Campbell has announced the transfer of softball catcher Devin Davis from Cal State Bakersfield. … Carlos Rodon (N.C. State) allowed two hits in seven innings for the New York Yankees in a 9-1 win over visiting Tampa Bay on Monday as he improved to 10-7 for the...
Quick Hits
Monday, July 22
Ahoskie came out of the losers bracket to post two wins over Western Harnett by scores of 3-1 and 3-2 to take the Tar Heels League 10-and-under softball state championship in Benson on Sunday. Cashie defeated Western, 8-2, in the 12-U final. In the 16-U division,...
Sunday, July 21
The Western Harnett 10-and-under softball all-star team defeated Ahoskie, 1-0, on Saturday and will meet the same opponent today at 10 a.m. for the Tar Heel League state championship in Benson. Ahoskie, coming out of the losers bracket, would have to beat Western...
Saturday, July 20
Western Harnett’s 10-and-under softball all-stars defeated Wilkes County, 4-0, and downed Shelby, 7-0, in the Tar Heel League state tournament in Benson on Friday. The area team takes on Ahoskie in the winners bracket at noon today. Western’s 12-U stars...
Friday, July 19
Play was suspended in the Tar Heel League state softball tournaments in Benson on Thursday due to rain and is scheduled to resume today at 10 a.m. … Campbell won the Coastal Athletic Association Team Academic Excellence Award in volleyball with a 3.63 grade...
Thursday, July 18
Right-handed pitcher Cole Peschl of Campbell was drafted by Minnesota in the 15th round of the MLB draft. Peschl led the Camels in starts in 2024 with 13, compiling a 3-3 record with a 5.48 earned run average. He had a team-high 83 strikeouts in 69 innings. …...
Wednesday, July 17
Campbell women’s basketball signee Jasmine Felton of Northeastern High School in Elizabeth City was named Most Outstanding Player on Monday night for the East in an 84-68 win over the West in the annual all-star game in Greensboro. … The West boys took a...
Tuesday, July 16
The Tar Heel League state tournament in softball starts Thursday in Benson. Western Harnett will be represented by teams in the 10-and-under, 12-U and 16-U age groups. … Western Harnett’s 15-U baseball all-stars have earned a berth in the THL state...
Monday, July 15
Cedric Mullins (Campbell) had a pinch hit, 2-run, walk-off double for Baltimore in a 6-5 win over the visiting New York Yankees on Sunday to give the Orioles a 1-game lead over the Yankees in the American League East Division at the All-Star break. … Zach Neto...
Sunday, July 14
The major league baseball draft is tonight (ESPN, 7 p.m.). … Alec Burleson (East Carolina) had four RBIs with a double and a home run for St. Louis in a doubleheader sweep of the visiting Chicago Cubs on Saturday. … Zach Neto (Campbell) had a walk and a...
Saturday, July 13
Norman Simmons, 15, of Angier won the junior heavyweight division in the USA Boxing Junior Olympics in Wichita. … Melvin’s Roofing won the coed softball league in Coats. … Carter Cunningham of East Carolina has been named winner of the Community...
Friday, July 12
Former N.C. State football coach Monte Kiffin has passed away at the age of 84. Kiffin was 16-17 with the Wolfpack from 1980 to 1982. He was defensive coordinator for Tampa Bay’s Super Bowl champions in 2002. He had been working for his son, Lane Kiffin, as a...
