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Dixie AAA baseball: Host Dunn in suspended game, Lillington ousted

Dixie AAA baseball: Host Dunn in suspended game, Lillington ousted

The second day of the Dixie Youth AAA (10-under) State Baseball Tournament in Dunn saw Lillington eliminated and play suspended due to severe weather during Dunn's game Sunday. Seven runs across the second and third innings made the difference as Lillington fell 7-0...

Host Dunn, Lillington dealt losses in Dixie AAA baseball state tourney

Host Dunn, Lillington dealt losses in Dixie AAA baseball state tourney

The opening day of the Dixie Youth AAA (10-under) State Baseball Tournament Saturday saw Lillington and host Dunn both suffer setbacks in their opening games. Lillington was competitive early, but fell 13-2 to King's Mountain. Jack Barber had one hit and one run...

Dunn 12-U stars win district baseball, 13-3, over Hoke County

Dunn 12-U stars win district baseball, 13-3, over Hoke County

After falling behind early, Dunn got its bats going to take a 13-3 win over Hoke County in the championship game of the Dixie Youth District II Majors (12-and-under) baseball tournament in Lillington on Tuesday night. Starter Wesley Tew was the winning pitcher for...

Rain shortens Harnett Educators golf tournament

Rain shortens Harnett Educators golf tournament

The 36th annual Harnett Educators golf tournament at Keith Hills on Friday was shortened due to rainy weather. The championship flight was limited to 12 holes with Brooks Matthews, Eddie Jaggers, Braxton Wynns and Jerry Hockaday finishing first at 12-under par over...

South sending Schneider to Fayetteville Tech for baseball

South sending Schneider to Fayetteville Tech for baseball

South Johnston has announced that versatile Dewayne Schneider plans to continue playing baseball at Fayetteville Tech. Schneider threw a team-high 359 pitches in 2021 as South went 7-7 overall and 6-4 in the Greater Neuse 3-A Conference. Schneider also played infield...

Benitez taking tennis volleying skills to Pfeiffer

Benitez taking tennis volleying skills to Pfeiffer

Gumaro Benitez has developed as a tennis player very quickly. In less than three years playing the game at Harnett Central, he is ready to take the next step and move to the collegiate level at Pfeiffer. A signing ceremony was held Wednesday in the Central media...

Raiders host 7-on-7 with Triton, North Lenoir, Lakewood

Raiders host 7-on-7 with Triton, North Lenoir, Lakewood

Midway hosted 7-on-7 passing scrimmages with Triton, Lakewood and North Lenoir on Wednesday evening at Tommy Sloan Stadium. The Raiders return Wyatt Holland, who passed for 1,977 yards and 22 touchdowns with just two interceptions in a 5-2 season earlier this year....

Thursday, June 24

The 35th annual Harnett Educators golf tournament is Friday afternoon at Keith Hills. ... Fuquay-Varina topped host Wilmington Ashley, 2-1, for the NCHSAA 4-A Eastern regional baseball championship on Wednesday. The Bengals (14-3) take on Reagan (16-2) in a...

Central girls tennis concludes season with signings, trip to regionals

Central girls tennis concludes season with signings, trip to regionals

Harnett Central's girls tennis team concluded its season in the regionals at the Burlington Tennis Center on Friday. Sophie McLean and Morgan Jones of the Trojans each lost to seeded players in singles. Malaya McFadyen and Anna Vreeling lost 6-2, 6-2 in a doubles...

Friday, June 18

Triton's varsity boys basketball team plays in a jamboree at Wilmington Laney today. ... Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) had a 2-run homer Thursday for the Asheville Tourists in a 9-8 home loss to Aberdeen. ... Rod Brind'Amour of the Carolina Hurricanes has been...

Thursday, June 17

Campbell landed a program record three players on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America teams. Zach Neto and Spencer Packard were named second-team while Matthew Christian was a third-team selection. ... Isa Banks of Clinton, the East...

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