Harnett Central football coach Cory Barnes and his family lived in Sandy Ridge when he coached Midway. They have moved into a home that was formerly owned by Triton football coach Ben Penny, which is about five minutes from Barnes' new school. ... East Carolina...

Morgan Goff (Triton, UNC) has announced her retirement. Goff was in her second season as a midfielder/defender with the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League. ... Paolo Banchero of Duke was the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft by Orlando on Thursday...

Campbell has added Mike Summey to its men's basketball staff as an assistant coach and Kurtis Darden as director of basketball operations. Summey was previously an assistant coach at N.C. State and Darden, a former Camel player, was boys coach at Freedom Christian in...

Erik Bakich, who played collegiately at East Carolina, has been named baseball coach at Clemson after guiding Michigan to four NCAA tournaments in 10 seasons. The Wolverines played for the College World Series championship in 2019 when Bakich was consensus coach of...

This is the first day of summer. ... Tampa Bay took a 6-2 win over visiting Colorado in the Stanley Cup finals on Monday night as the Lightning cut the Avalanche's series lead to 2-1. ... In the College World Series on Monday in Omaha, Auburn won an elimination game...

Cinque Lemon, who began his high school basketball career at Overhills and was Sandhills Athletic Conference Player of the Year at Cape Fear Christian Academy as a junior in 2021, has signed with Western Carolina. ... The Campbell women's soccer team will play an...

Happy Father's Day! ... Triton goes to Harnett Central for a 7-on-7 football scrimmage Wednesday morning. Holly Springs and Willow Spring also are scheduled to participate. ... The Harnett County Tennis Academy held its summer invitational tournament on Saturday at...

Triton and South Johnston took part in 7-on-7 football scrimmages hosted by N.C. State on Friday morning. Overhills was involved in an afternoon session at NCSU that was shortened due to weather. The Hawks were without quarterback Jalen Evans, who was playing baseball...

Campbell has signed Australian guard Anthony Dell'Orso to a men's basketball scholarship. The 6-feet, 6-inch Dell'Orso averaged 30 points for Marcellin College in Melbourne as a high school senior. ... Golden State won the NBA championship, 4-2, with a 103-90 victory...

Senior Nate Smith of Midway has been named to the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association 2-A All-State team after hitting .353 in 2022. ... Ross Stevens, a junior at Triton who hit .564, made the NCBCA 3-A team. ... Overhills competed in a 7-on-7 football event...

The team of Will Gage, James Harris, Mike Snyder and Jody Yarbrough shot 54 over the Orange and Black nines at Keith Hills on Monday to win the first flight in the 37th annual Harnett Educators golf tournament. Second flight honors went to Kevin Fields, Jamie Johnson,...