Quick Hits
Thursday, November 30
Freshman Rylan Beasley had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Harnett Central varsity boys basketball team in a 51-33 win over visiting Hobbton on Wednesday night. ... The North Carolina High School Athletic Association plans to expand from four to eight...
Wednesday, November 29
Cape Fear Christian Academy's junior varsity boys basketball team opened Mid-Carolina Conference play at New Garden Friends in Greensboro with a 60-39 win on Tuesday. Fisher Stancil had 16 points for the Eagles (3-1). Eli Burns had 15 points. Justin Chestnut had nine...
Triton
Hawks win boys soccer playoff opener, 4-3
Triton topped visiting Smithfield-Selma, 4-3, in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A boys soccer playoffs on Monday night as Tzuriel Morales-Olvera scored two goals. Elias Lopez had a goal and an assist as the Hawks (22-1) advanced to a second-round match at home...
Plenty at stake as Hawks host HC on Senior Night
The football rivalry between Triton and Harnett Central is tied 12-12, but more than bragging rights will be at stake as the Hawks host the Trojans tonight at 7 p.m. For the third straight year, the teams will be playing for the Heister Belt, provided by the...
Midway
Midway earns trip to Duke for 2-A state final softball series by edging NJ, 5-4
In front of a crowd stretching from foul pole to foul pole, No. 4 Midway held off visiting No. 6 North Johnston, 5-4, in game three of the Eastern Regional Final of the NCHSAA 2-A softball playoffs Wednesday evening to advance to the state championship series. The...
Raiders take second-round wins at home in baseball, softball
It took eight innings for the varsity softball team and only five for baseball, but Midway came out of Friday with a pair of wins to advance to the third round of the NCHSAA 2-A state playoffs. In the softball game, No. 4 Midway rallied to tie the game in the sixth...
Results / Schedule
Monday, November 20
College Basketball
Creek Classic at Campbell
The Citadel 62, Idaho State 61
N.C. Central 78, Campbell 75 (OT)
High School Basketball
Pollock Tipoff at Harnett Central
Girls Consolation
Harnett Central 35, Overhills 30
Boys Semifinal
Overhills 61, Triton 50
Tuesday, November 21
College Basketball
Creek Classic at Campbell
The Citadel men 67, N.C. Central 61
Idaho State men 69, Campbell 55
High School Basketball
Cleveland boys 62, S. Johnston 56
Cleveland girls 73, S. Johnston 30
Pollock Tipoff at Harnett Central
Boys Consolation
Triton 47, W. Harnett 41
Girls Championship
Triton 49, W. Harnett 27
Boys Championship
Overhills 44, Harnett Central 25
Wednesday, November 22
College Basketball
Creek Classic at Campbell
Campbell men 65, The Citadel 58
Thursday, November 23
College Basketball
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Campbell women 60, Morgan State 46
Friday, November 24
College Basketball
San Juan, Puerto Rico
CU women 70, W. Michigan 61
Tuesday, November 28
High School Basketball
New Garden boys 80, CFCA 61
Midway boys 70, Union 27
Union girls 51, Midway 28
N. Johnston boys 55, Hobbton 16
N. Johnston girls 60, Hobbton 10
Triton boys 59, S. Johnston 47
Triton girls 51, S. Johnston 41
S. Lee boys 70, W. Harnett 19
W. Harnett girls 41. S. Lee 12
Wednesday, November 29
College Basketball
Jacksonville men 62, CU 48
High School Basketball
Harnett Central boys 51, Hobbton 33
Harnett Central girls 49, Hobbton 11 ,
Union Pines boys 80, W. Harnett 36
Union Pines girls 43, W. Harnett 22
Thursday, November 30
High School Basketball
Harnett Central 53, W.Johnston 50 (2 OTs)
Midway boys 60, South Johnston 59
South Johnston girls 50, Midway 31
Seventy-First boys 80, Overhills 54
Overhills girls 54, Seventy-First 41
Friday, December 1
High School Basketball
CFCA boys 74, Bradford Academy 18
CFCA girls 54, Bradford Academy 29
Triton boys 56, Cape Fear High School 38
Cape Fear High School girls 74, Triton 28
Lakewood boys 51, Midway 44
Midway girls 46, Lakewood 43
Pinecrest boys 62, Overhills 47
Overhills girls 65, Pinecrest 53
Princeton girls 55, Hobbton 24
Chatham Central boys 72, W. Harnett 40
Chatham Central girls 62, W. Harnett 31
Saturday, December 2
College Basketball
S. Virginia men at Campbell, 2 p.m.
Cape Fear
Christian Academy
Roundup: Senior Classic starts, JV boys down FC
The annual Senior Classic basketball tournament starts today at Cape Fear Christian Academy. In the first game at 4 p.m., the Father Capodanno girls play Fayetteville Christian. The boys teams from those schools meet at 5:30 p.m. At 7 p.m., the host girls play an...
Junior Varsity boys get in win column at Harrells
Cape Fear Christian Academy's junior varsity boys basketball team won their matchup at Harrells, 58-36, as Conner Parrish had 21 points and 16 rebounds on Tuesday night. The Crusaders won the varsity girls game, 44-32, and prevailed, 91-63, in the varsity boys game....
Central
Trojans earn first playoff berth since 2011 with 10-3 AAC triumph at Triton
Harnett Central’s varsity football team outlasted All American 3-A/4-A Conference and Harnett County rival Triton on the road, winning a 10-3 defensive battle on the Hawks’ Senior Night on Friday. “We keep growing as a team,” said Harnett Central coach Cory Barnes....
HC rally comes up short
A fourth-quarter flurry of offense was not enough for Harnett Central’s varsity football team to rally past visiting West Johnston, as the Wildcats held on to win 24-16 in the season opener for both teams Friday night. “We hit a deep post for a touchdown to start (the...
South
South takes diamond wins over visiting C.B. Aycock
South Johnston took Quad County 3-A Conference wins in varsity baseball and softball over visiting C.B. Aycock on Friday night. The Trojans prevailed, 10-0, in softball and rallied for a 6-5 victory in eight innings in baseball. CBA defeated South, 9-0, in varsity...
South wins, 14-7, at West; heads for playoffs
Kalib Brown scored on a 30-yard pass play from Riley Adams with 9:18 left in the game to lift South Johnston to a 14-7 Quad County 3-A Conference varsity football win at West Johnston on Friday night. The deciding score followed a goal-line stand by the Trojans that...
News & Features
Camels turn back Maine, 34-28, at Homecoming
BUIES CREEK — Lamagea McDowell ran for a career-high 114 yards and two scores, helping Campbell top Maine, 34-28, on Homecoming on Saturday at Barker-Lane Stadium. The Camels moved to 4-3 on the season and 3-2 in CAA play, picking up their first home Coastal Athletic...
N.C. Central rallies to edge Campbell, 49-48, in OT
DURHAM — Campbell battled No. 15 North Carolina Central to overtime on the road Saturday at O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium before falling, 49-48. The Eagles moved to 4-1 on the season, while Campbell suffered its first road defeat, falling to 2-3 on the season. Campbell led...
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