to start off this week 1-0. The kids haven’t played in 18 months and they were raring to go. That’s why we probably had some […]

Midway was originally scheduled to scrimmage Triton on Saturday but the Raiders actually lined up against a different breed of Hawks as North Lenoir provided the opposition with Triton working through some COVID protocols. The scrimmage was moved across U.S. 421 to the current elementary school due to wet conditions at Tommy Sloan Stadium. “I […]

After overcoming a slow start, Midway’s varsity volleyball team swept visiting East-Central 2-A Conference foe James Kenan Thursday to stay unbeaten on the season. Individual set scores were 25-15, 25-18 and 25-11. “We started out slow and just not playing the game we can play,” said Midway coach Brandy Wrench. “I gave them that aggressive […]

Four Midway athletes have signed to play on the college level. The group includes baseball players Sawyer Sutton and Dawson Wiggins as well as softball players Miranda Holmes and Sydney Williams. Sutton is heading to UNC Wilmington. During three games in the shortened 2020 season, Sutton hit .250 with two RBIs for the Raiders. He […]

A news conference was held Tuesday in the Midway High School auditorium for new Raiders baseball coach Justin Carroll. After a year of assisting in football and baseball at South Johnston, Carroll fills a void created by the departure of Jason Fussell to Hobbton. Cory Barnes guided Midway in baseball as interim coach for the […]

Midway had a signing ceremony for four seniors on Friday. All had their spring seasons shortened due to the shutdown for the coronavirus. Logan Patrick, who won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 2-A individual golf championship in 2018 and 2019, has signed to play at Fayetteville State. Austin Hargrove plans to run cross […]

Midway took nonconference varsity wins over visiting East Bladen in baseball and softball on Wednesday night. Midway’s baseball team got some payback against the team that ended their 2019 season in the second round of the state playoffs by rallying from an early 3-0 deficit to beat East Bladen 13-6. “We started hitting the ball,” […]

Midway’s varsity softball team opened its season with a win over visiting Rosewood, but Rosewood beat Midway in baseball and girls soccer on Monday. All three Midway programs have new head coaches this season: Susan Clark in softball, Cory Barnes in baseball and Anna Naylor in girls soccer. On the softball field, Midway took an […]