Spring sports teams across the area and state took advantage of nice weather as official practice started on Wednesday. The Hawks are scheduled to start the 2018 baseball season at home against Village Christian of Fayetteville on March 1 at 7 p.m. Left-handed...
Host West Johnston downed South Johnston 44-20 on Tuesday night in the first round of the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference varsity girls basketball tournament. The Lady Trojans were 2-21 for the 2017-18 season, but first-year South coach Latissa Hampton has a lot of young...
Regular-season co-champions Harnett Central (20-3) and Union Pines (18-7) meet for the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference girls basketball tournament championship at Campbell’s Gore Arena on Thursday at 7 p.m. The contest also will decide top seeding from the league for...
Isaiah Tatum scored 24 points and Milos Galogaza added 23 as the Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity boys basketball team defeated visiting Neuse Christian 77-66 in the first round of the NCISAA 1-A Tournament on Tuesday night. The Eagles, 11-19 with a demanding...
Midway's varsity girls basketball team defeated Spring Creek 54-43 on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals of the East Central 2-A Conference Tournament at East Duplin. Leah Williams led the second-seeded Lady Raiders with 20 points, J.J. Sankey scored 18 and Jenna Pope...
The second-seeded Overhills varsity boys basketball team got 24 points from Zavian McLean, 19 from Cinque Lemon and 11 from Latrell Lloyd in a 72-64 win over visiting South View in the quarterfinals of the Patriot Athletic 4-A/3-A Conference Tournament on Tuesday...
Lee County advanced to the championship game of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball tournament with a 66-49 win over Harnett Central on Tuesday night at Southern Lee. The Yellow Jackets (10-13) will meet Southern Lee (21-3) at Campbell's Gore...
Southern Lee's varsity boys basketball team, the No. 1 seed in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference Tournament, got off to a fast start and won its semifinal matchup with visiting Triton, 66-43, on Tuesday night. The hosts led 20-3 after eight minutes of play and...
There were some huge swings as Cleveland hosted South Johnston in the first round of the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball tournament on Monday night. South outscored the Rams 13-0 in the third quarter for a 28-24 lead before Cleveland came back for...
Play opened Monday night in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys and girls basketball tournaments. The semifinals are tonight with the boys at Southern Lee and the girls at Union Pines. The championship games are scheduled for Gore Arena on Thursday night....
Triton varsity girls basketball coach Keith Howard said he is stepping down from that position in the aftermath of a 56-47 double overtime loss at Western Harnett in the first round of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference Tournament on Monday night. He plans to remain at...
Harnett Central won the rubber match with visiting Union Pines 65-46 Monday in the first round of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference boys basketball tournament. “I thought that a big key was that we would penetrate and then dump it to the open guy,” said Harnett...
