Midway scrimmaged with neighbors Hobbton, Lakewood, Clinton and Union on Friday night in the Sampson Jamboree at Clinton. "Overall, I was pretty pleased," said first-year Raiders coach Cory Barnes. " ... It was pretty good for our first outing against someone other...
The Sampson County public school football coaches convened for the annual Robert Hill luncheon at the Railroad Steakhouse in Roseboro on Friday before the Sampson Jamboree tonight at Dark Horse Stadium in Clinton. The coaches provided an outlook for their teams for...
Midway closed its summer baseball season with a 2-1 win at Cape Fear on Tuesday night. The Raiders were scheduled to host Hoke County on Thursday night but that game was called off. Eli Culbreth pitched three scoreless innings against the Colts. Hunter Gainey yielded...
Midway took a pair of wins in the Fayetteville summer baseball league last week. The Raiders defeated Village Christian 10-2 at Midway on Thursday as Sawyer Sutton, Chandler Williford and Carson Calcutt turned in mound stints. "They probably each threw 35 to 40...
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...
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...
Mount Olive basketball signee Leah Williams has been named Female Athlete of the Year at the HighSchoolOT Honors presentations. An evening of awards was conducted at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts in Raleigh on Saturday. The versatile Williams has been a...
Former Midway quarterback Austin Raynor is organizing the Wyatt Fisher Memorial Wiffle Ball Tournament at Miffly Field in Spivey's Corner. The event is scheduled for July 14-15. All of the proceeds will go to help Fisher's family. Registration per seven-player team is...
Colby Pope was named Male Athlete of the Year at Midway's annual athletic banquet on Thursday night. Pope is planning to enroll at East Carolina. There were co-winners on the Female Athlete of the Year, Methodist softball signee Blythe Best and Leah Williams, who has...
Midway High School senior Blythe Best, of Dunn, signed on Thursday to play college softball at Methodist University in Fayetteville. “I’ve been going to camps at Methodist since I was nine and (Methodist) coach (Ron) Simpson has always said he wanted me to play for...
New Midway football coach Cory Barnes has been installing a pistol spread offense as the Raiders have been conducting spring football practice. Barnes was previously offensive coordinator at North Johnston. He played and later was on the coaching staff at Triton prior...
Midway was limited to hits by Cal Tyndall, Colby Pope and Austin Peterson in a 7-0 loss at Randleman on Tuesday night in the third round of the NCHSAA 2-A baseball playoffs. The Tigers (23-5) scored in each of the first five innings. The Raiders (18-6), champions of...
