With the girls team playing at home for the first time and the boys for just the second time this season, Triton took a varsity basketball sweep over visiting Smithfield-Selma on Wednesday night. A third-quarter surge powered Triton to a 44-29 win over...
South Johnston won a pair of varsity basketball games against visiting Western Harnett on Tuesday night. One week after Western Harnett girls took their first win of the season at home against South Johnston, the Trojans avenged the loss by winning a 53-14 rout over...
Greenfield School of Wilson took a nonconference basketball sweep at Cape Fear Christian Academy on Tuesday night. The Knights won the varsity boys basketball game, 83-65, despite a 31-point effort by Austin Locklear of the Eagles (8-3). Zykia Matthews had 16 points...
Former East Carolina basketball coach Jeff Lebo was at Cape Fear Christian Academy on Tuesday night to see his son, Creighton, play for Greenfield School of Wilson. Lebo is assisting his former North Carolina teammate Joe Wolf in coaching the Greensboro Swarm of the...
Triton heavyweight wrestler Michael Carvin improved to 15-0 as he won his division in a tournament hosted by Green Hope High School on Saturday. The Hawks got third-place finishes from Nick Williams at 145 pounds and Dionte Smith (182) as they came in ninth among 23...
Despite a rough night, Harnett Central’s varsity girls basketball team took a 45-22 win on the road at South Johnston to stay unbeaten on the season on Friday. “Not our best basketball that we’ve played,” said Harnett Central coach Catherine Griffin. “I think you can...
On a night where senior C.J. Ray was honored for a career milestone, a dominant first-half performance powered South Johnston’s varsity boys basketball team to a 63-41 win over visiting Harnett Central on Friday. “I told them, ‘Boys, we might want to thank the gods...
The Triton varsity boys basketball team snapped a 2-game losing streak with a 71-48 win at Smithfield-Selma on Friday night as senior Josiah Lett led the way with 19 points, 14 rebounds and eight blocked shots. The Hawks (2-3) were ahead 17-11 after eight minutes and...
Midway swept varsity basketball contests against visiting Sampson County rival Hobbton on Thursday night. Midway won a 58-13 rout over Hobbton in the girls game. “What I liked about I saw, no matter what was going on, not everybody was shooting well tonight and not...
Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team held off visiting Grace Christian of Sanford for a 57-46 win on Thursday night. The Eagles had an 18-point lead reduced to five points in the late stages before improving to 8-2 with a late run after Grace...
Harnett Central got 23 points from Anthony Tomlinson in a 67-55 nonconference varsity boys basketball win at West Johnston on Wednesday night. Tomlinson made eight of 12 from the floor but the rest of the Trojans made just 16 of 43 attempts, 37.2 percent. Central was...
Cape Fear Christian Academy scored a varsity basketball sweep over visiting Lakewood on Wednesday. Cape Fear Christian surged in the third quarter and held off a fourth-quarter rally to win 58-54 over Lakewood in the girls game. “We’re still working on our guard...
