Triton struggled through a 12-1 loss to Princeton on the second day of the Harnett Central Spring Break Softball Tournament on Wednesday. “No effort at all whatsoever,” said Triton coach Mark Whitman. “Our pitching was OK for the most part. We weren’t getting the...
Andrew Smith of Bunn was named MVP of the Johnston County Easter Invitational after hitting a 3-run homer in the top of the seventh inning for a 7-5 win over Wake Forest in the championship game at South Johnston on Tuesday night. The honor is presented in memory of...
Bandys, a 2-A program from Catawba, took a 6-3 baseball win over Midway on Tuesday in the Bulldog Invitational at Terry Sanford. The Trojans improved to 13-1 while Midway slipped to 7-3 with its second loss in the event. "We had one bad inning and made several...
All three teams went 1-1 on the first day of the Harnett Central Spring Break Softball Tournament on Tuesday as the first game saw host Harnett Central fall to Charles B. Aycock, which dropped game two to Princeton, which was edged in the final game by Central....
Host South Johnston came back from a 4-0 deficit to edge Triton 5-4 as Clayton Blackmon scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning in the seventh-place game of the Johnston County Easter Invitational on Tuesday. "It's always good to get a win on he last...
A 6-1 win over visiting Wayne Christian on Thursday gave the Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity softball team a 4-4 record against a demanding schedule. CFCA is a 1-A program in the North Carolina Independent Athletic Association. Losses have been to Wilson...
Wake Forest outscored Western Harnett, 11-1, in the semifinals of the Johnston County Easter Invitational on Monday night at South Johnston. The Eagles (8-9) will face Clayton (4-6) in the third-place game at South's Bruce Coats Field on Tuesday (April 3) at 5 p.m....
South Johnston’s baseball team rallied with three runs in the bottom of the seventh to take rival Cleveland to extra innings in the Johnston County Easter Invitational Monday, but the Rams scored a pair in the eighth to take an 8-6 win over the host Trojans. “We...
A late surge lifted Smithfield-Selma to an 11-6 varsity baseball win over Triton in the Johnston County Easter Invitational at South Johnston Monday. “We run out of pitching and then the wheels fall off the bus is basically what seems to happen every game,” said...
Midway took a 10-5 baseball win over Jack Britt in the Bulldog Invitational at Terry Sanford on Monday. Cameron Barefoot had two hits and drove in two runs as the Raiders improved to 8-2 going into a consolation bracket contest with Bandys at 4 p.m. Tuesday (April 3)....
Missed opportunities were costly as South Johnston fell 4-2 in a varsity baseball contest with visiting Wake Forest in the opening round of the Johnston County Easter Invitational on Saturday. “We had base runners, we had opportunities,” said South coach Aaron...
Some early big hits and some big defensive plays late led Western Harnett to a 6-4 varsity baseball win over Cleveland in the opening round of the Johnston County Easter Invitational at South Johnston on Saturday. “A huge win,” said Western coach Dalton Hardee. “We...
