Today is the first full day of spring! … Nate Laing (Harnett Central) is an assistant coach at Northwest Florida State, which won the National Junior College Division I men’s basketball championship on Saturday, 83-67, over top-ranked Salt Lake at the Sports Arena in Hutchinson, Kansas. … Zach Neto came to the mound with the bases loaded and nobody out in the top of the ninth to get his second save of the season as Campbell topped visiting West Virginia, 6-5, to take the weekend series, 2-1. … Duke advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament with an 85-76 win over Michigan State in Greenville, South Carolina, on Sunday. … UNC Wilmington plays Drake today at 1 p.m. at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, in the second round of the College Basketball Invitational. … William Byron won the NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sunday. … Sam Burns won the Valspar Championship on Sunday in Palm Harbor, Florida, in a playoff with Davis Riley.