Duke and UNC have reached the finals of their respective regionals in the NCAA baseball tournament. The Blue Devils topped host Georgia, 6-3, on Saturday and the Tar Heels were 11-5 winners over Oklahoma in Chapel Hill as Sam Angelo hit a pair of home runs. ... East...
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...
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...
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...
East Carolina coach Cliff Godwin surpassed Dr. Gary Overton, who recruited him to ECU, for the most baseball wins in school history with 428 as the Pirates topped Charlotte, 6-5, on Thursday in the American Athletic Conference tournament in Clearwater, Florida....
Campbell topped Elon, 10-9, on a walk-off homer by Joe Simpson in the first round of the Coastal Athletic Association baseball tournament in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on Wednesday. Dalen Thompson (Triton) had a 2-run homer for the Camels (25-29), who play UNC...
Midway took the first game in a best of three for the Eastern 2-A baseball championship, 8-1, at South Lenoir on Tuesday night as sophomore Tanner Williams scattered six hits with one run (earned), one walk and five strikeouts. Freshman Wesley Tew and junior Carson...
