C.J. Ray of South Johnston hit a 3-pointer with two seconds left in regulation play to tie the score at 45 and the Trojans went on to a 56-53 Greater Neuse River 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball win at Cleveland on Thursday night. Ray had 17 points as South...
The Triton varsity boys and Harnett Central varsity girls each avenged losses in the rivalry from earlier this season on Friday night. After the Central girls atoned for a stunning 51-45 setback at home on Jan. 28 with a 49-31 conquest of the Lady Hawks, the host...
The Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity boys basketball team faced a 39-30 deficit at halftime against visiting Crossroads Christian of Henderson in the second round of the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 1-A playoffs on Thursday night. The...
Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity girls basketball team lost 51-26 at Lee Christian in Sanford in the second round of the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 1-A playoffs on Thursday night. The Lady Eagles were without all-Sandhills Athletic...
South Johnston's varsity boys basketball team erased a 13-point deficit to take a 45-44 lead on a 3-point play by C.J. Ray before falling, 52-47, to visiting East Wake on Tuesday night. The Trojans slipped to 19-4 overall and 6-3 in the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference...
Celebrating Senior Night on Tuesday, Harnett Central split varsity basketball games against visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference foe Southern Lee, with the Trojans winning the girls game and the Cavaliers winning the boys contest. Harnett Central’s girls celebrated...
Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school girls basketball team defeated The O'Neal School of Southern Pines, 31-20, in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Monday at the CFCA gym. The hosts pulled away from a tie at 14 in the second half....
Second-seeded Northwood Temple Academy held off fourth-seeded Cape Fear Christian Academy for a 57-54 win in the Sandhills Athletic Conference junior varsity boys basketball tournament championship at Fayetteville Christian School on Saturday afternoon. The game was...
South Johnston's varsity boys basketball team downed Smithfield-Selma, 67-49, on Senior Night for the Trojans on Friday. The games were originally scheduled for Thursday but were postponed when after-school activities were called off in Johnston County due to the...
Western Harnett held off Triton for a 58-55 varsity boys basketball win on Friday night to give the host Eagles a split after a 49-30 loss in the girls game. Zoie Starling had 17 points as the Lady Hawks improved to 11-8 overall and 6-2 in the Tri-County Six 3-A...
After knocking off fourth-seeded Northwood Temple in the first round of the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament, the fifth-seeded varsity girls basketball team from Cape Fear Christian Academy met top-seeded Trinity in the semifinals on Friday at Freedom...
Western Harnett kicker and punter Dillon Smith has signed with Mars Hill. Smith averaged 43.7 yards on 38 punts for the Eagles in 2019 with a longest of 66 yards and 10 inside the opponent's 20-yard line. He was Western's leading scorer with 36 points as he made 15 of...
