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Saturday, March 3

Dunn Area Sports received its 5,000th view on Friday since the counter was installed on Feb. 4. Thank you. ... Campbell's baseball team visits N.C. State for a 2 p.m. game today. Sophomore Matthew Barefoot of Midway is hitting .273 for the Camels. ... Dillon Stewart...

Friday, March 2

Triton has lined up its nonconference football schedule for 2019. The Hawks will host Overhills to start the season before traveling to Chapel Hill. Triton visits South Johnston for its third game. Green Hope comes to Triton before the Hawks go to West Johnston, The...

Thursday, March 1

The Boone Trail Ruritan club is recognizing the 1968 Boone Trail High School boys basketball team, which reached the 1-A state championship game, at its supper meeting tonight. ... Western Harnett offensive lineman Connor Graham has committed to play football at...

Wednesday, Feb. 28

High school baseball season openers today, weather permitting, include South Johnston at Cardinal Gibbons at 4:30 p.m., Village Christian at Triton at 5, Rosewood at Midway at 6:30 and West Johnston at Harnett Central at 7. ... In softball this evening, Triton visits...

Tuesday, Feb. 27

Former Triton baseball player Dillon Stewart hit two solo home runs Sunday for UNC Greensboro in a 3-2 win at Tennessee. ... Chris Clarke scored on a follow shot with four seconds left to lift host Virginia Tech to a 64-63 men's basketball win over No. 5 Duke on...

Monday, Feb. 26

Former Triton standout Aaron Hedgepeth hit his first collegiate home run Sunday for Mount Olive in a 20-3 win over Davis & Elkins that completed a three-game sweep for the Trojans. ... East Carolina took a 12-0 baseball win over UNC in Chapel Hill on Sunday for a 2-1...

Sunday, Feb. 25

The Sandhills Athletic Conference, which includes Cape Fear Christian Academy, produced a pair of NCISAA 1-A basketball champions on Saturday at Forsyth Country Day School as the Northwood Temple girls defeated Neuse Christian, 70-57, and Trinity Christian, also from...

Saturday, Feb. 24

After hitting well in the fall, former Midway baseball standout Landon Dorman will take a redshirt year as a freshman at Wake Tech after undergoing surgery on a troublesome hip. ... The Fayetteville Marksmen of the Southern Professional Hockey League will host Faith...

Friday, Feb. 23

Lolita Tripp is serving as interim athletic director at Cape Fear Christian Academy after restructuring at the private school. ... Overhills baseball coach Zach Bingham said former Jaguar right-hander Tanner Myatt has increased his velocity to 99 mph at...

Thursday, Feb. 22

Thursday, Feb. 22

Former Cape Fear Christian Academy and Triton baseball standout Aaron Hedgepeth is now starting at first base as a freshman at Mount Olive. The Trojans had an off day Wednesday and "Hedge" took in some of the East Carolina-Campbell baseball game in Buies Creek with...

Wednesday, Feb. 21

Triton's softball team topped Apex 1-0 and downed Friendship 6-1 in scrimmages on Tuesday evening at Middle Creek. Leanna Whaley, Caroline Marshall and Gracyn Slaughter pitched effectively for the Hawks, according to coach Mark Whitman. Haley Hicks, Alexis Howard,...

Tuesday, Feb. 20

Home teams in high school soccer will wear dark jerseys next fall, a mandate from the National Federation of State High School Association’s (NFHS) Soccer Rules Committee. Previously, home teams wore white. ... Canada and Germany tied for the gold medal in the two-man...

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