Harnett Central got off to a good start before West Johnston rallied for a 28-13 season-opening, varsity football win over the visiting Trojans on Friday night. Aiden Taylor completed six of 13 passes for 180 yards in the setback. Central led 13-7 until the Wildcats...
Robert Bailey set the tone for South Johnston with an early interception and the Trojans went on to a 31-7 home win over Western Harnett to open the season on Friday night. Riley Adams put the Trojans ahead to stay with a 2-yard scoring keeper in the first quarter and...
Hobbton got a huge game from senior Bobby Dial to end a drought in its football rivalry with Midway on Friday night at Tommy Sloan Stadium in Spivey's Corner. Dial scored five touchdowns in a rainy 40-32 triumph for the Wildcats, who had not beaten their Sampson...
A lot has changed from Midway's 80-73 season-opening varsity football win at Hobbton in 2021. Both quarterbacks, Wyatt Holland of the Raiders and Loden Bradshaw of the Wildcats, have graduated. Midway has a new coach, Kyle Stevens. One thing will remain constant, the...
Two solid scrimmages have South Johnston ready to host Western Harnett tonight to get the 2022 varsity football season underway. The Trojans held Harnett Central scoreless on August 10 and outscored Midway, 3-1, on August 12 in the Sampson Jamboree at Clinton. Connor...
BUIES CREEK — Campbell fought Mercer to a 1-1 draw in its season opener Thursday night at Eakes Athletics Complex. The Camels scored first in the 29th minute as Elyssa Nowowieski received a throw-in from Reagan Baiotto. Nowowieski booted it into the box, finding...
Visiting Jordan, a 4-A program from Durham, rallied past 3-A Triton in the second half to win, 49-31, to open varsity football season Thursday night. “It was kind of strange,” said Triton coach Ben Penny. “I thought we were more focused at halftime as we’ve ever been...
Cape Fear Christian Academy's girls tennis team improved to 2-0 on the 2022 season with a 6-3 win at Greenfield in Wilson on Thursday. The Eagles got wins from Ella John Dupree, Aubrey Jackson, Nina Sauer and Karson Hamilton in the top four singles. Dupree and Anna...
After a scoreless first half, host Harnett Central got goals from Adrian Pillaca, Richie Diego and Sequoia Cortes-Medeiros for a 3-1 win over Triton in the Harnett County boys soccer tournament championship game Wednesday night. The Hawks (1-1) avoided a shutout with...
Midway’s varsity volleyball team took a 3-0 win on the road against rival Triton by scores of 25-18, 25-17 and 25-16 Wednesday. “They looked really good against Cleveland Monday night (Midway won 3-1 at home),” said Midway coach Susan Clark. “Tonight, they came out...
South Johnston opened varsity volleyball season with a 3-0 win over visiting Harnett Central by scores of 25-20, 25-23 and 25-20 on Tuesday. “We will take it,” said South Johnston coach Matthew Adams. “As always, when you’re playing the first game of the season, you...
Triton played it safe in its second and final football scrimmage at Cape Fear in the Cumberland jamboree on Friday night. "I thought we played well at times," said Hawks coach Ben Penny. "We were cautious with all the rain that came in with some of our guys. J.J....
