Quick Hits

Friday, May 24

Midway won the Eastern regional championship for the second straight year in the NCHSAA 2-A softball tournament with a 7-3 victory at Martin County on Thursday night. The Raiders (21-3) will take on the Western winner between Southwestern Randolph and North Stanly for...

Thursday, May 23

Camryn Blegen of Harnett Central has signed to run cross country at Central Carolina Community College. ... Softball outfielder Alyssa Daniel of Overhills plans to continue her career at Guilford. ... Richard Simpson and Aubree McLamb have been named male and female...

Wednesday, May 22

Hobbton took a 3-0 varsity girls soccer win over visiting Falls Lake on Monday in the third round of the NCHSAA 1-A playoffs as Denisse Jorge had two goals and an assist. The Wildcats (20-2) travel to take on Voyager Academy (16-2) in the fourth round on Thursday at 6...

Tuesday, May 21

Layton Babb of Harnett Central has signed to join the baseball program at Louisburg. Trojan teammates Aiden Taylor and Helder Bejarano are heading to Lenoir Community College in Kinston. ... All American Conference champion Terry Sanford hosts South Central of...

Monday, May 20

Anthony Jones (Triton) saw action in 24 games for Louisburg College as a freshman this season. Jones hit .373 with three home runs and 15 RBIs as the Hurricanes went 34-22 overall and 25-10 in conference play. ... East Carolina will play Rice for the fourth straight...

Sunday, May 19

Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) has made seven appearances out of the bullpen for the Gastonia Baseball Club of the Atlantic League. He has a 2-0 record with a 0.75 earned run average. Fennell has 16 strikeouts in 12 innings for Gastonia, which shares the Southern...

Saturday, May 18

Senior McKenzie Williams had a double, a triple and four RBIs for host Midway in an 8-3 NCHSAA 2-A quarterfinal softball win over Jordan-Matthews on Friday night. ... Dalen Thompson (Triton) had three hits with a double and an RBI for Campbell in a 10-2 Coastal...

Friday, May 17

Athlete of the Year awards at Cape Fear Christian Academy went to Zeke Brock for boys and Ella John Dupree for girls on Thursday night. ... Campbell outhit visiting William & Mary, 17-9, in a 9-5 Coastal Athletic Association baseball win on Thursday night. Dylan...

Thursday, May 16

Cape Fear Christian Academy will have its athletic banquet for spring sports and year-end awards in the school gym this evening. ... South Johnston was seventh in the NCHSAA 3-A boys tournament at Longleaf Golf Club in Southern Pines with a 631 total. ... Midway...

Wednesday, May 15

Tucker Brown of Triton has signed to pitch for Lenoir Community College in Kinston. ... Kevin Spears will represent Harnett Central in the triple jump at the NCHSAA 3-A track meet at N.C. A&T in Greensboro this weekend. The Trojans also have qualified Charlotte...

Tuesday, May 14

Triton will induct its first athletic hall of fame class tonight and present year-end awards. ... Campbell's nonconference baseball game at No. 13 East Carolina tonight has been canceled due to the forecast for inclement weather. The Camels have won the last four...

Monday, May 13

Campbell pitchers Nate Brittain (1-3), Jeremy Wiegman, Will Palmer and Packy Bradley-Cooney combined for the program's first shutout of the season in a 6-0 baseball win at Monmouth on Sunday as the Camels won the Coastal Athletic Association series, 2-1. ... The...

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