No. 7 Harnett Central’s varsity softball season came to a close with a 10-0 loss in six innings at No. 3 Cape Fear in the fourth round of the NCHSAA 3-A state playoffs on Friday. “You can’t expect girls not to hit the ball,” said Harnett Central coach Ashley Gaines....
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity softball team defeated visiting Pungo Christian, 10-3, on Friday in the first game of a best-of-three series for the NCISAA 1-A championship. The hosts went ahead to stay with four runs in the bottom of the first after the...
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity softball team reached the NCISAA 1-A championship series with a 3-0 win over visiting Lawrence on Tuesday. The top-seeded Eagles (17-4) will host Wednesday’s Halifax-Pungo winner in a best-of-three for the state title...
No. 7 Harnett Central scored an upset on the road against No. 2 South Johnston with a 3-2 win in eight innings on a base hit from junior Ashley Bliven that drove in sophomore Savannah Bain in the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A state softball playoffs on Tuesday night....
A strong pitching performance from senior Kennedy Byrd and a three-run home run from junior Meagan Worley made the difference as No. 2 South Johnston beat visiting rival No. 18 Triton 3-1 in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A state softball playoffs Thursday. “It’s a...
The Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity softball team advanced to the NCISAA 1-A tournament semifinals on Thursday with a 6-0 win over visiting Northeast Academy as Claire Parker pitched a 2-hitter with 10 strikeouts. The Eagles (16-4), the top seed in the tournament,...
The Cape Fear Christian Academy middle school softball team defeated visiting Village Christian, 15-0, in four innings on Wednesday to win the Southeastern Conference tournament championship. Kristina Kennedy pitched a no-hitter in her last middle school game,...
Host Cape Fear Christian Academy moved on in the NCISAA 1-A playoffs with a 17-7 baseball win over Lee Christian on Tuesday and a 9-0 girls soccer victory over Lee Christian. CFCA (10-6) plays at Oakwood (3-9) in the second round of the baseball playoffs on Thursday...
Midway opened the NCHSAA 2-A state playoffs with a pair of shutout wins at home in varsity baseball and softball Tuesday night. The fifth-seeded baseball team took down Southeastern Athletic 2-A Conference and Sampson County rival No. 28 Clinton and the ninth-seeded...
Offensive linemen Jayden Giles and Karon Kirk of Triton have signed to play college football at North Carolina Wesleyan. The duo helped the Hawks to 2,691 yards of total offense in 2021 as Triton went 4-3 in the All American Conference and won the Harnett County...
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity softball team topped host Freedom Christian, 4-3, in eight innings Friday for the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament championship. The teams tied for the regular-season championship, but the Patriots won a coin flip...
Freshman Isaac Bennett hit a home run in the second inning and Triton pitchers Hayden Pope and Wyatt Avery combined for a shutout as the Hawks topped host Terry Sanford, 1-0, on Thursday night for the All American Conference baseball tournament championship. Pope...
