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...
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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
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....
Camels move to 7-0 in Big South baseball with opening win at UNC Asheville
ASHEVILLE — Senior Allan Winans produced his fifth straight quality start as Campbell downed UNC Asheville 10-1 in Big South Conference baseball Thursday at Greenwood Baseball Field. Winans (3-3) allowed just one run on three hits over seven innings of work, totaling...
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...
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
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...
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
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...












