Most season-opening high school football games involving area teams have been moved to tonight due to the forecast for rain on Friday. See schedule below. … Triton coach Ben Penny said that the Hawks’ first game at Knightdale may be moved to Friday at 4...
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Camels turn back High Point for No. 3 seed in Big South
BUIES CREEK — Cedric Henderson, Jr. scored 19 points to lead Campbell to a 68-48 Big South Conference men’s basketball win over High Point on Tuesday night at Gore Arena. Messiah Thompson added 14 points for Campbell (15-9, 11-6), which tied a school Division I...
Eagles topped in NCISAA semis
United Faith used effective man-to-man defense in a 59-54 win in the semifinals of the NCISAA 1-A boys basketball tournament at Cape Fear Christian Academy on Tuesday night. “Nobody has played us man-to-man since December,” said first-year CFCA coach Steve...
No. 20 Camels roll past Winthrop in men’s soccer
BUIES CREEK — Jalen James scored twice to lead Campbell to a 6-0 Big South Conference men’s soccer win over Winthrop on Monday night at the Eakes Athletic Complex. Matt Lock, Franck Momo, Tyler Young and Alemu Mercer-Miko also scored for the 20th-ranked Camels...
Campbell edges Flames, 3-2, to win series
BUIES CREEK — A suicide squeeze in the seventh inning proved to be the decisive run in Campbell’s 3-2 baseball win over Liberty on Sunday afternoon. The bats weren’t as hot as in CU’s 17-3 win Saturday, but the pitching staff was lights out to keep...
Raiders scrimmage North Lenoir
Midway was originally scheduled to scrimmage Triton on Saturday but the Raiders actually lined up against a different breed of Hawks as North Lenoir provided the opposition with Triton working through some COVID protocols. The scrimmage was moved across U.S. 421 to...
Eagles turn back Crossroads
Crossroads Christian had a 13-12 lead at Cape Fear Christian Academy on Saturday when Asher Fulk hit his third 3-pointer in the first quarter. The Eagles responded with a 33-4 run for a 45-17 advantage at halftime and topped the Colts, 79-38, in the third round of the...
Central girls top Triton, 51-38
The Harnett Central varsity girls basketball team topped visiting Triton, 51-38, as Syniah McMiller had 19 points on Friday night. Brittany Mills scored 15, Lya Molyneaux tallied 14 and Shay Ward added three as the Lady Trojans improved to 9-2 overall and 7-2 in the...
CFCA advances in NCISAA Tournament
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s varsity boys basketball team opened play in the NCISAA 1-A basketball tournament on Thursday night with a 101-23 win over visiting Christ Covenant of Winterville. Tristin Harkins led the Eagles (23-7) with 29 points, including nine...
JV boys edged in SAC tournament
Cape Fear Christian Academy’s junior varsity boys basketball team trailed host Freedom Christian, 43-26, at halftime in the semifinals of the Sandhills Athletic Conference tournament on Wednesday. The Eagles battled back to tie the score at 80 on a 3-pointer by...
Lady Eagles win first-round playoff game, 51-34
The fortunes of the Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity girls basketball team, like the weather, took a turn for the better on Tuesday in the first round of the NCISAA 1-A playoffs. The Lady Eagles posted a 51-34 victory over visiting Community Christian of Wilson...
Union Pines sweeps host Hawks
Triton had its Senior Night spoiled by visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference foe Union Pines, which posted a varsity basketball sweep Tuesday. Triton’s girls struggled in a 51-32 loss to Union Pines as the Vikings clinched the conference championship. “We did not...
