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Tuesday, May 27

The Carolina Hurricanes avoided elimination in the Eastern Conference finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-0 win at Florida on Monday night to reduce the Panthers' series lead to 3-1 as Frederik Andersen had 20 saves in the shutout. ... UNC is the No. 5 seed in...

Monday, May 26

Happy Memorial Day! ... East Carolina secured an NCAA baseball tournament berth with an 8-2 win over Tulane in the American Athletic Conference tournament championship in Clearwater, Florida, on Sunday as Jack Herring hit a 2-run homer in the top of the first and the...

Triton

Triton announces trio for HOF induction May 15

Triton announces trio for HOF induction May 15

The Triton High School Athletic Hall of Fame will add three new members on May 15 at ceremonies in the auditorium beginning at 6 p.m. The class to be inducted includes versatile Chrystal Smith, who was a basketball standout at Campbell; LaVance McQueen, a multi-sport...

Hawks advance to second round of NCHSAA playoffs

Hawks advance to second round of NCHSAA playoffs

Triton's varsity boys basketball team was on the road Tuesday night as the No. 18 seed in the East 3-A bracket of the NCHSAA playoffs. The Hawks (19-9) earned a trip to take on second-seeded Southern Durham (26-2) in the second round on Friday at 6:30 p.m. with a...

Midway

Midway takes varsity hoops matchups with Dark Horses

Midway takes varsity hoops matchups with Dark Horses

Midway took a varsity basketball sweep over visiting Clinton on Friday night as the Lady Raiders prevailed, 51-45, before the Midway boys topped the Dark Horses, 56-44. The Raider boys improved to 12-7 overall and 3-5 in the Southeastern 2-A Conference going into a...

Raiders top Lakewood with second half surge

Raiders top Lakewood with second half surge

An early third quarter surge lifted Midway’s varsity football team to a 32-26 win over visiting Sampson County rival Lakewood on Friday night. “We outplayed them in the first half,” said Midway coach Kyle Stevens. “We just dropped the ball, tipped them an...

Results / Schedule

Wednesday, May 7
High School Girls Soccer
S. Lee 3, Triton 0

Thursday, May 8
High School Baseball
NCISAA 1-A Quarterfinal
Crossroads 2, CFCA 1
NCHSAA Second Round
Triton 4, C.B. Aycock 3

Friday, May 9
College Baseball
Elon 10, Campbell 8
High School Baseball
NCHSAA Second Round
Jacksonville 7, S. Johnston 3
Midway 3, Ayden-Grifton 0
High School Softball
NCHSAA Second Round
Midway 2, E. Duplin 0
E. Alamance 2, Harnett Central 0
S. Johnston 1, W. Carteret 0 (8 innings)

Saturday, May 10
College Baseball
Campbell 11, Elon 6
Campbell 6, Elon 0

Monday. May 12
High School Girls Soccer
MCHSAA First Round
Princeton 5, Midway 0
W. Alamance 9, Triton 0

Wednesday, May 14
High School Baseball|
NCHSAA Third Round

Midway 4, E. Carteret 0
S. Alamance 7, Triton 1

Thursday, May 15
College Baseball

Campbell 18, Delaware 6
High School Softball.
NCHSAA Third Round
Midway 3, Seaforth 2 (9 innings)
S. Johnston 5, Richlands 0 (8 innings)
NCISAA 1-A Semifinals
CFCA 7, Ridgecroft 1

Friday, May 16
College Baseball
Campbell 6, Delaware 1
High School Baseball

NCHSAA Quarterfinals
Midway 2, SouthWest Edgecombe 0
High School Softball
NCHSAA Quarterfinals
S. Granville 3, Midway 2
S. Johnston 5, S. Nash 0

Saturday, May 17
College Baseball

Delaware 5, Campbell 3

Tuesday, May 20
High School Baseball
NCHSAA 2-A Semifinal Series
Midway 8, S. Lenoir 1
High School Softball
NCHSAA 3-A Semifinal Series
Scotland Co. 7, S. Johnston 2
NCISAA 1-A Final Series
at N.C. Wesleyan, Rocky Mount
CFCA 3-6, Lawrence 2-5
CFCA wins series, 2-0

Wednesday, May 21
College Baseball
CAA Tournament
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
Campbell 10, Elon 9

Thursday, May 22
College Baseball
CAA Tournament
Mount Pleasant, S.C.
UNC Wilmington 6, Campbell -0
High School Baseball
NCHSAA 2-A Semifinal Series
S. Lenoir 9, Midway 8 (8 innings)
(Best of three tied, 1-1)
High School Softball
NCHSAA 3-A Semifinal Series
Scotland Co. 8, S. Johnston 1
(Scotland Co. wins best of three, 2-0)

Friday, May 23
College Baseball
CAA Tournament
Mount Pleasant, S.C.

Charleston 12, Campbell 11

Saturday, May 24
High School Baseball
NCHSAA 2-A Semifinal Series
S. Lenoir 5, Midway 4
(S. Lenoir wins series, 2-1).

Friday, August 22
High School Football
Midway at Hobbton, 7 p.m.
Northwood at Harnett Central, 7 p.m.
S. Johnston at Smithfield-Selma, 7 p.m.
Triton at Willow Spring, 7 p.m.

 

 

 

 

 

Cape Fear
Christian Academy

Tripp wins state shot put, Ammons 2nd in high jump

Tripp wins state shot put, Ammons 2nd in high jump

Cape Fear Christian Academy senior Larah Tripp won the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association Division 3 championship in the shot put at Wingate University on Friday. Division 3 includes the 1-A and 2-A classifications. Tripp, a left-handed thrower who...

CFCA maintains position for runners-up in 1-A golf

CFCA maintains position for runners-up in 1-A golf

Cape Fear Christian Academy held on to second place in the second and final round of the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 1-A golf tournament at Jamestown Park Golf Course on Tuesday. The Eagles finished with a team score of 536 after totaling...

Central

Not Central’s night in tilt with visiting Terry Sanford

Not Central’s night in tilt with visiting Terry Sanford

Terry Sanford came to Harnett Central on Friday night for a matchup of teams with 3-0 records in the All American Conference. The evening belonged to the Bulldogs (5-2, 4-0 AAC), who posted a 42-0 win. Jacob Moore hit Ethan Harris for a 19-yard touchdown with 4:21...

Trojans foiled in OT as Wildcats come back

Trojans foiled in OT as Wildcats come back

Harnett Central fell victim to an overtime field goal in a season-opening 37-34 nonconference loss at West Johnston on Friday night. The Trojans were on top, 21-6, at the half on three scoring passes from Koby Howard to D.J. Brown. "Special teams were the deciding...

South

Trojans bounce back for 28-14 triumph at Triton

Trojans bounce back for 28-14 triumph at Triton

One week after suffering a narrow loss at home against Princeton, South Johnston’s varsity football team rebounded with a 28-14 win at rival Triton Friday. “We knew we had something special with this senior group,” said South Johnston coach Lee Webb. “I call them my...

South softball tops Triton with timely hitting

South softball tops Triton with timely hitting

Timely hitting led South Johnston’s varsity softball team to a 5-1 win over visiting nonconference rival Triton on Thursday night. “I think scoring with two outs was kind of big,” said South Johnston coach Ashley Ennis. “Lannah (Price) did a good at the plate and on...

News & Features

New conference affiliations taking shape in NCHSAA

New conference affiliations taking shape in NCHSAA

The North Carolina High School Athletic continues to work on new conference affiliations within an expanded classification system. Teams are grouped from 1-A (smallest) to 8-A (largest) based on enrollment numbers for the realignment for the 2025-26 school year. The...

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