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Western advances with 6-4 JoCo Easter win over Rams

Western advances with 6-4 JoCo Easter win over Rams

Some early big hits and some big defensive plays late led Western Harnett to a 6-4 varsity baseball win over Cleveland in the opening round of the Johnston County Easter Invitational at South Johnston on Saturday. “A huge win,” said Western coach Dalton Hardee. “We...

Coats-Erwin rallies in softball

Coats-Erwin rallies in softball

Coats-Erwin Middle School rallied with six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat visiting Harnett Central 14-13 in softball Thursday. Ava Blackman went the distance for the win for the Falcons (4-0), recording three strikeouts. Kimah Warren led the Falcons...

Symmonds a fixture in Campbell athletic security

Symmonds a fixture in Campbell athletic security

Ricky Symmonds has finished his 41st school year providing security for officials at Campbell basketball and football games. Symmonds played football at Seventy-First and was a teammate of Marvin Powell, who went on to play at Southern California and in the NFL....

Central pulls away against C-E baseball for Falcons’ first setback

Three games in four days proved too much for the pitching staff of Coats-Erwin Middle School's baseball team on Thursday. The Falcons were tied with visiting Harnett Central through five innings before Central pulled away to a 13-2 win as Coats-Erwin's mound staff was...

Falcons 3-0 in middle school baseball; softball wins, 19-4

Falcons 3-0 in middle school baseball; softball wins, 19-4

The Coats-Erwin Middle School baseball team improved to 3-0 on the season with a 5–2 win over visiting Overhills on Wednesday. Jamari Thompson was the winning pitcher. Hayden Pope earned his second consecutive save, striking out five in relief. Hunter Thompson and...

Coats-Erwin halts Western’s baseball streak

The visiting Coats-Erwin Middle School baseball team defeated two-time defending conference champion Western Harnett, 6-4, on Monday afternoon, Western’s first loss since the 2016 season. Dillon Faircloth was the winning pitcher, going six and two-thirds innings and...

Dunn PAL Wildcats win Walter Blue Tournament

Dunn PAL Wildcats win Walter Blue Tournament

The Dunn Police Athletic League Wildcats won the Walter Blue Memorial Basketball Tournament in the 11th-12th-grade division with a 56-52 victory over Truth Generation Elite of Wallace at Triton on Sunday afternoon. Shiquan Cox had 13 points and seven rebounds in the...

Camels complete sweep of G-W

BUIES CREEK — Junior catcher Zach Minnick tied a season-high with four RBIs as Campbell completed a Big South Conference baseball sweep over Gardner-Webb with a 12-1 victory Sunday afternoon at Jim Perry Stadium. Campbell (13-11, 6-0 Big South) has won nine of its...

Campbell wins series with bunt

BUIES CREEK — With the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth, senior infielder Christian Jones placed a walk-off bunt single in no man's land to score Luis Gimenez and lift Campbell to a 4-3 Big South Conference baseball win over Gardner-Webb on Saturday afternoon...

Camels start series with win over G-W

Camels start series with win over G-W

BUIES CREEK — Joe Zirolli put the Campbell up for good with a two-run single in the bottom of the third as Campbell defeated Gardner-Webb 6-3 on Friday night at Jim Perry Stadium. Campbell right-hander Wes Noble (3-2) picked up the win, allowing three earned runs over...

Dons hold off CU in CBI semi

Dons hold off CU in CBI semi

SAN FRANCISCO — Frankie Ferrari scored 18 points and San Francisco hung on for a 65-62 win over Campbell on Thursday night in a College Basketball Invitational semifinal at War Memorial Gym. The Dons (21-15) advance to the best-of-three games CBI finals series against...

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