Quick Hits

Monday, June 13

Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) got the win in relief for the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats on Sunday in a 6-3 triumph over the host Portland Sea Dogs. Hartford swept the 6-game series and has won nine in a row. ... The 37th annual Harnett Educators golf tournament is...

Sunday, June 12

Texas rallied from a 7-2 deficit Saturday to edge East Carolina, 9-8, and tie the Super Regional of the NCAA baseball tournament at 1-1. The deciding third game is today in Greenville (ESPN2, 4 p.m.). ... Arkansas won game one of the Super Regional at UNC, 4-1, on...

Saturday, June 11

East Carolina got four RBIs from Jacob Jenkins-Cowart as well as home runs from Bryson Worrell, Jacob Starling and Alec Makarewicz in a 13-7 win over Texas in the Super Regional opener in Greenville in the NCAA baseball tournament. Game two of the best of three is...

Friday, June 10

Cape Fear Christian Academy will hold its Booster Club golf tournament at Chicora on August 4. For more information, contact Lindsey Newton at (910) 890-0081. ... The Big South Conference has announced that it will name its female athlete of the year award in honor of...

Thursday, June 9

TaKyra "T.K." McLean of the Triton softball program will be playing in the State Games, June 21-23. ... Athanas Kioko of Campbell earned the fifth All American honor of his career with a fifth-place finish in the men's 10,000-meter run on Wednesday night in the NCAA...

Wednesday, June 8

Right-handed pitcher Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) did not allow a hit or a run in three innings of relief for the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats in a 5-3 victory at Portland on Tuesday night. Fennell had four strikeouts and got the win as Hartford moved into first...

Tuesday, June 7

Former Triton football coach and current South Johnston softball coach Ashley Ennis is the new athletic director at South. ... Bryson Worrell was 4-for-4 with a home run, a triple, four runs and four RBIs for East Carolina in a 13-4 win over Coastal Carolina on Monday...

Monday, June 6

Wilson Raynor (Triton, East Carolina) was the plate umpire Sunday for Campbell's elimination game with Georgia Tech in the Knoxville regiobnal, which the Yellow Jackets won, 16-5. The Camels finished 41-19. ... East Carolina had a 20-game winning streak stopped with a...

Sunday, June 5

Despite taking a 4-0 lead in the third inning, Campbell was topped, 12-7, by Tennessee in the winners' bracket in the Knoxville regional of the NCAA baseball tournament on Saturday night. Jarrod Belbin, Connor Denning and Drake Pierson hit home runs for the Camels,...

Saturday, June 4

Paul Gervase (Harnett Central) picked up his sixth save for LSU in a 14-11 win over Kennesaw State on Friday night in the Hattiesburg (Southern Miss) regional of the NCAA baseball tournament. ... Right-handed pitcher Hayden Pope of Triton is scheduled to sign with...

Friday, June 3

Shortstop Zach Neto and right-handed pitcher Thomas Harrington of Campbell have been named second team All Americans by Collegiate Baseball. Neto is hitting .398 with 15 home runs and 49 RBIs. Harrington is 11-2 with a 2.21 earned run average. ... The Camels (40-17)...

Thursday, June 2

Midway athletes Caden Hodges (Fayetteville State, golf), Madissen Cannady (Methodist, cross country) and Kris'Shyia McKoy (Brunswick Community College, basketball) have signed to compete at the next level. ... Kyle Stevens is the new football coach at Midway. Stevens...

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