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West Johnston tops South

West Johnston took a pair of diamond wins at South Johnston on Tuesday night. The Wildcats won the varsity baseball matchup, 5-3, to put South at 7-7 for the season and 1-2 in the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference. West edged South (6-4, 2-1) by a 4-3 margin in softball....

HC Trojans nip Western, 4-3

N.C. State signee Baker Nelson pitched five and two-thirds innings as host Harnett Central took a 4-3 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity baseball win over Western Harnett on Tuesday night. Nelson allowed three hits and three runs (all earned) while walking three...

Midway baseball downs Goldsboro, 16-6, as Raiders sweep

Midway's varsity baseball team scored six runs in the sixth inning to close out a 16-6 East Central 2-A Conference win over visiting Goldsboro on Tuesday night. Sophomore Drew Matthews had two hits and drove in three runs as the Raiders improved to 9-3 overall and 4-1...

Camels top N.C. Central, 3-1

DURHAM — Campbell juniors Zach Minnick and Tyler Anshaw cranked back-to-back home runs in the top of the fourth inning as the Camels downed the N.C. Central Eagles 3-1 on Tuesday night at the Durham Athletic Park. With the victory, coach Justin Haire notched his 100th...

Hawk softball takes 12-0 win to prevent Southern Lee sweep

Hawk softball takes 12-0 win to prevent Southern Lee sweep

Triton’s softball team had a much-needed strong performance in a 12-0 win over visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference foe Southern Lee in five innings Tuesday. “We had a really good practice yesterday,” said Triton coach Mark Whitman. “We really worked on hitting...

Union Pines wins golf at Whispering Pines with Weaver medalist

Union Pines won a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference golf match for the fourth time in four tries this season, hosting play and getting a 78 for medalist honors from Allen Weaver on the way to a 328 team total at Whispering Pines on Monday. Western Harnett was second at...

C-E posts shutout vs. Shughart

C-E posts shutout vs. Shughart

The Coats-Erwin Middle School baseball team shut out visiting Shughart, 12-0, on Monday as starter Dillon Faircloth and Jamari Thompson combined for a two-hitter while striking out 11. The Coats-Erwin softball team won, 25-0, in three innings. The Falcons improved to...

BC Astros down Lynchburg, 12-5

Osvaldo Duarte and Abraham Toro-Hernandez each had two-run double in a six-run fifth inning for the Buies Creek Astros in a 12-5 Carolina League baseball win at Lynchburg on Monday night. The Astros (2-3) can even their record against the Hillcats at Calvin Falwell...

Triton moves baseball game with Jack Britt to Wednesday

Triton moves baseball game with Jack Britt to Wednesday

Triton has moved its nonconference baseball games with Jack Britt from tonight (Monday, April 9) to Wednesday (April 11) due to wet weather. The Hawks will play the Bucs in a junior varsity game at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday with the varsity game at 7 p.m. Triton is...

BC Astros get first win

The Buies Creek Astros split a doubleheader hosted by the Salem (Va.) Red Sox on Sunday after a game Saturday was rained out. Sunday's games were each scheduled for seven innings. Both were decided in the eighth inning. In the new minor league format, a runner is put...

Dunn PAL, CFCA hosting tournaments

The Dunn PAL and the Cape Fear Christian Academy Boosters Club will be hosting superball golf tournaments at Chicora. The PAL event is Thursday, April 12, beginning at 11 a.m. Cost is $45 per person. For more information, call (910) 892-1873. The CFCA tournament is...

CU splits, Flames take series

CU splits, Flames take series

BUIES CREEK — Campbell split a Big South Conference baseball doubleheader with Liberty on Sunday afternoon at Jim Perry Stadium as the Camels (16-16, 9-3 Big South) took game one 5-4 before falling 8-3 in the series finale. The Flames won the opening game of the...

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