Harnett Central won a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball thriller Monday, edging county rival Western Harnett 67-66 on a three-pointer from Kasey Perkins with 7.4 seconds left. “I give our guys a ton of credit,” said Central boys coach Will Gage....
Midway's varsity girls basketball team rolled out to a 51-14 halftime lead and went on to defeat visiting Spring Creek 82-29 on Monday night. Leah Williams scored 20 points and J.J. Sankey added 19 as the Lady Raiders improved to 19-1 overall and 9-1 in the East...
Cleveland took a pair of Greater Neuse 3-A Conference varsity basketball wins over visiting South Johnston on Monday night. The Rams pulled away from a tie at 28 at the half for a 62-49 victory in the boys game. South's girls rallied from a 30-12 deficit at the half...
The Union Pines varsity girls basketball team jumped out to a 20-0 first-quarter lead and took a 55-22 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win at Triton on Monday night. The Viking boys seemed to have similar designs to dominate as they moved out to an early 18-6 advantage,...
Triton held its official Senior Night on Friday with the ceremonial recognition, the flowers and the posters, but the contests with Western Harnett weren't the last regular-season home basketball games for the Hawks, who will host Union Pines tonight (Monday, Feb. 5)...
Hobbton's boys and girls won Carolina 1-A Conference track and field championships on Thursday at Lakewood. Lakelyn Bass scored 40 of the 120.5 points for the Wildcat girls as she won the high jump (4 feet, 10 inches), triple jump (33-8), long jump (17-7) and pole...
The Overhills varsity boys basketball team avenged its only loss in the Patriot 4-A/3-A Athletic Conference by topping visiting Westover 52-49 on Friday night. The Wolverines beat the Jaguars 67-49 at Westover on Jan. 2. "We had 29 turnovers the first game and you...
Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Southern Lee boys have a two-game lead over Lee County in the boys standings in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference. On the girls side, Harnett Central is the only unbeaten team in league play. Union Pines is one...
Southern Lee took a 74-52 Tri-County Six Conference varsity boys basketball win over host Harnett Central on Friday night to improve to 6-1 atop the league standings. Conference-leading Central pushed its winning streak to 14 games by a 59-40 margin in the varsity...
James Taylor hit a high note for Western Harnett as he scored the winning basket at Triton with 14 seconds left on Friday night. That left the Hawks singing the blues with their fourth straight loss after a 3-0 start in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference. Western...
Midway split varsity basketball contests with visiting East Central 2-A Conference opponent James Kenan on Senior Night Friday, with the Raiders winning the girls game, but the Tigers winning the boys game. Midway overcame a rough stretch in the second...
Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team turned in a competitive effort in its Senior Night on Friday but was topped 51-46 by Trinity Christian of Fayetteville. Pictured from left are CFCA seniors Milos Galogaza (40), Isaiah Tatum (5) and Jace...
