Triton hosted Western Harnett on Tuesday night for the second varsity basketball matchups of the season between the two schools, but the first in Tri-County Six 3-A Conference play, with the Triton girls and Western boys each avenging losses from the first meetings....
Harnett Central improved to 2-0 in both girls and boys Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity basketball play Friday with wins over visiting county rival Western Harnett. Harnett Central rallied in the second half of the girls game to take a 38-29 win over Western...
Western Harnett senior Madison Farmer, of Lillington, signed Monday to play softball at William Peace University in Raleigh. “It was mostly I worked hard because I love softball,” Farmer said. “It had always been an option that maybe I could do, but after I toured...
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...
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...
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...
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,”...
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...
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...
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,”...
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,...
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...
