The North Carolina (Dunn) Majors (12-and-under) baseball All-Stars fell to Georgia in the Dixie Youth World Series in Lumberton on Sunday. The local team trailed 14-2 going into the bottom of the sixth before losing, 14-8. The N.C. Stars face Mississippi in an...
The Dunn Majors (12-and-under) All-Star baseball team will play at 1 p.m. today in the Dixie Youth World Series in Lumberton against Texas. The game originally had been scheduled for later in the day. … Triton's Midnight Madness football scrimmage at 12:01 a.m....
A bases-loaded double in the bottom of the ninth inning by Jonathan Arauz lifted Buies Creek to a 4-3 win over visiting Wilmington (Del.) in Carolina League baseball on Thursday night. The Astros are tied in the Southern Division second half standings with...
Sarah Whitman will be back at her alma mater as junior varsity volleyball coach at Triton in 2018. Whitman was a multi-sport standout for the Hawks, competing in track at UNC-Wilmington. … The Wilmington (Del.) Blue Rocks scored twice in the top of the ninth inning to...
The Campbell women's basketball team will depart for a week-long trip to the Dominican Republic on Tuesday. The trip is designed to be part service mission. The Camels will play three games. … Brandon Bailey of Buies Creek is third in the Carolina League this season...
First-year Midway football coach Cory Barnes became a father on July 10 with the birth of Cole Ethan Barnes. The Raiders lost defensive line coach Brandon Powell to the staff at Lakewood. Midway's lone preseason scrimmage will be the Sampson Jamboree at Clinton on...
Host Wilmington (Del.) handed Buies Creek a 7-2 Carolina League baseball loss on Sunday, dealing Abdiel Saldana (8-2) his second setback of the season. The Astros and Winston-Salem are each 22-15 for the second half of the season and are tied for first in the Southern...
The Buies Creek Astros split a Carolina League baseball doubleheader at Wilmington (Del.), defeating the Blue Rocks 3-0 in the second game after losing the opener, 1-0, on Saturday. Tyler Ivey (2-3) and Colin McKee (fifth save) combined for the seven-inning shutout....
Play continued Friday in the Tar Heel Leagues state baseball tournaments in Hickory. In 8-and-under (Coach pitch), Benson defeated Caldwell County, 17-2, before falling to Cleveland, 13-2. Benson plays Garner in an elimination game today at 10 a.m. In 12-and-under...
Prayers and condolences for the family of Patrick Dennis of Lillington. Dennis died Thursday from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was a rising senior fullback/linebacker at Harnett Central. … In 15-and-under baseball in the Tar Heel Leagues state...
Western Harnett's 15-and-under baseball All-Stars play Johnston County at Jaycee Park in Hickory today at 4 p.m. in the first round of the double-elimination Tar Heel Leagues state tournament. Angier takes on Watauga County on the Stanford 2 Field in the event this...
The scheduled game Tuesday night between the visiting Buies Creek Astros and Potomac was postponed due to inclement weather. The teams play a doubleheader today at 4 p.m. … East Carolina was voted sixth and last in the East Division in the American Athletic Conference...
