Midway posted a nonconference varsity basketball sweep of visiting Lakewood on Friday night. The Lady Raiders (2-2) topped the Leopards, 61-30. Kris’shyia McKoy had 13 points for the host girls. Rylie Williams added 11 points and Morgan Williams scored nine. Midway took the boys game, 76-37. Top scorers for the Raider boys (2-2) were Casey […]
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Raiders fall at South Granville
Host South Granville, the No. 9 seed in the East bracket of the NCHSAA 2-A football playoffs, took a 44-21 win over No. 24 Midway on Friday night. The Vikings (5-6) led 16-0 on a pair of touchdowns and 2-point conversions before the Raiders (6-5) got on the board on Wyatt Holland’s scoring pass to […]
Raiders down Farmville Central, 3-0, in third-round volleyball
Midway advanced in the NCHSAA 2-A volleyball playoffs with a 3-0 win over visiting Farmville Central on Thursday night. Set scores were 25-16, 25-16 and 25-19. The Raiders improved to 18-4 while Farmville finished 16-5. Midway, the No. 5 seed, travels to top-seeded Camden County (25-0) for a fourth-round match on Saturday at 5 p.m.
Raiders down Clinton, 3-1, in volleyball
Midway’s varsity volleyball team stunned visiting Sampson County and Southeastern Athletic 2-A Conference rival Clinton with a hot start and carried the momentum into a 3-1 win Thursday, avenging the Raiders’ lone conference loss and giving the Dark Horses their first conference defeat. Individual set scores were 25-11, 25-15, 23-25 and 25-9. “We have focused […]
St. Pauls outscores Raiders
Midway’s varsity football team fell, 64-41, in an offensive shootout to visiting Southeastern Athletic 2-A Conference foe St. Pauls in a make-up game on Tuesday night. “It’s kind of the same thing that happened at Clinton (a 44-35 loss Friday),” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “We were getting on the board. We were playing some […]
Raiders roll past Richlands, 33-13
It was not the originally scheduled opponent, but Midway’s varsity football team still took care of business Friday night, defeating visiting nonconference foe, Richlands, 33-13. “We played assignment football,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “They showed us some different formations that we hadn’t seen on film that kind of caught us, but we adjusted. The […]
Raiders turn back Lakewood
Midway’s varsity football team scored on the first play from scrimmage and then led wire-to-wire in a 42-12 rout over visiting Sampson County rival Lakewood on Friday night. “That first play, we’ve been working on that all week,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “Just some things we saw on tape that we thought we could […]
Record-setting Raiders top Hobbton, 80-73, with 10 TD passes
Midway senior quarterback Wyatt Holland set a North Carolina High School Athletic Association record with 10 touchdown passes in a season-opening 80-73 win at Hobbton on Monday night. Holland, who missed the Sampson Jamboree on August 13 to rest his back, completed 30 of 38 passes for 540 yards. Loden Bradshaw of the Wildcats passed […]
Midway takes 3-1 volleyball win at Triton
After rival Triton won the opening set, visiting Midway’s varsity volleyball team rallied to take a 3-1 nonconference win at Triton on Wednesday. Individual set scores were 23-25, 25-16, 25-21 and 25-21. “That first set, we made so many mental errors,” said Midway coach Susan Clark. “Hitting in the net. Hitting out of bounds. Lack […]
Raiders ‘get better’ in Sampson Jamboree as Culbreth fills in
Host Midway met Rosewood during the final football scrimmage of the Sampson County Jamboree Friday, scoring two touchdowns and allowing just one during the game. “We got a little better,” said Midway coach Cory Barnes. “Rosewood is a good program. Coach (Robert) Britt over there does a great job. They’re very sound. They’re very coached-up. […]