Western Harnett rallied to tie the score in the top of the seventh inning, but top-seeded Harnett Central won 7-6 on a walk off base hit from sophomore Ella Mangum that drove in freshman Lauren Faulkner in the bottom of the seventh in the championship game of the All...
High Schools
Alphin, big innings send CFCA to SAC final
Freshman Landon Alphin pitched five and one-third innings of no-hit baseball with 14 strikeouts as the Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity moved into the Sandhills Athletic Conference championship game with an 8-2 win over visiting Fayetteville Christian on Thursday....
CFCA middle school baseball rallies past O’Neal for league title on 8th-grade day
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s middle school baseball team wrapped up the regular season title in the Southeastern Athletic Conference with a 7-0 record by beating O’Neal School of Southern Pines, 5-4, on Wednesday. The Eagles scored four runs in the bottom...
Seven-run sixth sends CFCA to SAC final
A seven-run sixth inning sent Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity softball team to an 11-4 win over visiting Fayetteville Christian in the semifinals of the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament on Tuesday. The Eagles honored seniors Mariah Bell, Kim...
Mariah Bell signs with Mount Olive for softball
Cape Fear Christian Academy softball center fielder Mariah Bell signed with Mount Olive during a ceremony at the school on Tuesday. Bell was an NCISAA 1-A all-state selection in softball as a junior in 2021. This season, she has a .610 batting average with 37 runs, 20...
CFCA girls soccer wins in SAC Tournament on Senior Day
Cape Fear Christian Academy defeated visiting Northwood Temple, 6-1, in the first round of the Sandhills Athletic Conference varsity girls soccer tournament on Monday as Gracie Byrd scored three goals. CFCA recognized seniors Taylor Beasley, Byrd, Gioia Hunziker,...
Hawk baseball downs HC, 11-0, on Senior Night as Jones has six RBIs
Triton’s varsity baseball team capped a series of three games in three days by winning 11-0 in five innings over visiting All American 3-A/4-A Conference and Harnett County rival Harnett Central on Senior Night to end the regular season Friday. “(Pitcher) Hayden...
Byrd scores five goals in CFCA’s 8-1 win at Berean
Gracie Byrd scored five goals for Cape Fear Christian Academy in an 8-1 Sandhills Athletic Conference varsity girls soccer triumph at Berean Baptist on Friday. Byrd scored just 11 seconds into the contest on an assist from Ella John Dupree. The Bulldogs equalized...
Central softball tops Triton, takes top seed; HC wins soccer, 1-0
Harnett Central took a pair of girls varsity wins on the road against All American 3-A/4-A Conference and Harnett County rival Triton, winning in softball and girls soccer on the Hawks’ Senior Night on Friday. Two days after taking its first conference loss of the...
CFCA defeats top-ranked Freedom, 9-1, in softball
It took about 24 hours for Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity softball team to defeat visiting Freedom Christian but the Eagles completed a 9-1 win on Wednesday. Play was suspended going to the bottom of the third inning on Tuesday due to a thunderstorm with...
Triton wins AAC softball showdown, part one
Harnett Central’s varsity softball team’s rally fell short as visiting All American 3-A/4-A Conference and Harnett County rival Triton held on to win, 5-3, on the Trojans’ Senior Night in a battle of conference unbeatens Wednesday. “We came out hitting the ball,” said...
Hawks hold off Pine Forest for 14-13 baseball victory
Triton held off visiting Pine Forest, a 4-A program, for a 14-13 varsity baseball win in the All American Conference on Wednesday night. The 3-A Hawks improved to 12-7 overall and 9-3 in league play going into a game on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Harnett Central (6-12,...

















