Dunn hosts Western Harnett in middle school football today at 4 p.m. … Jayden Gardner had 28 points and 11 rebounds as East Carolina took an 80-68 win over VMI in its season-opening basketball game. … No. 4 Duke topped No. 3 Kansas, 68-66, in Madison Square Garden...

Former Campbell star Chris Clemons scored 16 points for the Houston Rockets in a 129-100 loss at Miami on Sunday. … Triton received the No. 16 seed in the Eastern bracket of the NCHSAA 3-A boys soccer playoffs and will host No. 17 Terry Sanford in the first round on...

Triton took host Southern Lee to a shootout in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference varsity boys soccer tournament after play ended in a tie at 2. Benny Villalvazo had both goals for the Hawks. NCHSAAA Tournament pairings are scheduled to be announced on Monday. … Jamie...

Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team was scheduled to play Northside Christian of Charlotte at Prolific Park in Greensboro on Saturday morning to lead off a set of scrimmages for the Eagles in the Gate City. … Campbell hosts Presbyterian in a Big...

The Keith Hills Turkey Shootout is Saturday, Nov. 16, with start times from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. with two-person teams playing six holes of superball, six holes of best ball and six holes of alternate shot. … Dunn Area Sports received its 124,000th view on Thursday....

Host Highland and Dunn played a scoreless middle school football game for four quarters on Wednesday. The Vikings had the first possession in overtime and scored but were denied on the 2-point conversion. The Greenwaves were stopped at the 2-yard line on fourth down...

Triton won 2-1 in varsity boys soccer at Union Pines on Tuesday. Fernando Santiago and Kevin Paz had second-half goals for the Hawks (12-7-2). … Lana Klein of Triton shot a second-round 91 in the NCHSAA 3-A girls golf championships at Foxfire on Tuesday. Kendall...

Kendall Weaver of South Johnston shot an opening-round 92 in the NCHSAA 3-A girls golf championships Monday at Foxfire. South was 12th among 13 teams going into today's final round. Playing as an individual, Lana Klein of Triton had a first-round 94. … The Pittsburgh...

Yordan Alvarez, who played for the Buies Creek Astros in 2017, started the scoring in game five of the World Series with a 2-run homer in the second inning as Houston topped host Washington, 7-1, for a 3-2 lead in the series. The Astros host game six on Tuesday at...

Triton was topped 3-0 at top-seeded Chapel Hill in the first-round of the NCHSAA 3-A volleyball tournament on Saturday. South Johnston also was ousted by a 3-0 margin at East Chapel Hill. … Despite a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Tyler Snead to start...

Sierra Collins of Harnett Central won the girls championship in the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference cross country meet at Kiwanis Park in Sanford on Wednesday with a time of 18 minutes, 59.90 seconds over the five-kilometer course. The Central girls took the team title...