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Friday, July 14

Triton is scheduled to scrimmage South View on Friday, August 11, at 5 p.m. at Douglas Byrd in the Cumberland County Football Jamboree. ... Erwin defeated Sandhills Blue, 10-7, in an elimination game in the 10-and-under Little Tarheel League District 3 baseball...

Thursday, July 13

Right-handed pitcher Paul Gervase (Harnett Central), who finished his college career at LSU, has a 1.04 earned run average for the Brooklyn Cyclones, the high Class A affiliate of the New York Mets. ... In the Little Tar Heel League District 3 baseball tournament for...

Wednesday, July 12

A 13-3 win over Sandhills Blue on Tuesday evening moved host Erwin into a winners bracket matchup with Sandhills White tonight at 8 p.m. in the District 3 Little Tarheel League 10-and-under baseball tournament. Sandhills White was a 16-1 winner over Western Harnett...

Tuesday, July 11

Host Erwin defeated Laurinburg, 8-4, on Monday evening in the first round of the Little Tarheel League 10-and-under District 3 baseball tournament. Sandhills White downed Western Harnett American, 16-0. Erwin takes on Sandhills Blue, a 19-0 winner over Lee County,...

Monday, July 10

Play is scheduled to get underway tonight at Al Woodall Park in Erwin in the Little Tarheel League 10-and-under district baseball tournament. Erwin plays Laurinburg on Field One at 6 p.m. Western Harnett American meets Sandhills White on Field Two at 6 p.m. ... Cedric...

Sunday, July 9

The 12-and-under softball all-stars from host Western Harnett defeated Laurinburg, 13-3, to win the Little Tarheel League District 3 tournament on Saturday. Western's 10-U and 12-U girls have qualified for the state tournament in Shelby on July 20-23. ... In 12-U...

Saturday, July 8

In Little Tarheel League district tournament play on Friday, host Western Harnett took the 10-and-under softball championship with 23-0 and 15-5 wins over Lee County to qualify for the state tournament in Shelby. ... Host Western topped Lee County, 19-0, and will take...

Friday, July 7

Host Western Harnett defeated Laurinburg, 14-0, as Little Tarheel League district softball play got underway on Thursday night in the 12-and-under division. Western also is hosting 10-U softball. The 12-and-under LTHL district baseball tournament is in Southern Pines....

Thursday, July 6

Cedric Mullins (Campbell) had two doubles and scored a run for visiting Baltimore in a 6-3 win over the New York Yankees on Wednesday night. ... Sean Murphy became the sixth Atlanta player with 15 home runs or more in an 8-1 win at Cleveland on Wednesday night. The...

Wednesday, July 5

Position players finished on the mound in Miami's 15-2 win over visiting St. Louis on Tuesday. Marlins catcher Jacob Stallings (UNC) yielded two runs in the ninth. Cardinals outfielder Alec Burleson (East Carolina) pitched the last two-thirds of an inning without...

Tuesday, July 4

Happy Fourth of July! ... The Cape Fear Christian Academy middle school baseball team will be recognized as regular-season champions of the Mid-Carolina Conference when the Carolina Mudcats host Fayetteville on Thursday at 7 p.m. ... Venus Williams played in her 24th...

Monday, July 3

After a span of significant improvement in participation and performance as coach of boys and girls tennis at Harnett Central, Jay James is leaving to take over the girls program at West Johnston. His record was 46-19 in four years with the Central girls and 27-8 in...

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