Despite a limited career at Campbell due to Tommy John surgery, right-handed pitcher Cam Cowan has signed a free agent contract with Cincinnati. ... N.C. State basketball signee Breon Pass of Reidsville has been named Male Athlete of the Year in North Carolina by...

The West topped the East, 7-0, in the annual all-star football game in Greensboro on Wednesday night as Hezekia Newby of Eastern Guilford scored the only touchdown on a 1-yard run in the third quarter. ... Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) was 1-for-5 with an RBI...

The East-West girls soccer all-star game ended in a draw at 1 on Tuesday night. Drew Lovelace of Holly Springs scored two goals as the East took a 3-2 boys soccer win. ... The East-West football game is tonight at Jamieson Stadium in Greensboro at 8 p.m. Fireworks are...

The East-West All-Star basketball games were split on Monday night at Greensboro Coliseum. The West took an 87-66 win in the girls game before N.C. State signee Terquavian Smith of Farmville Central led a 116-92 East win in the boys game with 30 points. ... East-West...

South Park defeated Dunn, 16-6, on Sunday to knock the local All-Stars out of the Dixie Youth Majors (12-and-under) state baseball tournament in Elizabethtown. ... Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) was 3-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs for Asheville in a 9-2...

A 6-2 loss to Whiteville on Saturday put Dunn in an elimination game in the Dixie Youth Majors (12-and-under) Division 1 state baseball tournament in Elizabethtown. The local All-Stars play today at 2 p.m. ... Louis Oosthuizen is at 12-under par in the British Open...

Whiteville captured the Dixie Youth AAA (10-and-under) North Carolina Division 2 (smaller leagues) baseball championship on Friday morning and went unbeaten in the tournament with an 11-1 win over South Columbus on Carlie C's IGA Field at the Nathan Harris Athletic...

Unbeaten Whiteville takes on South Columbus at 9 a.m. today for the Dixie Youth AAA (10-and-under) state baseball championship at Carlie C's IGA Field (Field 1) at the Nathan Harris Athletic Complex at Tyler Park in Dunn. South Columbus would need to win twice today...

East Duplin won the Dixie Youth AA (8-and-under, coach pitch) state baseball championship with an 8-7 victory over Tryon on Tuesday night in Dunn. ... Games tonight at the Nathan Harris Athletic Complex at Tyler Park include Whiteville vs. East Duplin on Field One...

Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) was 1-for-4 for the Asheville Tourists in an 11-4 home win over Greenville on Tuesday night. Barefoot is hitting .302. ... N.C. State has introduced its new mascot, Tuffy III, a Tamaskan breed of dog that has a wolf-like appearance....

Everson Simmons (South Johnston) is the new varsity boys basketball coach at Clayton. ... Steve Mims Jr. has been named varsity boys basketball coach at Fayetteville Academy after guiding Cape Fear Christian to a share of the Sandhills Athletic Conference championship...