East Duplin won a playoff with Midway in Clinton, 3-0, to claim the No. 1 seed from the East Central 2-A Conference in the NCHSAA volleyball playoffs. Set scores were 25-16, 30-28 and 25-22. … Host Union Pines topped Lee County (25-12, 22-25, 24-26, 25-17, 15-8) in...

Host Union Pines defeated Triton 3-0 in varsity volleyball in the semifinals of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference tournament and Lee County topped Harnett Central, 3-2, on Friday night. … Lana Klein of Triton has a 10:10 a.m. tee time Monday for the first round in the...

Dunn Middle School took a 2-1 soccer win over Western Harnett on Thursday as John West and Carter Daughtry had goals for the Greenwaves. … Southern Lee was a 5-0 varsity boys soccer winner at Triton on Thursday evening. … Alyssa Wrench had 10 kills in Midway's 3-0...

Cape Fear Christian Academy hosts the Southeastern Middle School Conference volleyball tournament championship against Village Christian today at 4 p.m. … Triton will play Southern Lee in varsity volleyball in the first round of the Tri-County Six 3-A Conference...

Carter Daughtry scored all three goals for Dunn Middle School in a 3-0 soccer win over Shughart on Tuesday. … The Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity volleyball team lost 3-1 at Pungo Christian Academy in the first round of the NCISAA 1-A playfoffs on Tuesday. The...

Patrick Stephenson (South Johnston) is averaging 71.33 strokes in nine rounds for the East Carolina golf team this fall. … Dunn Area Sports received its 54,000th view since Feb. 4 on Monday. Thank you! … Aaron Rodgers drove the Green Bay Packers into position for a...

The Cape Fear Christian Academy varsity volleyball team received a berth in the NCISAA 1-A Tournament as the No. 15 seed and will play at Pungo Christian in Belhaven in the opening round on Tuesday. ... The Washington Redskins topped the Carolina Panthers 23-17 on...

Host Lee County downed Western Harnett 63-3 in varsity football on Saturday night in a Tri-County Six 3-A Conference makeup game from Friday night. The Yellow Jackets improved to 7-0 overall and 2-0 in league play. Western is 1-6 and 1-1 going into a matchup at home...

Campbell's football team (5-1) has an open date on Saturday before starting Big South Conference play at Monmouth on Saturday, Oct. 20, at 1 p.m. … Carson Wentz threw for three touchdowns as Philadelphia downed the host New York Giants, 34-13, in a Thursday night NFL...

School systems in Harnett, Sampson, Johnston, Lee and Cumberland counties are among those closed today due to the approach of Michael, which has been reduced to the status of a tropical storm since making landfall along the Florida panhandle on Wednesday. Athletic...

Cape Fear Christian Academy's middle school volleyball team won a doubleheader at Village Christian of Fayetteville on Tuesday. The young Eagles improved to 20-1 overall and 19-1 in the Southeastern Conference. … Dunn Area Sports received its 53,000th view since Feb....

South Johnston's varsity boys soccer team defeated visiting West Johnston, 3-1, on Monday night. South has moved its volleyball matches at Cleveland from Thursday to Wednesday. … Drew Brees of New Orleans became the NFL's leader in career passing yardage as the Saints...