East Carolina opened play in the NCAA baseball tournament regional at Coastal Carolina on Friday with an 11-6 win over Florida. Host North Carolina topped Holy Cross, 4-0. Duke rolled past Oklahoma State, 12-5, in the Athens regional at Georgia. Sophomore left-hander...
East Carolina, UNC and Duke won opening games in the NCAA baseball tournament on Friday. See summary below under News & Features. ... The host Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for an 8-5 win over the New York Yankees in a rematch of the 2024 World Series as Max Fried (7-1)...
Lannah Price of South Johnston has been named Player of the Year in softball in the Quad County Conference and teammate Ava Strickland has been accorded Pitcher of the Year in the league. The QCC Coach of the Year in baseball is Aaron Parnell of South. ... Samuel...
Harnett Central has announced three athletes for the next level including baseball pitcher C.J. Gaudet for UNC Pembroke, outfielder Micah Gaspar for Rockingham Community College and Emma Fish for the N.C. State dance team. ... The Carolina Hurricanes took a 2-0 first...
Linwood Smith will have to figure out where to store some trophies in the athletic director's office at Cape Fear Christian Academy as he takes on the AD responsibilities for the Eagles. The trophy haul in 2024-25 included state championship hardware in girls golf,...
Junior outfielder Chase Sewell of Triton has been named Co-Player of the Year in baseball in the All American Conference. ... Softball awards in the AAC included Ashley Gaines of Harnett Central as Coach of the Year, Bree Tenters of Central as Pitcher of the Year and...
Cape Fear Christian Academy recognized athletes for spring sports and end of the year awards at a banquet in the school gym on Monday. CFCA won the Wells Fargo Cup for overall athletic performance in the North Carolina Independent School Athletic Association 1-A class...
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...
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...
Midway was topped, 5-4, at South Lenoir on Saturday night in the deciding game three of the NCHSAA 2-A baseball semifinal series. Luke Peterson and Wyatt Herring each had two hits with an RBI for the Raiders (23-9). ... Host Florida scored five goals in the third...
Headmaster Johnna Skatell of Cape Fear Christian has announced Linwood Smith as the academy's new athletic director with the retirement of Al Myatt. Smith has extensive educational administrative experience in systems including Harnett County. ... Campbell was dealt a...
Visiting Scotland County took an 8-1 softball win at South Johnston on Thursday night to close out the best of three series for the NCHSAA 3-A East region championship. The Fighting Scots scored a run in the top of the first and held the lead the rest of the way in...
