Quick Hits

Saturday, December 14

Host Fayetteville Seventy-First won the NCHSAA 3-A East regional football championship on Friday night with a 43-7 win over Jacksonville. The Falcons (15-0) will meet West Charlotte (12-2) in the state championship at Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh on Saturday at 11...

Friday, December 13

Campbell evened its men's basketball record at 5-5 with an 86-58 win at The Citadel on Thursday night as Nolan Dorsey had 19 points. The Camels got 13 points, nine rebounds and five assists from Terren Frank. ... Bill Belichick's football coaching contract at UNC is...

Thursday, December 12

Six athletes from South Johnston have signed to play on the college level including Allison Barbour (Methodist, softball), Kaylee Cox (Methodist, softball), Reese Penny (Virginia Wesleyan, softball), Lannah Price (Virginia Commonwealth, volleyball, Ava Strickland...

Wednesday, December 11

D.J. Brown scored 18 points for Harnett Central in a 70-53 All American Conference varsity boys basketball loss to visiting Westover on Tuesday night. Kyrese Williams had 15 points and Braydon Temple added 11 for the Trojans (6-2, 1-1 AAC). ... Bill Belichick,...

Tuesday, December 10

John Gage played for Will Gage, his dad, at Harnett Central and will coach against him when the Avery County varsity boys basketball team visits the Trojans on Saturday. The junior varsity boys play at 12:30 p.m., followed by the varsity girls and varsity boys. ......

Monday, December 9

East Carolina (7-5) will take on N.C. State (6-6) in the Military Bowl in Annapolis on Saturday, December 28 (ESPN, 5:45 p.m.). ... UNC meets Connecticut in the Fenway Bowl earlier that day (ESPN, 11 a.m.). ... Duke plays Ole Miss in the Gator Bowl on Thursday,...

Sunday, December 8

Wilmington Ashley won the inaugural girls flag football state championship, 13-7, over Apex at Durham County Memorial Stadium on Saturday. ... Fayetteville Seventy-First will host Jacksonville for the NCHSAA 3-A East regional football championship on Friday at 7 p.m....

Saturday, December 7

Ro'mello Pegues had 26 points and Demarbiaz Devane added 16 as the Triton varsity boys basketball team opened All American Conference play with a 61-53 win at E.E. Smith on Friday night. Ahmad Morris had 13 rebounds for the Hawks (5-1). ... Harnett Central's boys also...

Friday, December 6

William Peace freshman Zeke Brock (Cape Fear Christian Academy) scored his first collegiate field goal in an 85-74 men's basketball win over Johnson & Wales on Wednesday night in Raleigh. Brock had scored eight previous points on free throws in a pair of losses for...

Thursday, December 5

Demarbiaz Devane led Triton's scoring with 16 points in a 72-47 varsity boys basketball win at South Johnston on Wednesday night. Ro'mello Pegues scored 15, Ahmad Morris tallied 14 and Jamaury Taylor netted 12 as the Hawks improved to 4-1. ... Senior Ja'Niah Smith had...

Wednesday, December 4

Ro'mello Pegues had 28 points for the Triton varsity boys basketball team in an 88-55 nonconference win at Cape Fear High School of Cumberland County on Tuesday night and Jamaury Taylor added 24 as the Hawks improved to 3-1 going into tonight's matchup at South...

Tuesday, December 3

Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school boys basketball team defeated host Crossroads Christian, 51-29, on Monday as Eli Shwaikeh had 31 points and seven rebounds. Braxton Register added nine points and 11 rebounds in the Eagles' Mid-Carolina Conference opener....

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