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...
Cape Fear Christian Academy held a signing ceremony for Milos Galogaza on Thursday in the Upper School building. Galogaza has completed a letter of intent to play at Belmont Abbey. Galogaza, a 6-feet, 8-inch native of Serbia, averaged 13.8 points as a senior for a...
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...
Host Heritage scored eight runs in the first inning and went on to a 14-0 win against Overhills in the third round of the NCHSAA 4-A softball playoffs on Tuesday evening. The Jaguars (18-6) got a 2-for-2 hitting effort from junior Kiana Jones. Freshmen Maaika Dones...
Harnett Central's softball team was topped 8-4 at Western Alamance in the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs on Tuesday night. The Warriors (23-3) took a 6-0 lead in the first two innings. Central, the champions of the Tri-County Six Conference, finished with a...
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...
Western Harnett’s historic playoff run ended in the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A state baseball playoffs Tuesday, as the Eagles fell 2-1 to visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference mate Union Pines. “We made a couple of mistakes early that hurt us,” said Western coach...
Cape Fear Christian Academy trailed 2-1 going to the bottom of the sixth when a five-run inning lifted the area team to a 6-2 win over visiting Wayne Christian School in the first round of the NCISAA 1-A softball playoffs on Tuesday afternoon. It was the third win of...
This is a first person story simply because it's about me. For those who aren't aware, I'm at Cape Fear Christian Academy as athletic director. It's a position I served in from 2004 to 2010. A lot has happened since I was here before, including an extensive renovation...
Western Harnett traveled to D.H. Conley on Saturday night in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A baseball playoffs and the 15th=seeded Eagles stunned the No. 2 Vikings, 7-4, behind a complete game from Andrew Kelly. Kelly collected 11 strikeouts without a walk. He...
Overhills fell behind 5-0 against visiting Enloe in the second round of the NCHSAA 4-A softball playoffs and the Jaguars trailed 11-8 going into the bottom of the eighth inning. Overhills scored four times in its final at-bat to walk off with a 12-11 win. The Jaguars...
West Carteret took a 3-2 win over visiting South Johnston on Friday night in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A baseball playoffs. The Trojans completed the season at 14-10. The Patriots (16-8) advanced to visit unbeaten New Hanover (22-0), the top seed in the Eastern...
