Wyatt Avery allowed one hit and had 11 strikeouts in a 15-6 baseball win for Coats-Erwin Middle School on Tuesday at Shughart. Tucker Brown fanned four for the Falcons (2-0) in relief. Braxton Davis had four of Coats-Erwin’s 19 hits. Avery and Hunter Thompson each had three hits. Brown got two hits. Jamari Thompson, Cristian Barajas, Zamonte McDougald, Gavin Klein, C. J. Herring, Tucker Reagan and Jaleel White had one hit apiece. … N.C. State topped visiting Hofstra 84-78 in the first round of the NIT on Tuesday night. The Wolfpack hosts the winner of tonight’s Harvard-Georgetown game on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the second round. … N.C. State’s baseball team is 20-1 after downing Towson, 11-1, in Raleigh on Tuesday. … Dunn Area Sports has received its 85,000th view since Feb. 4, 2018. Thank you!