BUIES CREEK — UNC Wilmington jumped out to an early 7-0 lead and held on for an 8-3 nonconference baseball victory over Campbell on Tuesday night at Jim Perry Stadium. Justin Walke (3-0) earned the win, tossing two innings of relief with one earned run on two hits....
Harnett Central took a pair of varsity wins over visiting Tri-County Six 3-A Conference opponent Southern Lee in girls soccer and softball, but the Cavaliers prevented the sweep with a win on the baseball field. In soccer, senior Braelyn Barnes scored with 5:16 left...
Host Union Pines swept its Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity matchups with Triton on Tuesday night. The setbacks included the first loss of the season for the Hawks in softball as the Vikings won, 3-1. Triton was topped 9-4 in baseball and 5-0 in girls soccer. "We...
Pairings have been announced for the Spring Break Softball Tournament to be hosted by Harnett Central. At 11 a.m. on Tuesday (April 3), C.B. Aycock plays Harnett Central. Princeton plays C.B. Aycock at 1 p.m. Central takes on Princeton at 3 p.m. Wednesday games...
As reported March 1 by Dunn Area Sports, Cory Barnes will be the new football coach at Midway. The hire was approved by the Sampson County School Board on Monday. Midway principal Monty Strickland interviewed approximately 10 candidates from a field of about 40...
With a 73 for medalist honors from sophomore Logan Patrick, Midway won an East Central 2-A Conference golf match at Coharie Country Club in Clinton on Monday with a 316 score. Trey Pope had a 79 for the Raiders. Andrew Eldridge and Jordan Sullivan each shot 82s....
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...
Midway's varsity baseball team defeated host James Kenan 14-4 on Monday night as Brayden Coats had four runs batted in. Cameron Barefoot and Carson Calcutt had three hits each as the Raiders improved to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the East Central 2-A Conference. Barefoot...
Harnett Central made short work of visiting Panther Creek, winning 13-3 in five innings in a nonconference varsity softball game Monday. “We really had focused at-bats,” said Central coach Lauren Taylor. “The girls went up there with a purpose and that was on their...
Team performances remained true to form as Triton hosted a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference golf match at Chicora on Monday. For the third straight league match, Union Pines was first, Harnett Central was second, Triton was third and Western Harnett finished fourth. The...
Bradley Wilson of Western Harnett pitched a three-hit shutout as the Eagles took a 5-0 win on Friday night over visiting Lee County in varsity baseball. The junior right-hander had nine strikeouts and one walk as Western improved to 7-5 overall and 3-0 in the...
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...
