Little Tar Heel League all-star baseball teams from Erwin are scheduled to play in district tournaments in Southern Pines next month. Play in the Midget division (10-and-under) starts July 7. The Little League division (12-and-under) gets underway on July 10. ......

Teams from the East brackets swept the NCHSAA baseball championships as Greenville Rose (3-A) and Perquimans (1-A), the team that eliminated Hobbton in the second round, wrapped up titles on Sunday at Terry Sanford and South View, respectively. Fuquay-Varina (4-A) and...

Will Lewis of Western Harnett was named Most Outstanding Wrestler of the NCHSAA 3-A individual championships on Saturday at Eastern Guilford after winning the 132-pound title by technical fall and finishing his senior season with a 27-0 record. ... Nicholas Williams...

N.C. State's baseball team has been ruled out of the College World Series by the NCAA due to COVID protocols. The Wolfpack had only 13 of 27 players in a 3-1 loss to Vanderbilt on Friday. The Commodores will meet the winner of today's game between Mississippi State...

Trent Fennell (Triton, Barton) pitched two scoreless innings for the Spokane Indians on Wednesday, lowering his earned run average to 3.80. ... Dunn Area Sports has received its 197,000th view. Thank you! ... Matthew Creech is returning to Midway as varsity boys...

Three Triton wrestlers have qualified for the NCHSAA 3-A championships at Eastern Guilford on Saturday, including Nicholas Williams at 152 pounds, Nathan Williams (160) and Xavion Richardson (220). Former state champion Will Lewis (132) represents Western Harnett....

Gumaro Benitez of Harnett Central, who plans to play tennis and soccer at Pfeiffer, will have a signing ceremony Wednesday. ... N.C. State topped defending champion Vanderbilt, 1-0, in the College World Series on Monday night as Terrell Tatum hit a fifth-inning homer....

Matthew Barefoot (Midway, Campbell) had a hit and scored two runs for the host Asheville Tourists in a 19-4 win over Aberdeen on Sunday. Barefoot is hitting .312. ... Virginia topped Tennessee, 6-0, and Mississippi State held off Texas, 2-1, in the College World...

Happy Father's Day! ... Midway junior Nate Smith has been named Player of the Year in baseball in the East Central 2-A Conference after hitting .468 during a 13-2 season. Justin Carroll is Coach of the Year after guiding the Raiders to the league championship in his...

Keith Hills will have a flag tournament on the Fourth of July in which participants will have 72 strokes plus their handicap to play the Orange and Black nines. When golfers reach their stroke limit, they will plant their flag at that point. ... N.C. State opens play...