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Eagles take ‘Rocky’ road to NCISAA 1-A softball title

Eagles take ‘Rocky’ road to NCISAA 1-A softball title

Cape Fear Christian Academy won its eighth North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association championship in softball Saturday as seventh-grader Megan Harrold drew a bases-loaded walk with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 7-6 victory in the third...

Cape Fear Colts end Central’s softball season

Cape Fear Colts end Central’s softball season

No. 7 Harnett Central’s varsity softball season came to a close with a 10-0 loss in six innings at No. 3 Cape Fear in the fourth round of the NCHSAA 3-A state playoffs on Friday. “You can’t expect girls not to hit the ball,” said Harnett Central coach Ashley Gaines....

CFCA takes game one in championship softball series

CFCA takes game one in championship softball series

Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity softball team defeated visiting Pungo Christian, 10-3, on Friday in the first game of a best-of-three series for the NCISAA 1-A championship. The hosts went ahead to stay with four runs in the bottom of the first after the Raiders...

CFCA softball shuts out Lawrence to reach state final series

CFCA softball shuts out Lawrence to reach state final series

Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity softball team reached the NCISAA 1-A championship series with a 3-0 win over visiting Lawrence on Tuesday. The top-seeded Eagles (17-4) will host Wednesday's Halifax-Pungo winner in a best-of-three for the state title on Friday...

Central softball wins third-round matchup with South in eight innings

Central softball wins third-round matchup with South in eight innings

No. 7 Harnett Central scored an upset on the road against No. 2 South Johnston with a 3-2 win in eight innings on a base hit from junior Ashley Bliven that drove in sophomore Savannah Bain in the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A state softball playoffs on Tuesday night....

Saturday, May 14

An even par 72 at Foxfire on Tuesday sent Logan Atkins of Midway to the NCHSAA 2-A individual championship in boys golf. ... Midway's varsity girls soccer team will play at North Johnston on Monday at 6 p.m. in the first round of the NCHSAA playoffs. ... All American...

Worley’s 3-run homer sends South softball to third round

Worley’s 3-run homer sends South softball to third round

A strong pitching performance from senior Kennedy Byrd and a three-run home run from junior Meagan Worley made the difference as No. 2 South Johnston beat visiting rival No. 18 Triton 3-1 in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A state softball playoffs Thursday. “It’s a...

CFCA softball advances with 6-0 victory over Northeast

CFCA softball advances with 6-0 victory over Northeast

The Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity softball team advanced to the NCISAA 1-A tournament semifinals on Thursday with a 6-0 win over visiting Northeast Academy as Claire Parker pitched a 2-hitter with 10 strikeouts. The Eagles (16-4), the top seed in the tournament,...

Eagles take baseball, girls soccer playoff wins

Eagles take baseball, girls soccer playoff wins

Host Cape Fear Christian Academy moved on in the NCISAA 1-A playoffs with a 17-7 baseball win over Lee Christian on Tuesday and a 9-0 girls soccer victory over Lee Christian. CFCA (10-6) plays at Oakwood (3-9) in the second round of the baseball playoffs on Thursday...

Raiders advance with diamond shutouts

Raiders advance with diamond shutouts

Midway opened the NCHSAA 2-A state playoffs with a pair of shutout wins at home in varsity baseball and softball Tuesday night. The fifth-seeded baseball team took down Southeastern Athletic 2-A Conference and Sampson County rival No. 28 Clinton and the ninth-seeded...

Triton duo signs with N.C. Wesleyan

Triton duo signs with N.C. Wesleyan

Offensive linemen Jayden Giles and Karon Kirk of Triton have signed to play college football at North Carolina Wesleyan. The duo helped the Hawks to 2,691 yards of total offense in 2021 as Triton went 4-3 in the All American Conference and won the Harnett County...

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