Coats-Erwin clinched Harnett County Conference championships in both girls and boys middle school basketball Wednesday with wins over visiting Harnett Central to end the season. The boys team took the outright conference title, while the girls split the conference championship with Highland. Highland and Coats-Erwin’s only girls losses this season were to each other. Coats-Erwin […]
Middle Schools
Coats-Erwin sweeps visiting Panthers to keep lead in standings
Coats-Erwin posted a middle school basketball sweep over visiting Overhills Thursday to take a season sweep over the Panthers and remain on top of the Harnett County Conference standings in both boys and girls basketball. Coats-Erwin’s stalwart defense led the way in a 34-21 win over Overhills in the girls game. Abby Hood had 11 […]
Coats-Erwin wins two games at Dunn, Falcon teams atop standings
Coats-Erwin is on top of the Harnett County Conference in both boys and girls middle school basketball after taking a sweep at rival Dunn on Monday. Another strong defensive performance led Coats-Erwin to a 37-18 win over Dunn in the girls game for a season sweep of the Greenwaves. Ashari Watlington led the Falcons (8-1) […]
Dunn Middle takes pair from HC
Dunn took a middle school basketball sweep over visiting Harnett Central on Thursday. At Harnett Central on Dec. 17, a rally by Dunn’s girls came up short as the Raiders held on for a one-point win. On Thursday, it was the Greenwaves that held off a late rally to take a 28-26 win. JaNiah Smith […]
Western, Central divide middle school games
Harnett Central split middle school basketball games with visiting Western Harnett Monday, with Western winning the girls game and Central winning the boys contest. Western Harnett edged Harnett Central 24-23 in the girls game on a layup from Trinity Gaither with eight seconds left. Shay McCants had 10 points, Gaither had eight points, Maddie Burns […]
Coats-Erwin sweeps Highland
Coats-Erwin took a middle school basketball sweep over visiting Highland Thursday as both the girls and boys teams improved to 6-1 on the year. The girls pulled into a tie for first place atop the Harnett County Conference. On Jan. 15, Coats-Erwin’s girls lost a battle of unbeatens at Highland by a single point. Thursday […]
Coats-Erwin wins pair of hoops games at Harnett Central
Coats-Erwin took a middle school basketball sweep on the road against Harnett Central on Thursday, with both the girls and boys teams improving to 5-1 on the season. After falling by a single point in a battle of unbeatens at Highland on Tuesday, Coats-Erwin’s girls bounced back from taking their first loss of the season […]
Coats-Erwin posts hoops sweep of Western Harnett
Coats-Erwin took a middle school basketball sweep over visiting Western Harnett on Monday. Relentless defense led Coats-Erwin’s girls to a 39-15 win over Western Harnett to stay unbeaten on the season. Abby Hood had 17 points and Ava Blackman had 10 points to lead the Falcons (4-0). Carleigh Hemby and Caylon Avery had four points […]
Greenwaves split middle school basketball games at Central
Dunn Middle School and host Harnett Central split a pair of basketball games Monday, with the Raiders edging the Greenwaves in a one-point girls game and the visiting Greenwaves rallying to win the boys game. Harnett Central narrowly held off Dunn to take a 25-24 win in the girls contest. Jana Booker led the Raiders […]
Coats-Erwin, Dunn take victories in middle school football
Coats-Erwin Middle School improved to 3-2 on the season with an 18-0 win over visiting Western Harnett on Wednesday. Dunn turned back Shughart, 7-0, at Homecoming for the Greenwaves. The Falcons took a 12-0 halftime lead, then added a third score early in the third quarter. Coats-Erwin scored on its opening possession when Eligah Holmes […]