Quick Hits

Wednesday, October 7

The Fayetteville Marksmen of the Southern Professional Hockey League will not play during the 2020-21 season because of coronavirus restrictions. ... Alexis Lafreniere was selected first overall by the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League draft on Tuesday...

Tuesday, October 6

Cape Fear Christian Academy has canceled its varsity athletic contests this week due to a case of COVID-19 involving a high school student. The upper school is continuing with online instruction. ... Kansas City and Green Bay each improved to 4-0 with Monday night...

Monday, October 5

Led by 40 points from Jimmy Butler, Miami topped Los Angeles, 115-104, on Sunday night to cut the Lakers' lead in the NBA finals to 2-1. ... The second round of the MLB playoffs starts today with Houston taking on Oakland at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles at 4:07 p.m....

Sunday, October 4

Sunday, October 4

The Cape Fear Christian Academy girls tennis team has nonconference matches this week with Wayne Country Day at Wayne Community College on Wednesday and The Burlington School at Alamance Country Club on Friday. The Eagles (photo inside) went 4-0 in the Sandhills...

Saturday, October 3

Former Campbell second baseman Tony Della Costa has been named to the Atlantic Sun Conference 2001-10 All-Decade baseball team. ... Miami topped the Chicago Cubs, 2-0, and San Diego defeated St. Louis, 4-0, on Friday to earn the last two berths in the second round of...

Friday, October 2

Gus Adams of Cape Fear Christian Academy was sixth among 40 runners in a 5-team cross country meet at Fayetteville Christian this week in a time of 20 minutes, 55 seconds over the 5-kilometer course. The CFCA boys were fourth overall. Allie Wiggins was sixth among 23...

Thursday, October 1

There will be 2,200 fans allowed as Campbell (0-3) visits Wake Forest (0-2) in football on Friday at 7 p.m. ... Dunn Area Sports has received its 159,000th view. Thank you! ... D'Marco Dunn, who averaged 20.4 points in Westover's 30-0 season as a junior in 2019-20,...

Wednesday, September 30

Former Campbell players Shannon O'Bryan and Brittany Stanley have been named to the Atlantic Sun Conference's All-Decade softball team for 2001-10. ... In best-of-three MLB playoff series, which began Tuesday, Houston topped host Minnesota, 4-1; the Chicago White Sox...

Tuesday, September 29

Harrells Christian took a 7-6 high school football win at Trinity Christian of Fayetteville on Monday night. ... False positive COVID-19 tests caused Georgia State to postpone its football game at Charlotte on September 26. The Panthers are scheduled to host East...

Monday, September 28

Joey Slye kicked five field goals for the Carolina Panthers (1-2) but missed his lone conversion attempt in a 21-16 win over the host Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. ... NFL teams improving to 3-0 included Chicago, Buffalo, Tennessee, Pittsburgh, Seattle and Green...

Sunday, September 27

Former Campbell athletes Eric Bergemann, Mike Earle, Adoniss Jones, Harold Sims, Sam Tilly, Heather Lee and Alicia Valtin have been named to the Atlantic Sun Conference's All-Decade team in track and field for 2001-2010. ... No. 20 Virginia Tech jumped out to a 17-0...

Saturday, September 26

Segra Stadium, home of the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, is going to be transformed into a par-3 golf course for the weekend of October 16-18. Players will tee off from the outfield concourse. ... Tampa Bay took a 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup finals with 5-4 overtime win...

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