Triton’s varsity girls basketball team won a battle of unbeatens 47-23 at Tri-County Six 3-A Conference and Harnett County rival Western Harnett on Tuesday night. “I felt like we did take control after maybe the first few minutes of the first quarter,” said Triton coach Wendy Simmons. “Our press was working the way it needed […]
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Lady Hawks down Southern Lee, boys topped without Thompson
Triton split Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball games with visiting Southern Lee on Friday night. Triton won the girls game and Southern Lee won the boys game. Triton’s girls won a 55-8 rout over Southern Lee to stay unbeaten on the season. “We had a lot of turnovers again,” said Triton girls coach Wendy […]
SSS boys top Triton, 66-59
A late surge at the end of a back-and-forth battle lifted Smithfield-Selma to a 66-59 nonconference varsity boys basketball win at Triton on Wednesday night as the Spartans stayed unbeaten. “One thing I say every year: Going into each quarter, I want them to take pride in their defense and try to give up less […]
Lady Hawks down South, 39-21
Triton’s varsity girls basketball team improved to 2-0 on the season with a 39-21 win at rival South Johnston on Friday night. “We didn’t take care of the basketball like we did in the first game,” said Triton coach Wendy Simmons. “We were trying to do too much too quickly, instead of just catching the […]
Hawks come back on Senior Night to deal Vikings volleyball first league loss
Triton’s varsity volleyball team celebrated its Senior Night on Tuesday with a dramatic 3-2 win over visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference leader Union Pines, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to give the Vikings their first conference loss of the season. Individual set scores were 21-25, 14-25, 25-14, 25-20 and 15-13. “I just told them that […]
Hawks rally past Western Harnett for 3-1 volleyball victory
Triton’s varsity volleyball team doesn’t exactly explode out of the gate at times, but the Hawks do manage to regroup and go forward with a degree of success. A Tri-County Six 3-A Conference match on Friday at home against Western Harnett was a prime example. After losing the first set, 25-19, and trailing 12-8 in […]
Triton comes back against Lee County again
For the second time this season, Triton came back for a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity volleyball victory over Lee County. The Hawks topped the Yellow Jackets 3-2 at Triton on Tuesday. Set scores were 22-25, 23-25, 25-19, 25-19 and 15-10. Triton overcame a 1-2 deficit to win 3-2 at Lee on Nov. 19. The […]
Hawks split volleyball contests for the week before Thanksgiving
Western Harnett’s varsity volleyball team picked up its first win of the season by handing Harnett County and Tri-County Six 3-A Conference rival Triton its first loss of the season 3-1 on Tuesday. Individual set scores were 25-12, 21-25, 25-23 and 25-11. “We struggled with our energy last night at Harnett Central (a 3-0 loss),” […]
Hawks open volleyball season with 3-2 win at Lee County
Triton opened its 2020 volleyball season with a 3-2 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference win at Lee County on Thursday evening. Set scores were 23-25, 25-23, 20-25, 25-20 and 15-5. “The girls were down 1-2 and continued to fight for every point,” said Triton coach Wendy Simmons. “Overall we had a good serving night with only […]
Crews brothers heading to Brevard
Triton catcher Payden Crews was featured at a signing ceremony at Triton on Thursday. The Hawks catcher will become part of the baseball program at Brevard College and will be joined by his older brother, Parker, who will be transferring from Fayetteville Tech. The younger Crews was proactive in the recruiting process and Brevard assistant […]