BUIES CREEK — Matt Frierson scored 24 points, Lew Stallworth added 21 and The Citadel defeated Campbell 82-76 Tuesday night at Gore Arena. Zane Najdawi had 17 points and 13 rebounds and Kaiden Rice came off the bench to chip in 13 points for the Bulldogs (9-2), who...
Dunn Middle School and host Harnett Central split a pair of basketball games Monday, with the Raiders edging the Greenwaves in a one-point girls game and the visiting Greenwaves rallying to win the boys game. Harnett Central narrowly held off Dunn to take a 25-24 win...
Western Harnett senior Madison Farmer, of Lillington, signed Monday to play softball at William Peace University in Raleigh. “It was mostly I worked hard because I love softball,” Farmer said. “It had always been an option that maybe I could do, but after I toured...
Cape Fear Christian Academy's junior varsity boys basketball team overcame a 28-22 deficit at the half to down visiting Clinton, 64-48, on Monday night. DeShaun Woods had 23 points, Zeke Brock scored 21 and Owen Gregory netted 14 as the junior Eagles improved to 8-0...
North and South Carolina played to a tie at 10 in the Shrine Bowl on Saturday. … In NCHSAA football state championship games on Saturday, Tarboro won the 1-AA final 50-10 over East Surry at Carter-Finley Stadium, East Forsyth rallied past Scotland County, 35-28, for...
The Midway varsity girls basketball team jumped out to a 21-1 lead in the first quarter on the way to a 59-13 win over visiting Spring Creek in the East Central 2-A Conference opener for the Lady Raiders. The Midway girls got 12 points from J.J. Sankey in improving to...
Triton’s varsity girls basketball team survived a second-half rally at rival South Johnston Friday to take a 56-44 victory and a season sweep over the Trojans. “When we played aggressive defense, it seemed like our offense kicked in,” said Triton coach Wendy Simmons....
A fourth-quarter surge helped South Johnston survive a heated varsity boys basketball battle with visiting rival Triton Friday, winning 65-56 to remain unbeaten and take a season sweep over the Hawks. “That’s a good team (Triton),” said South Johnston coach Brody...
Lucas Capalbo made two free throws with 1.9 seconds remaining as Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team topped visiting Northwood Temple Academy, 64-62, in its Sandhills Athletic Conference opener on Friday night. Capalbo was knocked to the floor...
BUIES CREEK — Ja'Cor Nelson scored a career-high 21 points and Chris Clemons became the 68th player in NCAA Division I history to reach 2,500 career points Thursday in Campbell's 100-53 men's basketball win over Central Penn at Gore Arena. Clemons, the nation's...
BUIES CREEK — Campbell freshman Shy Tuelle hit a 3-pointer with 1.3 seconds remaining to send the game into overtime, but Howard outscored the Camels 10-5 in the extra session, as the visiting Bison defeated CU 69-64 in the ninth annual Campbell Education Day on...
The Harnett Central varsity basketball players and cheerleaders visited elementary schools in the Central district on Thursday, giving out basketballs to appreciative youngsters at Buies Creek, Lillington-Shawtown, Lafayette, Angier and North Harnett. "It gives our...
