Quick Hits

Saturday, August 8

Campbell opened its 2020 preseason football camp on Friday at 7 a.m. ... Former UNC player Mike Fox is retiring after 22 seasons as baseball coach for the Tar Heels. Assistant Scott Forbes has been promoted. ... The NCAA Division II South Atlantic Conference, which...

Friday, August 7

Fall sports practice may begin for North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association teams in low- to moderate-risk sports on Monday. Competition can start for low-risk sports such as cross country and girls tennis the week of September 8. Moderate-risk sports...

Thursday, August 6

The North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association, which includes Cape Fear Christian Academy, has online meetings today to discuss contingency plans following the announcement on Wednesday that the state would remain in Phase 2 of reopening for five more...

Wednesday, August 5

Former Pfeiffer coach Jordan Stampler has joined the Campbell baseball staff as director of player development. ... West Forsyth offensive guard Jared Wilson has changed his commitment from North Carolina to Georgia. A first team All-State pick, Wilson had 71 pancake...

Tuesday, August 4

The Carolina Hurricanes took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-5 NHL series with the New York Rangers as Andrei Svechnikov had three goals in a 4-1 win in Toronto on Monday. ... Don Gardner has resigned as varsity girls basketball coach at Fayetteville Christian School....

Monday, August 3

N.C. State alumnus T.J. Warren scored 53 points for the Indiana Pacers on Sunday in a 127-121 win over Philadelphia. ... Dunn Area Sports has received its 156,000th view. Thank you! ... A final round 65 helped Justin Thomas win the St. Jude Invitational by three...

Sunday, August 2

The Tarboro River Bandits topped the Fuquay-Varina Twins, 2-1, at Tarboro Municipal Stadium for the Carolina-Virginia College Summer League tournament championship on Saturday as Phillip Boykin hit a walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh. The Twins, who won...

Saturday, August 1

The host Tarboro River Bandits topped the Fuquay-Varina Twins, 3-1, on Friday night in the Carolina-Virginia Summer College League tournament. The Twins face the Carolina Pirates of Lillington today at 2 p.m. in an elimination game. The winner of that game takes on...

Friday, July 31

The top-seeded Fuquay-Varina Twins play the host Tarboro River Bandits in the semifinals of the Carolina-Virginia Summer College League tournament tonight at 8 p.m. The Carolina Pirates of Lillington face the Roxboro Thunder in an elimination game at 5 p.m. The event...

Thursday, July 30

The Fuquay-Varina Twins advanced in the Carolina-Virginia Summer College League tournament with a 7-3 win over the Carolina Pirates of Lillington on Wednesday night in Tarboro. Hunter Barnes (Harnett Central, Methodist) pitched five and two-thirds innings for the win...

Wednesday, July 29

The 35th annual Harnett County Educators tournament was played Tuesday at Keith Hills. First flight winners with a 55 in the superball format over the Orange and Black nines were Bob Beasley, Hank Hurd, Marcus Stanaland and Drew Harrington. The team of Rodney Pope,...

Tuesday, July 28

Point guard Jamael Carter, who made All-Sandhills Conference as a senior at Cape Fear Christian Academy in 2019-20, has decided to play at Averett University in Danville, Virginia. ... Campbell women's golf coach John Crooks has added transfers Tomita Arejola from...

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