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Saturday, April 17

John Gage is leaving Dunn Middle School after directing a number of successful basketball and football teams for the Greenwaves to be junior varsity boys basketball coach at Avery County High School. He will be an assistant for the Vikings in football. ... The...

Friday, April 16

Harnett Central hosted unbeaten Union Pines in boys tennis on Wednesday with the Vikings posting an 8-1 win. The Trojans lost a pair of points on tiebreakers. ... The Campbell women's golf team has a 15-shot lead in the Big South Conference tournament after 36 holes...

Thursday, April 15

Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity girls soccer team got its goal on Tuesday in a 2-1 loss at Freedom Christian as goalie Carlie Spencer stopped a penalty kick, punted to Samantha Ogden, who fed Ella John Dupree, who beat a couple of defenders to score. ... CFCA's...

Wednesday, April 14

Zach Neto of Campbell was 2-for-5 with three RBIs in a 14-7 baseball loss to Duke at Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday night. ... The Campbell women's soccer team will play at High Point on Friday at 7 p.m. for the Big South Conference championship after the...

Tuesday, April 13

The Harnett Central boys tennis team improved to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference with a 6-3 victory over Triton on Monday. The Trojans host undefeated Union Pines on Wednesday. ... Season tickets for Campbell's 2021 football season are on...

Monday, April 12

Hobbton is the No. 6 seed in the NCHSAA 1-AA East football playoffs and will visit East Carteret in the first round. ... The Campbell softball team extended its winning streak to 10 games with a doubleheader sweep in Buies Creek of North Carolina Central by scores of...

Sunday, April 11

Triton's home softball game with Harnett Central has been moved from Tuesday to Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The Hawks will make up a previously rained-out home game with Southern Lee on April 21. ... Sami Charaf Amal scored two goals for Campbell in a 3-1 men's soccer win...

Saturday, April 10

Midway quarterback Wyatt Holland accounted for five touchdowns, three passing and two rushing, in a 42-30 win at James Kenan on Thursday night. ... Loden Bradshaw completed 22 of 26 passes for 252 yards and four TDs in Hobbton's 53-12 win over visiting North Duplin....

Friday, April 9

Amber Liston scored in the 77th minute for the Campbell women's soccer team in a 1-0 win at Charleston Southern on Thursday. ... Justin Rose shot a 65 Thursday for a 4-shot at the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, going into today's second round (ESPN, 3...

Thursday, April 8

Miranda Holmes pitched a 2-hitter with 13 strikeouts as Midway avenged its only loss with a 2-0 varsity softball win at home over East Duplin on Wednesday night. ... Freshman Takyra McLean homered and classmate Aubree Bass pitched a complete game as Triton took a 7-2...

Wednesday, April 7

Gracyn Slaughter pitched five innings and Aubree Bass came to the circle for the final inning for Triton in a 10-0 Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity softball win at Western Harnett on Tuesday night. Reagan Bradham was 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs. ... The...

Tuesday, April 6

Harnett Central is ranked No. 17 among NCHSAA 3-A boys tennis teams. ... Pontus Nyholm of Campbell is the individual leader of the Golfweek Spring Invitational at the True Blue club in Pawley's Island, South Carolina, at 9-under par going into today's final round. ......

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