Senior Nate Smith of Midway has been named to the North Carolina Baseball Coaches Association 2-A All-State team after hitting .353 in 2022. … Ross Stevens, a junior at Triton who hit .564, made the NCBCA 3-A team. … Overhills competed in a 7-on-7 football event at Duke on Tuesday. … The Harnett County Tennis Academy is horting a tournament Saturday at Keith Hills. … The final series in the Stanley Cup playoffs got underway Wednesday night in Denver woth Colorado topping Tampa Bay, 4-3, as Andre Burakovshy scored 83 seconds into overtime. … Atlanta won its 14th straight MLB game, 8-2, at Washington on Thursday night as Spencer Strider allowed one hit and struck out 11 in five and two-thirds innings. … The NBA final series returns to Boston tonight with the Celtics trailing Golden State, 3-2 (ABC, 9 p.m.). … Michael Jordan’s Catch 23 boat is among five tied for fourth in the Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in Morehead City after three days of fishing. … The U.S. Open golf championship gets underway today at The Country Club in Brookline, Massachusetts (USA, 9:30 a.m.; NBC, 2 p.m.).