Defending conference champion Highland continued its winning ways in middle school football Wednesday by a 20-6 margin over Coats-Erwin on the Vikings’ home field. Highland improved to 2-0 on the season, following last week’s 40-0 victory over Shughart. Coats-Erwin dropped to 1-1 after a 28-6 win at Dunn in its season opener last week. Operating […]
Middle Schools
Midway Middle School takes first football game, 12-8
In its football season opener Wednesday, Midway Middle School defeated Roseboro-Salemburg, 12-8, in a defensive battle at Lakewood High. The first half was scoreless. Midway struck first in the third quarter when Casey Culbreth connected with Jaylin Baggett for a 25-yard touchdown. The conversion failed. RS bounced back on the kickoff, returning the ball 94 […]
Central middle rallies past Greenwaves
A strong second half lifted Harnett Central Middle to a 20-7 football win over visiting Dunn Middle School on Wednesday. Tay-Shawn Moore ran for 149 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Raiders (2-0). Chris Hampton ran for an eight-yard touchdown, Eric Martin had a four-yard run and Camauri McDougald ran for four yards on […]
Coats-Erwin wins football opener at Dunn Middle
Coats-Erwin Middle School opened its football season with a 28-7 win on the road against rival Dunn on Wednesday. Eligah Holmes ran for three touchdowns and J.J. Cowan ran for one TD for the Falcons (1-0). Jaeshaun Murchison ran for the lone touchdown for the Greenwaves (0-1). The Falcons took advantage of a pair of […]
Midway Middle baseball goes 14-0
The Midway Middle School baseball team finished the 2018 season with a 14-0 record. The Raiders won the regular-season and tournament championships in the Sampson County conference. The team is coached by Steven Tyler.
Coats-Erwin takes softball title, Falcons baseball finishes 10-2
Coats-Erwin Middle School claimed the conference softball championship by ending the season with a 15-4 win at Overhills Middle Monday. Ava Blackman pitched the complete game win for the Falcons (11-1), yielding no earned runs on five hits and two walks, with eight strikeouts. Zeah Ennis had three hits, one RBI and two runs scored […]
Coats-Erwin softball a win away from championship
Coats-Erwin’s softball team beat visiting Highland 21-0 in three innings Thursday to clinch at least a share of the middle school conference championship. Ava Blackman pitched the complete game shutout for the Falcons (10-1), yielding two hits and two walks, with five strikeouts. Tristan Ennis had two hits, including a triple, two RBIs and four […]
Falcons finish strong at home
Dillon Faircloth’s two-run double in the bottom of the fifth drove in Jacob Hartman with the winning run as Coats-Erwin’s baseball team took a 10–0 win over Highland in the Falcons’ final home game of the season on Thursday. Now 9-2 on the season, Coats-Erwin finishes its season Monday at Overhills. Hayden Pope went the […]
Falcons fall in softball
Harnett Central Middle School handed Coats-Erwin its first loss of the season in softball Monday, taking a 7-3 win over the visiting Falcons. Ashley Ellis pitched the complete game win for the Raiders (9-2), yielding two earned runs on five hits and two walks, with three strikeouts. Ivanna Jones had two hits, including a triple, […]
HC wins middle school baseball
Harnett Central Middle School clinched the conference baseball championship with a 14-4 win over visiting Coats-Erwin on Monday. Luke Bailey pitched the complete game win for the Raiders (11-0), yielding two earned runs on three hits and five walks, with four strikeouts. Dalton Ausley was 4-for-4, including a triple and two home runs, with three […]