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Monday, January 18

Martin Mancera of Triton was 11th in the NCHSAA 3-A Mid-East cross country regional at WakeMed Soccer Complex in Cary in a time of 16 minutes, 29.26 seconds on Saturday. Sierra Collins of Harnett Central was second among girls in 18:26.46. Mancera and Collins...

Sunday, January 17

Shy Tuelle made a free throw with seven-tenths of a second left to give the Campbell women's basketball team a 59-58 Big South Conference win at Presbyterian on Saturday and a two-day sweep of the Blue Hose. ... Campbell's wrestling team defeated Ohio, 34-6, and VMI,...

Friday, January 15

Maranda Byrd and Sydney Williams of Midway have made All-East Central 2-A Conference in volleyball. ... Hobbton has been moved to a 1-A conference with Lakewood, Neuse Charter, North Duplin, Rosewood and Union in the second draft of the NCHSAA realignment proposal for...

Wednesday, January 13

The Campbell women's tennis team has been picked to win the Big South Conference by league coaches and the CU's men's team has been voted to finish second. ... North Carolina played its 1,000th ACC basketball game on Tuesday night, hosting Syracuse and winning, 81-75....

Monday, January 11

Former Triton standout Clayton White (N.C. State, New York Giants) has been hired as defensive coordinator at South Carolina. White had been working in the same capacity at Western Kentucky. ... Alabama (12-0) plays Ohio State (7-0) for the College Football Playoff...

Sunday, January 10

Harnett Central (8-3) is seeded No. 13 in the Eastern 3-A bracket for the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs and will visit No. 4 New Hanover (7-5) in the first round on Tuesday. ... Midway (9-3) is seeded 15th in the 2-A East and plays at No. 2 Farmville Central (12-1). ......

Saturday, January 10

Campbell visits Longwood in men's basketball tonight (ESPN3, 6 p.m.). The Lancers have lost seven of their last eight but three of those setbacks have been by two points on less. ... The NFL playoffs start today with Indianapolis at Buffalo (CBS, 1:05 p.m.). Seattle...

Friday, January 8

Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school boys basketball team improved to 3-0 with a 42-25 win at Fayetteville Christian on Thursday as Brandon Surles tallied 23 points. Landon Alphin scored 12, Lathan Wilborn had four points and Eli Burns hit from behind the arc...

Thursday, January 7

Dunn Area Sports has received its 168,000th view. Thank you! ... Benjamin Barton of Campbell has been named Wrestler of the Week in the Southern Conference. ... Midway's girls cross country team won the East Central 2-A Conference championship. The Raider boys were...

Tuesday, January 5

Triton's varsity boys basketball team is on quarantine until January 14. ... Overhills is not playing in the Patriot Athletic Conference volleyball tournament due to positive COVID tests. ... Messiah Thompson scored a career-high 15 points to lead Campbell to a 70-61...

Monday, January 4

First-round playoff pairings for next weekend in the NFL have been set. On Saturday, Indianapolis visits Buffalo (CBS, 1:05 p.m.), Seattle hosts the Los Angeles Rams (FOX, 4:40 p.m.) and Tampa Bay plays at Washington (NBC, 8:15 p.m.). On Sunday, Baltimore travels to...

Saturday, January 2

No. 3 Ohio State downed No. 2 Clemson, 49-28, in the Sugar Bowl on Friday night as Justin Fields threw for six touchdowns and Trey Sermon ran for 193 yards. The Buckeyes (7-0) will take on No. 1 Alabama (12-0) for the College Football Playoff championship on Monday,...

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