Quick Hits

Monday, January 11

Former Triton standout Clayton White (N.C. State, New York Giants) has been hired as defensive coordinator at South Carolina. White had been working in the same capacity at Western Kentucky. ... Alabama (12-0) plays Ohio State (7-0) for the College Football Playoff...

Sunday, January 10

Harnett Central (8-3) is seeded No. 13 in the Eastern 3-A bracket for the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs and will visit No. 4 New Hanover (7-5) in the first round on Tuesday. ... Midway (9-3) is seeded 15th in the 2-A East and plays at No. 2 Farmville Central (12-1). ......

Saturday, January 10

Campbell visits Longwood in men's basketball tonight (ESPN3, 6 p.m.). The Lancers have lost seven of their last eight but three of those setbacks have been by two points on less. ... The NFL playoffs start today with Indianapolis at Buffalo (CBS, 1:05 p.m.). Seattle...

Friday, January 8

Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school boys basketball team improved to 3-0 with a 42-25 win at Fayetteville Christian on Thursday as Brandon Surles tallied 23 points. Landon Alphin scored 12, Lathan Wilborn had four points and Eli Burns hit from behind the arc...

Thursday, January 7

Dunn Area Sports has received its 168,000th view. Thank you! ... Benjamin Barton of Campbell has been named Wrestler of the Week in the Southern Conference. ... Midway's girls cross country team won the East Central 2-A Conference championship. The Raider boys were...

Wednesday, January 6

Gardner-Webb earned a split against visiting Campbell in back-to-back Big South Conference men's basketball games with an 85-70 win Tuesday as the Bulldogs hit 52.6 percent of their field goal attempts. ... Andrew Platek scored with 3.6 seconds remaining to lift North...

Tuesday, January 5

Triton's varsity boys basketball team is on quarantine until January 14. ... Overhills is not playing in the Patriot Athletic Conference volleyball tournament due to positive COVID tests. ... Messiah Thompson scored a career-high 15 points to lead Campbell to a 70-61...

Monday, January 4

First-round playoff pairings for next weekend in the NFL have been set. On Saturday, Indianapolis visits Buffalo (CBS, 1:05 p.m.), Seattle hosts the Los Angeles Rams (FOX, 4:40 p.m.) and Tampa Bay plays at Washington (NBC, 8:15 p.m.). On Sunday, Baltimore travels to...

Sunday, January 3

Campbell lost its season-opening wrestling match, 26-8, on Saturday at No. 8 Virginia Tech. ... Due to COVID issues within the High Point men's basketball program, Campbell will visit Gardner-Webb for games on Monday (6 p.m.) and Tuesday (4 p.m.). ... Texas A&M...

Saturday, January 2

No. 3 Ohio State downed No. 2 Clemson, 49-28, in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night as Justin Fields threw for six touchdowns and Trey Sermon ran for 193 yards. The Buckeyes (7-0) will take on No. 1 Alabama (12-0) for the College Football Playoff championship on Monday,...

Friday, January 1

Happy New Year! ... Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team was topped, 66-61, by Cannon School of Concord in the consolation championship of the Beach Ball Classic at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Thursday despite 21 points by Cinque Lemon....

Thursday, December 31

Campbell was edged 84-83 in its Big South Conference men's basketball opener at Winthrop on Wednesday as the Eagles shot 50 free throws compared to 25 for the Camels, who had five players foul out, tying a school record. ... North Carolina was topped, 72-67, at...

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