Quick Hits

Wednesday, August 14

Cape Fear Christian Academy opens its varsity volleyball season at Fayetteville Academy on Thursday at 5 p.m. … Overhills was picked eighth among nine teams in the Patriot Athletic 4-A/3-A Conference preseason football coaches poll. Pine Forest was voted to repeat as...

Tuesday, August 13

The Campbell men's basketball team took an 81-52 victory over host Buenos Aires Combined on Monday as senior Cory Gensler scored 15 points — all in the second halffor the Camels. … The Harnett Jamboree, high school football scrimmages at Triton, gets underway at 5...

Monday, August 12

Former New Hanover High School and Duke quarterback Sonny Jurgensen, who went on to an NFL Hall of Fame career with Philadelphia and Washington, has announced his retirement from the Redskins radio network as a color commentator. … Patrick Reed won the Northern Trust...

Sunday, August 11

Tanner Myatt (Overhills) pitched a scoreless inning for the Charleston RiverDogs in a 10-9 win over the host Hickory Crawdads in South Atlantic League baseball on Saturday night. ... WRAL-TV-5 sports anchor Jeff Gravley will be leaving the station when his current...

Saturday, August 10

The Campbell men's basketball team will make a day trip from Buenos Aires on Sunday to go zip lining and rock climbing in Tigre Town. The Camels play the Buenos Aires Select Team on Monday at 8 p.m. on their 11-day, 3-game South American tour. … Dustin Johnson was at...

Friday, August 9

A night after the Syracuse Mets were saddled by a no-hitter by four Durham pitchers, the visitors piled up 23 hits in a 17-0 win at the DBAP. ... Dunn Area Sports received its 106,000th view since Feb. 4, 2018, on Thursday. Thank you! ... The Carolina Panthers won...

Thursday, August 8

Trent Fennell (Triton) pitched one and one-third scoreless innings with one strikeout and was credited with a hold on Tuesday for the host Asheville Tourists in a 5-2 South Atlantic League baseball win over the Lakewood (N.J.) BlueClaws. … The Campbell men's...

Wednesday, August 7

Tony Lewis has stepped down after a successful stint as varsity boys basketball coach at Overhills and the Jaguars are bringing in Joe Easley from Midway as his replacement. The Raiders are conducting a coaching search. … Campbell has been picked in a tie for second...

Tuesday, August 6

Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) is scheduled to return from an injury rehab period as designated hitter for the Tri-City ValleyCats in the Houston Astros organization in the New York-Penn League. Barefoot has been out since June 28. Plans call for him to gradually...

Monday, August 5

A 5-3 loss at Morehead City on Sunday night knocked the Fayetteville SwampDogs out of the Coastal Plain summer collegiate baseball league playoffs. … J.T. Poston shot a final round 62 to win the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro. … Six runs...

Sunday, August 4

Trent Fennell (Triton) made his second start for the Asheville Tourists of the Class A South Atlantic League on Thursday at home and pitched four hitless, scoreless innings in a 4-2 win over the Lexington Legends. Fennell struck out five and walked one. … Byeong Hun...

Saturday, August 3

Campbell opened preseason football practice on Friday morning. The Camels have a scrimmage coming up at Barker-Lane Stadium on August 10. … Byeong Hun An is at 13-under par and leads the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro by one shot after...

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