Triton will match up with Broughton, Green Hope and Green Level in 7-on-7 scrimmages and linemen challenges this evening in football camp at Mount Olive. … Midway (21-2) was No. 13 in the final HighSchoolOT baseball poll. Western Harnett (18-8) was ranked No. 24. East...
Chris Clemons of Campbell has been named Male Athlete of the Year in the Big South Conference after leading the nation with a 30.1 scoring average as a senior. Clemons has signed with the Houston Rockets. … Triton starts a 3-day football camp at Mount Olive today. …...
Sandhills defeated Western Harnett in two games in a best-of-three series for the Tar Heel League 12-and-under District IV baseball championship. … Keith Hills is having an Aerification Special on greens fees. Monday through Thursday or Friday after 11 a.m., the cost...
Heavy rain and lightning forced the postponement of games in the Tar Heel League district tournaments at Al Woodall Park in Erwin on Monday night. The 10-and-under baseball tournament got a half-inning played before the storm and will resume tonight at 6 p.m. The...
Aaron Hedgepeth (Triton) hit .396 for Mount Olive with three home runs and 25 RBIs in 2019 as the Trojans went 31-19. … East Carolina has received a commitment from 4-star quarterback Mason Garcia of Carolina Forest in Myrtle Beach. The Panthers were coached to an 8-2...
Erwin is hosting Tar Heel League district tournaments in 10-and-under baseball, 10-and-under softball and 15-and-under baseball starting Monday evening at Al Woodall Park. … The Los Angeles Clippers have added Kawhi Leonard in free agency and traded for Paul George to...
The Dixie AAA (10-and-under) baseball All-Stars had opening ceremonies for the state tournament at the Nathan Harris Athletic Complex at Tyler Park in Dunn on Friday night. Leland National won the Around the Horn competition with a time of 17.44 seconds. Mount Holly...
Right-handed pitcher Trent Fennell (Triton) was assigned to the Lancaster (Cal.) JetHawks, the high Class A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, on July 4. Fennell got a win at AAA Albuquerque in a spot assignment before he was re-assigned to the half season Class A...
Happy Fourth of July! ... Right-handed reliever Tyson Messer (Harnett Central, Campbell), a ninth-round draft choice in June by the Chicago White Sox, has made five appearances for the White Sox team in the Arizona rookie league. ... The New York Yankees split a...
Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) has been assigned to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Class A short season New York-Penn League after being drafted in the sixth round by the Houston Astros in June. … Opening ceremonies for the Dixie AAA (10-and-under) state baseball...
Keith Hills is hosting a Flag Tournament on the Fourth of July. Participants will have 71 strokes plus their handicap to see how far along the course they can get. Players will plant their flag where their last shot stops. The registration deadline is today at 5 p.m....
Trent Fennell (Triton) has been called up to Triple-A Albuquerque from Boise in the Colorado Rockies' system. Fennell had 13 strikeouts in eight and one-third innings with a 3.24 earned run average in four appearances at Boise. … The Dunn AA (8-and-under, coach pitch)...
