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Area high schools affiliate with equipment companies

Area high schools affiliate with equipment companies

Watch a North Carolina basketball game and the Jordan Jumpman emblem, a division of Nike, is readily visible on UNC uniforms. N.C. State is an adidas program for athletic equipment. Campbell is affiliated with Under Armour. UNC did a 10-year deal with Nike for...

CU takes on Liberty in Big South men’s tournament

Campbell is the fourth seed for the Big South Conference men's basketball tournament and will face Liberty on Thursday at 9 p.m. in the quarterfinal round in Asheville. Under the direction of fifth-year coach Kevin McGeehan, the Camels (16-14, 10-8 Big South) earned...

Campbell’s Clemons on All-Big South first team

Campbell’s Clemons on All-Big South first team

Chris Clemons (Raleigh/Millbrook High School), Marcus Burk (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Central) and Cory Gensler (Cary/Cary) of Campbell have earned Big South Conference men’s basketball postseason honors. Clemons was chosen to the all-conference first team; Burk was...

Kasey McLamb heading to Catawba

Kasey McLamb heading to Catawba

Kasey McLamb, a senior in the Midway girls soccer program, has signed to continue her career at Catawba. She got to try on her Indians jersey last weekend. "It just made me feel amazing," she said. "It showed me what hard work and dedication and hours of practice can...

Western sending duo to CCCC

Western sending duo to CCCC

Central Carolina Community College men's basketball coach Brad McDougald likes the skill sets and intangibles that Western Harnett players Jamar Butler and Darnell Carver will bring to his program. Butler and Carver signed with CCCC on Monday (Feb. 26). Butler...

Ben Penny gives thumbs-up on foundational CAFCA clinic

Ben Penny gives thumbs-up on foundational CAFCA clinic

Triton coach Ben Penny is secretary of the new Capital Area Football Coaches Association, which had a clinic Saturday in Raleigh that featured renown Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster as featured speaker. "It went well," Penny said. "Saturday was a great...

Camels fall in extra innings

BUIES CREEK — Campbell's comeback effort fell short as Miami of Ohio scored two runs in the top of the 11th inning to defeat the Camels 8-6 Sunday in baseball at Jim Perry Stadium. Cole Gnetz (1-0) was credited with the win, holding the Camels scoreless in the ninth...

CU senior ladies step up on their day

CU senior ladies step up on their day

BUIES CREEK — All three seniors scored in double figures on Senior Day to lead Campbell to a 57-45 Big South Conference women's basketball victory over Winthrop on Saturday afternoon inside Gore Arena. Sarah Smith led Campbell (14-13, 7-9 Big South) with a season-high...

Softball sweeps scrimmages, Slaughter has no-hitter

Triton won three softball scrimmages at East Carolina Athletic Park in Goldsboro on Saturday, 3-0 over Beddingfield, 3-0 over Hunt and 15-0 against Nash Central as Gracyn Slaughter allowed no hits in the third matchup. Leanna Whaley, a transfer who has signed with...

Hawks top Jack Britt, edged by South View in baseball scrimmages

Despite youthful personnel and injuries that limited last year's starting catchers Grayson Bradham and Josh McMillan, Triton topped host Jack Britt, 6-5, and were competitive in a 7-5 loss to South View in baseball scrimmages on Saturday. The Hawks had been defeated...

Camels win on Senior Day

Camels win on Senior Day

BUIES CREEK — Chris Clemons scored 23 points and tied his career high with nine assists to lead Campbell to a 72-56 Big South Conference men's basketball win over Presbyterian on Saturday at Gore Arena. The Camels (16-14, 10-8) secured the fourth seed in next week’s...

Horrell leads CU baseball win

Horrell leads CU baseball win

BUIES CREEK — Junior right-hander Michael Horrell struck out 10 batters and walked none as Campbell topped Western Michigan 5-1 in baseball on Saturday at Jim Perry Stadium. A native of Thomasville, Horrell (1-0) tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing just four...

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