The Dunn AA (8-and-under, coach pitch) baseball All-Stars were topped 10-8 in extra innings by West Robeson American in the first round of the Dixie state tournament at Lockwood Folly in Brunswick County on Saturday. The Dunn team faced an elimination game today at...
The Dunn AA (8-and-under, coach pitch) baseball All-Stars play their first game in the Dixie state tournament at Lockwood Folly in Brunswick County today at 3 p.m. against West Roberson American. … Dunn Area Sports received its 103,000th view since Feb. 4, 2018, on...
Morehead City topped host Fayetteville, 5-4, on Thursday night, ending a 5-game winning streak for the SwampDogs and clinching the first-half East Division championship in the Coastal Plain League for the visitors. … New high school baseball rules will allow...
Matthew Barefoot (Midway), a sixth-round MLB draft choice by Houston out of Campbell, has signed with the Astros and received a $150,000 signing bonus, according to The Houston Chronicle. … The Dunn Ponytails (12-and-under) softball All-Stars will be going to the...
Campbell has announced that it will introduce Omar Banks as its new athletic director today. Banks has been working with athletic finances at Virginia Tech. Wanda Watkins (South Johnston) has been serving as interim AD for the Camels. … Leigh Smith has resigned as...
Triton coach T.J. Morrison gets to do some sightseeing today after his team won the United World Games U-16 basketball championship on Sunday. The schedule calls for a trip to salt mines in Salzburg, Austria, and a visit to Hohensalzburg Castle. ... Chez Reavie won...
South Johnston matched up against Enloe in a 7-on-7 football scrimmage at N.C. State on Friday. ... Wake Forest won the Beast of the East scrimmages at East Carolina. ... Patience Marshall of Campbell set a school and Big South Conference record in the shot put at the...
Chris Clemons of Campbell has signed a free agent contract with the Houston Rockets of the NBA. … The Dunn Angels (10-and-under) and the Dunn Ponytails (12-and-under) each started Dixie district softball play in Carthage on Friday night against teams from Pembroke....
Joseph Johnson (South Johnston) hit .324 with four home runs and 39 RBIs for High Point in 2019. Johnson made the all-state first team selected by the North Carolina Collegiate Sports Information Association as designated hitter. Recent Houston Astros sixth-round...
The Miffly League, based in Spivey's Corner at Miffly Field, will host Nixon Farms Wiffle League from Destin, Fla., for a friendly exhibition game on Saturday, June 29, at 6:30 p.m. Former Midway quarterback Austin Raynor is the organizer on the Carolina end of the...
Triton is hosting a 7-on-7 football scrimmage with Athens Drive this morning at 8:30. … Dalen Thompson of Triton played for the Region 4 baseball team in the State Games in Charlotte. Region 4 went 2-1 in pool play at BB&T Ballpark and UNC Charlotte. Region 4 topped...
Carson Calcutt of Midway has received $2,000 scholarship from Dixie Youth baseball. Calcutt has been accepted at N.C. State and plans to study engineering. … Western Harnett is at Panther Creek in Central Carolina Scholastic Summer League baseball this evening....
