Harnett Central took a nonconference sweep of visiting West Johnston on Thursday night in varsity basketball. The Trojans followed up on a 37-30 victory in the girls game by taking the boys contest, 62-50. The Central boys got 13 points from Anthony Tomlinson, who...
South Johnston started hot and finished strong in a 69-34 varsity boys basketball win at Midway Tuesday to complete a season sweep over the Raiders and remain unbeaten on the year. “I was glad we got off to a hot start,” said South Johnston coach Brody Massengill. “We...
Midway used a strong second half performance to take a varsity girls basketball season sweep over South Johnston by routing the visiting Trojans 64-32 to remain unbeaten Thursday. “(At halftime) we just said we needed to go in and fix what we’re not doing,” said...
Triton's varsity basketball teams took wins over Fuquay-Varina at separate sites on Tuesday night. The Hawks boys got 26 points and seven rebounds from Derreon Burnett. Emari White had 15 points and five assists as Triton evened its record at 2-2. Kalil Hodges had six...
Cape Fear Christian Academy's junior varsity boys basketball team edged host Greenfield School of Wilson, 81-80, on Monday to move to 6-0 for the season. DeShawn Woods had 27 points, Owen Gregory scored 21 and Zeke Brock added 20 to lead the junior Eagles. Dolan Adams...
Harnett Central’s varsity girls basketball team extended its win streak to four straight with a 61-14 rout of visiting South Johnston Tuesday. “We still won’t talk on defense like I want us to,” said Harnett Central coach Chelsey Cabe. “Since we won’t talk on defense...
South Johnston remained unbeaten in varsity boys basketball Tuesday with a 60-49 win at Harnett Central. “I really thought they (Central) didn’t shoot it as well as what I’ve heard they’ve shot a little bit,” said South Johnston coach Brody Massengill. “That was...
Village Chrsitian took a pair of wins Monday at Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school homecoming. The Knights prevailed in the girls game, 48-18, despite eight points by Ella John Dupree, who was later named the homecoming princess. Rachel Clearman scored five...
Wrestlers from Triton competed in the Green Hope Grapple Tournament on Saturday and were 11th out of 22 teams. Nick Williams (145 pounds) and Jalonte McNeil (285) of the Hawks had second-place finishes. Triton coach David Weathersby noted that Matthew Shorb (113) had...
The Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity boys basketball team was called for a foul with 0.5 seconds remaining and The Burlington School made one of two free throws for a 45-44 win over the visiting Eagles on Saturday. CFCA (8-2) got 12 points, four rebounds and two...
Jaden Meadows made all six of his field goal attempts on a 14-point night to help the Harnett Central varsity boys to a 68-39 nonconference basketball win at West Johnston on Friday night. Anthony Tomlinson and Justin Perkins scored 10 points each as the Trojans...
Triton and South Johnston’s varsity boys basketball teams brought the month of November to a close in spectacular fashion, with the visiting Trojans edging their rivals 52-49 in overtime to stay unbeaten Friday. “I can’t say enough about T.J. (Morrison) and (Triton’s)...
