Chandler Williford of Midway made the 2-A All-State baseball team selected by the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association. … Williford and fellow rising senior Carson Calcutt of the Raiders played on the Region 2 team in the State Games. … Charleston Southern...
The Dunn Angels (10-and-under) All-Star softball team defeated Hope Mills 7-1 for the Dixie district championship Thursday night in Pembroke. … The Dunn AAA (10-and-under) baseball All-Stars downed Hope Mills American 13-1 for the Dixie district title in Raeford. …...
The Dunn Majors (12-and-under) baseball All-Stars wrapped up the Dixie district title with a 15-0 win over Coats on Wednesday night in Raeford. … The Dunn AAA (10-and-under) All-Stars topped Lee County 7-2 before falling 4-3 to Hope Mills American in the district...
Triton wrestling coach and alumnus Brian Strickland will be taking over the grappling program at South Johnston, leaving a void at offensive line coach in football for the Hawks as well. "We're going to miss 'Strick,'" said Triton football coach Ben Penny. "But it's a...
Trent Fennell (Triton) pitched two scoreless innings in relief for the Grand Junction (Col.) Rockies in a 5-3 loss at Ogden (Utah) on Monday night. Fennell allowed one hit and struck out two. … Dixie Youth district baseball (Raeford) and softball (Pembroke) All-Star...
Dunn teams continued to perform well in Dixie district tournament play on Sunday. The Dunn Ponytails (12-and-under) softball team had a no-hitter in topping Hope Mills 12-0 in the championship game at Pembroke. … The Darlings (8-and-under) team won 21-3 in the...
Western Harnett right-handed pitcher Bradley Wilson has committed to East Carolina. Wilson was 6-3 as a junior with a 2.08 earned run average and 84 strikeouts in 67 and one-third innings. The Eagles reached the third round of the NCHSAA 3-A playoffs. … Wilson...
Right-handed pitcher Trent Fennell (Triton) was scheduled to start for the Grand Junction (Col.) Rockies on Tuesday but returned home for the funeral of his paternal grandmother. … Defending champion Florida topped Texas Tech 9-6 in an elimination game in the College...
South Johnston athletic director and varsity boys basketball coach Brody Massengill noted that the Trojans will have football games twice on Thursday night this season, Aug. 30, at Triton before Labor Day weekend and Sept. 20 at home against Union Pines before Mule...
Buies Creek Astros players made significant contributions to the Southern Division's 7-6 win over the Northern Div ision in the Carolina League All-Star game at Five County Stadium in Zebulon on Tuesday night. Brett Bielak was the winning pitcher. Abraham Toro had two...
Right-handed pitcher Logan Bender (Triton) has announced that he plans to transfer from Campbell after earning freshman All-America honors with the Camels in 2018. Bender was 5-2 with a 3.42 earned run average as CU won the Big South Conference tournament and played...
Potomac turned back the visiting Buies Creek Astros 4-0 on Friday night in a Carolina League baseball contest. … The Grand Junction Rockies of the Pioneer League opened their season on Friday night with a 9-4 win over the Orem Owlz. Grand Junction is the team Trent...
