Erwin will be hosting Tar Heel District 4 softball tournaments for 10-and-under and 12-and-under at Al Woodall Park on July 9-11. … The Dunn Majors (12-and-under) baseball tournament has been reset for Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Nathan Harris Athletic Complex at Tyler...
Dunn Area Sports Staff
Tuesday, May 29
Golden State moved into its fourth straight NBA finals with a 101-92 win at Houston on Monday night in game seven of the Western Conference championship series as Kevin Durant scored 34 points. The Rockets, playing without Chris Paul due to a hamstring injury, had a...
Camels in Athens regional
As champions of the Big South Conference tournament, Campbell earned an automatic bid to the NCAA baseball tournament. The Camels have been placed in the Athens, Ga., regional as the No. 4 seed and will take on host Georgia in their opening game of the...
Monday, May 28
Matthew Barefoot (Midway) is hitting .357 with 54 runs, both team highs, for Campbell going into the NCAA Tournament. The Camels learn their regional destination today at noon (ESPNU). … East Carolina, North Carolina and N.C. State have been designated as regional...
Sunday, May 27
Big South Conference Freshman of the Year Logan Bender (Triton) recorded his 61st strikeout in 45 and one-third innings with his game-ending whiff in Campbell's 7-5 win over High Point for the Big South Conference tournament championship in Lynchburg, Va., on...
BC Astros win, 1-0, on Sunday
BUIES CREEK — Brandon Bielak and Hector Perez combined for a shutout as the Buies Creek Astros topped visiting Lynchburg 1-0 on Sunday afternoon. Bielak (4-3) allowed two hits over five innings while striking out six without a walk. Perez did not allow a hit over the...
Camels earn NCAA berth with Big South championship
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Luis Gimenez roped a go-ahead two-run triple in the bottom of the seventh as top-seeded Campbell defeated No. 2 seed High Point, 7-5, to claim the 2018 Big South Conference baseball tournament title Saturday afternoon at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The...
Camels playing for Big South title
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Christian Jones cranked a three-run homer to put Campbell ahead for good as the top-seeded Camels defeated No. 3 seed Liberty 6-4 in a seven-inning Big South Tournament elimination game Friday night at Liberty Baseball Stadium. The Flames had topped...
Saturday, May 26
Dillon Stewart (Triton) had a double and three RBIs for UNC Greensboro in a 15-7 win over Wofford in the Southern Conference tournament in Greenville, S.C. on Friday. … Cape Fear Christian Academy's varsity boys basketball team has been invited to play in the City...
Mehl’s slam keys Camels
LYNCHBURG, Va. — Kyle Mehl's grand slam in the bottom of the second put Campbell up for good as the top-seeded Camels defeated No. 5 seed Gardner-Webb 8-3 on Thursday afternoon in the second round of the Big South Conference baseball tournament. Campbell improved to...
Raiders have athletic banquet
Colby Pope was named Male Athlete of the Year at Midway's annual athletic banquet on Thursday night. Pope is planning to enroll at East Carolina. There were co-winners on the Female Athlete of the Year, Methodist softball signee Blythe Best and Leah Williams, who has...
Banks, McNeill honored
Maliah Banks for the girls and Laderique McNeill for the boys have been honored as Athletes of the Year at Harnett Central. Banks averaged 16.5 points, 4.3 assists and 4.5 steals for a 21-5 girls basketball team. She also was eighth in the 3-A girls state track meet...
