Western Harnett and South Johnston split a pair of varsity basketball battles Tuesday with the visiting Eagles winning the girls game and the Trojans winning the boys game. A strong finish helped Western Harnett hold off South Johnston 47-41 in the girls game. “We moved the ball a little bit better tonight,” said Western girls […]
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HC boys overcome slow start to top Western, 61-41
After a sluggish start, a dominant performance in the second and third quarters powered Harnett Central to a 61-41 win over Western Harnett in the boys consolation game of the Harnett County Tipoff Tournament at Gore Arena inside the John W. Pope Convocation Center at Campbell on Monday evening. “It would be an understatement to […]
Western girls top Triton
Western Harnett’s girls basketball team advanced to the championship game of the Harnett County Tipoff Tournament for the first team in many years with a 43-29 win over Triton in the first round of the tournament at Harnett Central on Monday. “We’ve got good leadership this year,” said first-year Western Harnett coach Matthew Smith. “The […]
Western Harnett turns back Central, 37-14, at Eagles’ Homecoming
Western Harnett celebrated its Homecoming by overcoming some early struggles with turnovers to take a 37-14 varsity football win over visiting county and Tri-County Six 3-A Conference rival Harnett Central Friday. “We’ve got to protect the ball a little bit better,” said Western Harnett coach Blake Culbertson. “I think we turned the ball over maybe […]
Western spoils occasion for Hawks
Triton’s varsity football team returned from a layoff since Sept. 7 on Friday night and perhaps rustiness was a factor in a 22-14 Homecoming loss to Western Harnett. The Eagles got their first win under second-year coach Blake Culbertson, taking a 7-0 lead on a 16-yard pass to Kentarius Thompson from Tristin Ung after a […]
Triton takes league soccer opener
Seniors Bert Strickland and Arturo Javier Hernandez had two goals each as host Triton won its Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys soccer opener, 6-0, against Western Harnett on Tuesday night. Hernandez scored in the eighth minute on an assist by Merced Mendez to put the Hawks (3-4-2) ahead to stay. Senior Paul Wells and […]
Overhills turns back WH, 34-3
Overhills routed visiting Harnett County rival Western Harnett in its first home varsity football game of the season, 34-3, on Thursday night. “I didn’t think we did a bad job considering we practiced really twice all week and that was in the gym because of the heat,” said Overhills coach Mark Kirk. “Our passing game […]
Scrimmages at South curtailed by weather
The South Johnston Jamboree football scrimmages were cut short due to sudden storms in the area Wednesday, but host South Johnston and Western Harnett were both able to get two scrimmage sessions in. Other teams involved in the scrimmage were Garner, Holly Springs, Gray’s Creek and West Johnston. South had two half-field scrimmages against Holly […]
Western’s Prince is king of 3-A throws
GREENSBORO — Asher Prince of Western Harnett won the boys shot put and discus in the NCHSAA 3-A track and field meet at N.C. A&T’s Belk Track in Greensboro on Sunday. Prince had a heave of 53 feet, 9.25 inches in the shot put and an effort of 175-7 in the discus. He has signed […]
Union Pines finally tops Western
Western Harnett’s historic playoff run ended in the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A state baseball playoffs Tuesday, as the Eagles fell 2-1 to visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference mate Union Pines. “We made a couple of mistakes early that hurt us,” said Western coach Dalton Hardee. “We never really got the bats going. We […]