Quick Hits

Tuesday, December 5

Shannon Hanna of Campbell won the 149-pound wrestling championship in the Patriot Open at George Mason on Sunday. … Pairings for the NCHSAA football championships include Seventy-First vs, Hickory on Friday at 7 p.m. at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill in the 3-A...

Monday, December 4

Achol Akot of Central Florida made two free throws with 0.9 seconds remaining as the Knights (7-0) edged visiting Campbell (5-2), 42-41, in women’s basketball Sunday afternoon. Shy Tuelle led the Lady Camels with 12 points while Christabel Ezumah had six points,...

Sunday, December 3

Zion Joyner had 12 points and Denicholas Gray added 11 as Hobbton’s varsity boys basketball team got its first win of the season, 51-49, over visiting Princeton on Friday night. Landon Murphy had 16 rebounds for the Wildcats (1-3). … Five Campbell players...

Saturday, December 2

Former Harnett Central running back Jerrod Spears, who went on to star at Lenoir-Rhyne, will speak at the men’s breakfast at First Presbyterian Church in Dunn on Sunday. … Outfielder Abby Miller of Triton has signed to play softball at Wake Tech. …...

Friday, December 1

Harnett Central’s varsity boys basketball team topped host West Johnston, 53-50, in double overtime on Thursday night as Kyrese Williams had 12 points and Kemaury Haywood added 11 points for the Trojans (3-1). The Wildcats (3-2) rallied to outscore Central,...

Thursday, November 30

Freshman Rylan Beasley had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Harnett Central varsity boys basketball team in a 51-33 win over visiting Hobbton on Wednesday night. … The North Carolina High School Athletic Association plans to expand from four to eight...

Wednesday, November 29

Cape Fear Christian Academy’s junior varsity boys basketball team opened Mid-Carolina Conference play at New Garden Friends in Greensboro with a 60-39 win on Tuesday. Fisher Stancil had 16 points for the Eagles (3-1). Eli Burns had 15 points. Justin Chestnut had...

Tuesday, November 28

The ACC/SEC men’s basketball challenge gets underway tonight with seven games including No. 21 Mississippi State at Georgia Tech (ACC Network, 7 p.m.), Notre Dame at South Carolina (SEC Network, 7 p.m.), LSU at Syracuse (ESPN2, 7 p.m.). No. 8 Miami at No. 12...

Monday, November 27

Offensive tackle Mike Edwards of Campbell has been named All-Coastal Athletic Association first team in football. Edwards played on the high school level at South View and transferred to the Camels from Wake Forest. … Mike Elko is leaving Duke to coach football...

Sunday, November 26

Top-seeded Clinton will host second-seeded Northeastern of Elizabeth City in a matchup of 14-0 teams for the NCHSAA 2-A Eastern regional football championship on Friday at 7 p.m. … Seventy-First (14-0) will be at home against Northern Nash (13-1) in a rematch of...

Saturday, November 25

Christabel Ezumah scored 20 points with eight rebounds as the Campbell women’s basketball team topped Western Michigan, 70-61, in Puerto Rico on Friday night. … In the high school football playoffs on Friday night, host Clinton defeated Nash Central,...

Friday, November 24

Shy Tuelle scored 12 points on four 3-pointers for the Campbell women’s basketball team on Thanksgiving day in a 60-46 win over Morgan State in the Puerto Rico Classico in San Juan. The Lady Camels (4-1) take on Western Michigan in the event tonight at 6:30 p.m....

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