Charles B. Aycock's varsity boys basketball team topped host South Johnston, 69-67, in double overtime on Saturday to win the holiday tournament hosted by the Trojans. South slipped to 9-1 with its first loss. Senior Charles Walker scored 20 points for the Golden...
Triton junior Ladrabious Eason scored the game-winning basket and claimed the ensuing defensive rebound with time running out as the Hawks' varsity boys basketball team took third place in the South Johnston Invitational on Saturday. Triton (5-5) got 18 points from...
The South Johnston varsity boys basketball team defeated visiting Princeton, 54-45, on Friday to advance to the championship game of the South Johnston Invitational. The Trojans (9-0) will meet C.B. Aycock (5-6) in the final on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Golden Falcons...
The Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity boys basketball team won its opening game in the 10th annual South Granville Holiday Invitational Tournament, 55-50, over Ravenscroft on Thursday morning. The Eagles (10-3) will meet Rolesville (7-3) in the semifinals of the...
Triton dropped a pair of varsity basketball games against visiting Fuquay-Varina on Friday. Triton struggled offensively in a 41-25 loss to Fuquay-Varina in the girls game. “Just not our night,” said Triton girls coach Wendy Simmons. “Nothing fell. I think a couple of...
Triton's boys basketball team rallied for a 57-56 nonconference win over Cleveland on Friday night to complete a varsity sweep. The Lady Hawks prevailed, 45-38. A free throw by Travion Sanders with 8.2 seconds left provided the winning margin for the Triton boys...
Cape Fear Christian Academy started Sandhills Athletic Conference play on Friday with a varsity basketball split in a pair of competitive games against visiting rival Northwood Temple Academy for Homecoming. CFCA won the boys game after NTA won the girls contest. A...
After suffering its first loss of the season at East Wake on Monday, Harnett Central’s varsity girls basketball team rebounded with a 58-35 win over visiting South Johnston on Thursday. “They just played good tonight,” said Harnett Central coach Catherine Griffin....
Despite a much stronger fight from Harnett Central than in the last meeting between the two, South Johnston’s varsity boys basketball team stayed unbeaten on the season with a 48-38 win at Central on Thursday night. “I said the other night (after South beat visiting...
With the girls team playing at home for the first time and the boys for just the second time this season, Triton took a varsity basketball sweep over visiting Smithfield-Selma on Wednesday night. A third-quarter surge powered Triton to a 44-29 win over...
South Johnston won a pair of varsity basketball games against visiting Western Harnett on Tuesday night. One week after Western Harnett girls took their first win of the season at home against South Johnston, the Trojans avenged the loss by winning a 53-14 rout over...
Greenfield School of Wilson took a nonconference basketball sweep at Cape Fear Christian Academy on Tuesday night. The Knights won the varsity boys basketball game, 83-65, despite a 31-point effort by Austin Locklear of the Eagles (8-3). Zykia Matthews had 16 points...
