N.C. State's baseball team has been ruled out of the College World Series by the NCAA due to COVID protocols. The Wolfpack had only 13 of 27 players in a 3-1 loss to Vanderbilt on Friday. The Commodores will meet the winner of today's game between Mississippi State...
Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) pitched two scoreless innings for the Spokane Indians on Wednesday, lowering his earned run average to 3.80. ... Dunn Area Sports has received its 197,000th view. Thank you! ... Matthew Creech is returning to Midway as varsity boys...
Three Triton wrestlers have qualified for the NCHSAA 3-A championships at Eastern Guilford on Saturday, including Nicholas Williams at 152 pounds, Nathan Williams (160) and Xavion Richardson (220). Former state champion Will Lewis (132) represents Western Harnett....
Gumaro Benitez of Harnett Central, who plans to play tennis and soccer at Pfeiffer, will have a signing ceremony Wednesday. ... N.C. State topped defending champion Vanderbilt, 1-0, in the College World Series on Monday night as Terrell Tatum hit a fifth-inning homer....
Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) had a hit and scored two runs for the host Asheville Tourists in a 19-4 win over Aberdeen on Sunday. Barefoot is hitting .312. ... Virginia topped Tennessee, 6-0, and Mississippi State held off Texas, 2-1, in the College World...
Happy Father's Day! ... Midway junior Nate Smith has been named Player of the Year in baseball in the East Central 2-A Conference after hitting .468 during a 13-2 season. Justin Carroll is Coach of the Year after guiding the Raiders to the league championship in his...
Keith Hills will have a flag tournament on the Fourth of July in which participants will have 72 strokes plus their handicap to play the Orange and Black nines. When golfers reach their stroke limit, they will plant their flag at that point. ... N.C. State opens play...
Richard Warren pitched a shutout as Hobbton took a 6-0 win at East Columbus in the first round of the NCHSAA 1-A baseball playoffs on Tuesday night. Ben Langston had three hits for the Wildcats (10-2) and Daniel Britt had two. Hobbton plays at Perquimans (13-2) in the...
South Johnston will have a signing ceremony Thursday for Chase Carroll, who plans to play baseball and football at Methodist. ... Brittany Mills of Harnett Central will be signing to play basketball and tennis at Pfeiffer. ... Anna Vreeling of Central is heading to...
Nate Jolley of Western Harnett plans to play baseball at Methodist after hitting .432 for the Eagles as a senior in 2021. Jolley had five doubles, two triples, one home run and 10 RBIs. (see photo inside) ... Midway and Hobbton will learn their placement in the NCHSAA...
Richard Rozier has been named the new coach of varsity girls basketball at Triton after serving as an assistant with the boys program at Overhills. ... Kerrigan Brown of Midway has been recognized as the Female Field Athlete of the Year in the East Central 2-A...
Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) had a rough start with the Spokane Indians but the right-hander has lowered his earned run average to 3.31. ... Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) went 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI for the Asheville Tourists on Thursday in a 6-5 road...
