Union Pines outscored host Triton 24-11 in the second quarter and went on to a 66-52 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball win on Friday night. The Vikings emerged from a see-saw second half with a 42-40 win in the girls game. The Hawks fell to 9-8...
Fayetteville Christian School looked to spoil Senior Night for Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity boys basketball team, but the Eagles narrowly escaped with a 58-55 victory in Sandhills Athletic Conference play on Friday night. “It was tough,” said Cape Fear...
Cape Fear Christian Academy took a 42-10 Southeastern Conference middle school boys basketball win over visiting Sandhills Classical Christian of Southern Pines on Thursday. Wyatt Medlin had 16 points and Patrick Raynor had 11 points to lead the Eagles in their final...
Spencer George and his sister, Ruby George, each got a pair of second-place finishes in a seven-team swim meet at the Aquaventure facility in Winterville on Tuesday. Spencer George, a senior, had a time of one minute, 52.62 seconds in the 200-yard freestyle and...
Hosting three teams for Senior Night, Triton’s varsity wrestling team took a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win over Lee County and a nonconference win over Clinton before falling to 4-A nonconference for Millbrook on Wednesday night. “We did pretty well,” said Triton...
Dalen Thompson had 19 points, five rebounds, four assists and five steals to lead Triton to a 63-54 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys basketball win over visiting Lee on Tuesday night. Thompson made 9 of 12 field goal attempts as the Hawks improved to 9-7...
Harnett Central split Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball games with visiting Lee County on Tuesday, with Central winning the girls game and Lee taking the boys contest. Harnett Central held off a fourth-quarter rally to top Lee County 49-41 in the girls...
The Triton varsity girls basketball team went back-and-forth with host Southern Lee before finishing with a 48-40 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win in overtime on Friday night. The Cavaliers led 9-5 after eight minutes but the visitors came back to go up 27-23 going...
Meeting for the second time this season, but the first in Tri-County Six 3-A Conference play, Harnett Central’s varsity boys basketball team emerged from an overtime thriller at Harnett County rival Western Harnett with a 67-62 victory on Friday night. “I guess it’s...
Visiting Triton outscored West Johnston 20-4 in the second quarter on the way to a 73-63 nonconference varsity boys basketball win on Wednesday night. Josiah Lett led the Hawks (8-6) with 18 points on 7-for-10 field goal shooting. Travion Sanders made 6-of-7 from the...
South Johnston swept varsity basketball contests against visiting nonconference opponent Midway on Monday night. South Johnston’s girls snapped a five-game losing streak with a 43-28 win. “We had a lot of turnovers in that second and third quarter,” said South...
Cape Fear Christian Academy took a pair of Southeastern Conference middle school basketball wins over visiting St. John Paul II of Southern Pines on Monday. The CFCA girls improved to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in league play with a 40-13 win as Ella John Dupree scored 16...
