Quick Hits

Friday, February 25

Campbell (1-3) hosts No. 22 Maryland (4-0) for a 3-game baseball series that starts today (ESPN+, 5 p.m.). ... The Camels take on visiting High Point on Saturday at 2 p.m. in women's basketball. A win would give Campbell top seeding for the Big South Conference...

Thursday, February 24

The Campbell women's basketball team jumped out to a 19-0 lead in taking a 78-35 Big South Conference win over Winthrop at Gore Arena on Wednesday night. Shy Tuelle reached 1,000 points for her career as the Lady Camels improved to 20-6 overall and 14-3 in league...

Wednesday, February 23

The Triton varsity girls basketball team improved to 16-7 for the season with a 63-50 win at Fike in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs on Tuesday. The Lady Hawks advance to play at Northwood on Thursday. ... Falcon...

Tuesday, February 22

Delaney Cumbie (Cape Fear Christian Academy) is hitting .333 for the UNC Greensboro softball team, which plays at N.C. State today (ESPN+, 4 p.m.). ... CFCA pitcher and shortstop Rhyleigh Horne has committed to play at Mount Olive. The UMO Trojans received an earlier...

Monday, February 21

Campbell dropped the deciding game of its baseball series with Appalachian State, 5-4, in Buies Creek on Sunday despite two hits each by Lawson Harrill, Drake Pierson and Jarrod Belbin. ... East Carolina was topped, 69-66, in men's basketball on Sunday at Central...

Sunday, February 20

Former Harnett Central principal Jerry Ennis was on hand for the Appalachian State-Campbell baseball game Saturday. Ennis played for both programs. ... Brackets for the NCHSAA basketball tournaments were released Saturday. In first-round games on Tuesday, the Midway...

Saturday, February 19

Jose Zambrano of Harnett Central was topped, 6-3, by Brady Ross of Central Academy on Friday in the semifinals of the 182-pound class in the NCHSAA 3-A wrestling tournament. ... Campbell has named Damien Adams (Triton) and Reggie Howard co-defensive coordinators. ......

Friday, February 18

Triton wrestlers Nathan Williams at 170 pounds and Malachi Nettles at 220 pounds took first-round wins by decision Thursday at Greensboro Coliseum in the NCHSAA 3-A individual tournament. Cameron Curva of Western Harnett won by technical fall at 132 pounds....

Thursday, February 17

The Triton varsity girls basketball team was knocked out of the All American Conference tournament in the second round with a 71-59 loss to E.E. Smith on Wednesday night despite a 34-point performance by freshman JaNiah Smith for the Lady Hawks. The Triton girls are...

Wednesday, February 16

Eighth-grader Allie Wiggins of Cape Fear Christian Academy was fourth in the 100-yard backstroke and sixth in the 100-yard freestyle in the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association Division III swim meet at the Greensboro Aquatic Center on Tuesday. ......

Tuesday, February 15

Four players from Cape Fear Christian Academy earned All-Sandhills Athletic Conference honors in varsity basketball. Cailee Ray and Ella John Dupree were recognized from the CFCA girls. DeShawn Woods and Zeke Brock made all-conference for the Eagle boys. ... The CFCA...

Monday, February 14

Happy Valentine's Day! ... Host Appalachian State topped Campbell, 19-13, in wrestling on Sunday to win the Southern Conference regular-season championship. ... The Los Angeles Rams edged Cincinnati, 23-20, in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday as Matthew Stafford passed to MVP...

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