Hobbton is the No. 2 seed in the East bracket of the NCHSAA 1-A girls soccer bracket and has a first-round bye. The Wildcats (18-1-1) will host the winner of today’s match between East Wake Academy )2-11) and visiting Clover Garden (5-11-1) on Thursday. …...

Happy Mother’s Day! … Kacey Fulcher of Harnett Central pitched a 1-hitter in a 2-0 second round softball playoff win over visiting Southern Nash on Friday. … Campbell defeated Longwood, 7-5, in the deciding game of the Big South Conference softball...

Matthew Bagwell is leaving Midway for similar duties as girls basketball coach at South Johnston. … Kenneth McKoy had two hits and three RBIs for Triton in a 9-8 loss at Orange in the second round of the NCHSAA 3-A baseball playoffs on Friday night as the...

Alyssa Henault was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded to give Campbell an 11-10 walk-off win over USC Upstate in the Camels’ opening game in the Big South Conference softball tournament at Radford on Thursday. Campbell (39-15) plays Longwood in the...

Cape Fear Christian Academy looks for its first NCISAA baseball playoff win since 2013 when the fourth-seeded Eagles (13-1) host No. 5 Halifax (7-8) today at 4 p.m. … Campbell begins its bid for a third straight Big South Conference softball tournament title...

Trey Gregory had two hits and scored two runs for Midway (21-2) in a 6-1 win over visiting Bunn in the first round of the NCHSAA 2-A baseball playoffs on Tuesday night. John McLamb pitched a complete game with 11 strikeouts and no walks for the Raiders. … Ashley...

Midway (20-2) is the No. 1 seed in the East bracket for the NCHSAA 2-A baseball playoffs and will host Bunn (7-14) in the first round tonight at 7 p.m. … Harnett Central’s boys golf team qualified for the NCHSAA 3-A Tournament with a 327 total for third...

No. 13 Campbell completed a 3-game Big South Conference baseball sweep at UNC Asheville with an 11-7 win on Sunday as Drake Pierson hit two home runs. Lawson Harrill hit one and Grant Knipp homered for the third straight game as the Camels improved to 36-10 overall...

Lenin Castillo, age 44, won the 12th annual 5-kilometer Isaiah 40:31 Run at Cape Fear Christian Academy on Saturday in 21 minutes, nine seconds. His daughter, CFCA student Yasmeen Castillo, age 11, was the first female finisher in 25:33. … Grant Knipp homered...

Freshman Carson Tew had two hits and drove in four runs for Midway (20-2) in an 11-9 varsity baseball win at West Bladen on Friday night. … Lainey Hughes had two home runs as Midway posted an 8-1 softball win at West Bladen. … Torrey Williams of Triton has...

Louisburg signee Anthony Jones had a home run and three RBIs for Triton in a 9-7 baseball loss at Terry Sanford in the championship of the All American Conference tournament on Thursday night. The Hawks are 20-4 with three losses to the Bulldogs. … Campbell is...