No. 11 North Carolina defeated visiting Virginia Tech, the nation's 10th-ranked team, 103-82, on Monday night. The Tar Heels improved to 5-1 in the ACC to lead the league standings. Virginia, Duke, Louisville and Syracuse are all 4-1 in ACC games. Virginia Tech...
Campbell's wrestling team won its Southern Conference opener, 19-17, at Appalachian State on Sunday. … The N.C. State women's basketball team topped visiting Virginia Tech, 70-61, in overtime Sunday to improve to 18-0 overall. The Wolfpack women are the only unbeaten...
Virginia lost 72-70 at Duke and Michigan was turned back 64-54 at Wisconsin on Saturday, leaving no unbeaten teams in NCAA Division I men's basketball this season. … The results came on the same date that Notre Dame ended UCLA's 88-game winning streak in 1974. … In...
Glenn Patrick of Midway has been named Coach of the Year in golf by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association after guiding the Raiders to the 2-A state championship in 2018. … North Carolina visits Miami for a noon start in men's college basketball. N.C....
Dunn Area Sports photographer Barbara Myatt was named Woman of the Year in Erwin at the Chamber of Commerce banquet at the Family Life Center of Erwin United Methodist Church on Thursday night. Former Erwin High School coach and Wake Forest golfer Bill Corbett was...
Coats-Erwin visits Harnett Central in middle school basketball this afternoon. … Louisville topped visiting Boston College, 80-70, and host Clemson turned back Georgia Tech, 72-60, in ACC games on Wednesday. … Temple won 85-74 at East Carolina despite 27 points by...
Dunn Area Sports received its 71,000th view since Feb. 4, 2018, on Tuesday. Thank you! … Wake Forest saw a 22-point lead disappear before topping No. 17 N.C. State, 71-67, in Winston-Salem on Tuesday night for the Deacons' first ACC win of the season. … No. 4 Virginia...
Top-ranked Duke was defeated 95-91 in overtime by visiting Syracuse on Monday night, leaving Virginia and Virginia Tech, each 3-0, as the only teams unbeaten in ACC play. … Charlotte won 108-93 at San Antonio on Monday night as Tony Parker had eight points and four...
Middle school basketball matchups today include Dunn at Overhills, Northwood Temple at Cape Fear Christian Academy, Shughart at Harnett Central and Western Harnett at Coats-Erwin. … The NFL conference championships are set after New England defeated the visiting Los...
Midway will host Neuse Charter in basketball at Campbell's Gore Arena on Wednesday night. … Campbell's wrestling team defeated Franklin & Marshall, 29-12, in Richmond on Saturday. … Kansas City downed visiting Indianapolis, 31-13, and the host Los Angeles Rams turned...
NFL playoff games today include Indianapolis (10-6) at Kansas City (12-4) at 4:35 p.m. (NBC) and Dallas (10-6) at the Los Angeles Rams (13-3) at 8:15 p.m. (FOX). … In noon starts today in college basketball, Pittsburgh (11-4) visits N.C. State (13-2) and North...
The Dunn Middle School boys basketball team defeated visiting Highland, 39-25, on Thursday as Barrington Kerr had 11 points. Jaeshaun Murchison had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Greenwaves (4-0). Ziachia Taylor had three 3-pointers and nine points. Overhills hosts...
