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Carvin wins regional wrestling title

Carvin wins regional wrestling title

Triton wrestlers competed in the Eastern regional at Cleveland High School on Friday and Saturday in an effort to gain a shot at the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A individual state championships next week in Greensboro. The Hawks were ninth out of...

Southern Lee boys take first

Southern Lee boys take first

Host Southern Lee turned back Harnett Central, 57-39, on Friday night to take over first place in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball standings. The Cavaliers improved to 19-3 overall and 7-1 in league play while the Trojans slipped to 11-9, 6-2....

Western completes varsity sweep of Hawks in OT

Western completes varsity sweep of Hawks in OT

Western Harnett won a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity sweep over visiting Harnett County rival Triton on Friday night, taking the rubber match with the Hawks in both boys and girls basketball. After a hot start by Triton, a dominant second quarter powered...

Two from Western Harnett sign for next level

Two from Western Harnett sign for next level

Two athletes from Western Harnett signed to play on the collegiate level Wednesday at the high school. Lance McLean, the Defensive Player of the Year in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference in football, signed with UNC Pembroke. McLean had 59 solo tackles and 87 assists...

Ram boys enable split at HC

Ram boys enable split at HC

Harnett Central split nonconference varsity basketball games with visiting Cleveland on Wednesday night, with Central’s girls and Cleveland’s boys completing season sweeps. Harnett Central routed Cleveland 52-21 in the girls game. “It’s hard when you play two nights...

Eagles topped in SAC tournament, await state tournament pairings

Eagles topped in SAC tournament, await state tournament pairings

Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity basketball teams sustained competitive losses in the first round of the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament on Tuesday night. The sixth-seeded CFCA boys were topped 64-62 in double overtime at Fayetteville Christian, the No....

Harnett Central notches varsity road wins over Western

Harnett Central notches varsity road wins over Western

Harnett Central took a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball sweep at conference and county rival Western Harnett on Tuesday night, with both the boys and girls teams taking a regular-season sweep over Western. Harnett Central’s girls turned in a strong...

Burnett’s basket lifts Hawk boys over Union Pines, 39-37

Burnett’s basket lifts Hawk boys over Union Pines, 39-37

Derreon Burnett scored in the closing seconds for the Triton varsity boys basketball team on Tuesday night to lift the host Hawks to a 39-37 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win over visiting Union Pines. "It was a tough, grind-it-out kind of game," said Triton coach...

Harnett Central gets wins over Lee

Harnett Central gets wins over Lee

Harnett Central opened the second half of Tri-County Six 3-A Conference play with a varsity basketball sweep of visiting Lee County on Friday night, with both the boys and girls teams taking a regular season sweep over the Yellow Jackets. In the girls game, Harnett...

South Johnston boys move to 18-2 with win over Clayton

South Johnston boys move to 18-2 with win over Clayton

South Johnston's varsity boys basketball team pulled away from visiting Clayton for a 79-57 Greater Neuse 3-A Conference win on Thursday night. The Trojans improved to 18-2 overall and 5-1 in league play after topping the Comets, 55-43, on the road in the conference...

HC’s Hadding signs to run track, cross country at Mars Hill

HC’s Hadding signs to run track, cross country at Mars Hill

Harnett Central senior Kyle Hadding, of Lillington, signed Wednesday to attend Mars Hill University for cross country and track. Hadding said that one of several reasons he chose to attend Mars Hill was that Trojans cross country coach Carter Benge also ran cross...

T.J. Morrison to coach in Europe this summer

T.J. Morrison to coach in Europe this summer

T.J. Morrison, varsity boys basketball coach at Triton, has been selected by STUDENTathleteWorld (SaWUSA) to represent the United States in the United World Games in Klagenfurt, Austria this summer. Morrison will guide SaWUSA’s 16-and-under team in international play....

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