Dunn Area Sports Staff

Tar Heel baseball district play gets underway

District IV Tar Heel League baseball tournaments had games at three sites on Monday night. In the 10-and-under division in Southern Pines, Angier defeated Parkwood 10-6. Western Harnett plays Erwin tonight at 6 and Angier takes on Sandhills at 8. In the 12-and-under...

Tuesday, July 10

A 4-1 loss to South Stanley knocked the Dunn AAA (10-and-under) baseball All-Stars out of the Dixie Youth state tournament in the Brunswick County community of Ash on Monday. … The Buies Creek Astros were beaten 6-3 by the visiting Down East Wood Ducks on Monday...

Monday, July 9

The Buies Creek Astros trailed visiting Myrtle Beach 7-5 in the bottom of the 10th inning but won 8-7 on Sunday with a two-run double by Jacob Meyers to score Jonathan Arauz and Corey Julks. Arauz had the first RBI for the Astros in the final frame. Ronnie Dawson...

Sunday, July 8

The Dunn AAA (10-and-under) baseball All-Stars defeated Waccamaw 24-0 in three innings to open the Dixie Youth state tournament in the Brunswick County community of Ash on Saturday. Dunn plays Boger City on Field One this evening at 6:45. … Myrtle Beach topped host...

Saturday, July 7

After a 52-minute rain delay in the first inning, the Buies Creek Astros scored six runs in the opening frame and went on to an 11-0 win over visiting Myrtle Beach on Friday night. A two-run home run by Carlos Canelon capped the early salvo. Brady Rogers, Brandon...

Tar Heel youth softball tournaments coming up in Erwin

Erwin is hosting a pair of Tar Heel League district tournaments beginning Monday (July 9) at 6 p.m. Al Woodall Park will be the site of 10-and-under as well as 12-and-under softball competition. The Erwin 10-and-under All-Star softball team includes Makenzy Coley,...

Friday, July 6

The Buies Creek Astros defeated the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 6-1 on Thursday evening as Abraham Toro hit a two-run homer for his 14th of the season. Osvaldo Duarte hit his fifth round tripper, a solo shot. Patrick Sandoval (1-0) struck out nine in five innings. Buies...

Dixie AAA, softball state brackets released

The Dunn AAA (10-and-under) baseball All-Stars will be among 16 teams converging on the Brunswick County community of Ash for opening games Saturday in the Dixie Youth state tournament. Dunn meets host Waccamaw on Field One on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. in the...

Thursday, July 5

The Buies Creek Astros scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to edge Myrtle Beach 4-3 at Jim Perry Stadium on the Fourth. Corey Julks drove in the winning run. … Boston topped Washington 3-0 and New York was a 6-2 winner over Atlanta on Wednesday as the...

Camels earn highest finish in Director’s Cup standings

BUIES CREEK — Campbell earned a top-100 finish and led all Big South Conference schools in the final standings of the 2017-18 Learfield Directors' Cup standings. With 194.0 total points, Campbell finished 97th among 292 Division I members ranked, the highest mark for...

Wednesday, July 4

On this date in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia. Penning the document from North Carolina were William Hooper, Joseph Hewes and John Penn. … Dunn Area Sports received its 37,000th view since Feb. 4 on Tuesday. Thank you! … A three-run...

Tuesday, July 3

The Carolina Mudcats topped visiting Buies Creek 3-2 on Monday night on an RBI double by Cooper Hummel that accounted for the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh inning. The outcome left the Astros with a one-game lead over the Winston-Salem Dash in the Carolina...

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