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Friday, June 15

The Buies Creek Astros were eliminated from the first half season Carolina League Southern Division baseball race with a 2-0 loss at Potomac and Winston-Salem's 8-2 win over the visiting Wilmington Blue Rocks on Thursday. The win for the Dash was their seventh...

Thursday, June 14

Triton's varsity boys basketball team has practice tonight. The Hawks will be playing games Friday and Saturday at Apex Friendship. … Campbell baseball players Christian Jones and Matthew Barefoot (Midway) have been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association...

Wednesday, June 13

Former Overhills pitcher Tanner Myatt was drafted in the 11th round by the New York Yankees. Myatt's fast ball velocity reached the upper 90s (mph) at Florence-Darlington Technical College. … The Cape Fear Heroes are scheduled to host Atlanta in the American Arena...

Monday, June 11

A 4-2 loss at Down East on Sunday and Winston-Salem's 2-1 win at Carolina dropped the Buies Creek Astros 1.5 games behind the first-place Dash in the Carolina League Southern Division baseball standings. Myrtle Beach has won nine straight and is 2.5 games back. … Duke...

Sunday, June 10

Jake Adams' first two hits for the Buies Creek Astros since being called up from Quad Cities were a pair of two-run homers in a 6-1 win at Down East on Saturday night. Buies Creek remained a half-game behind Winston-Salem in the Carolina League Southern Division...

Friday, June 8

Myrtle Beach completed a three-game sweep at Buies Creek with a 4-2 win on Thursday night as the Pelicans won their sixth straight. Abraham Toro was 3-for-3 with a two-run homer in the fourth for thee hosts. The Astros remained a half-game behind the Winston-Salem...

Thursday, June 7

The Buies Creek Astros scored three times in the bottom of the ninth before falling 4-3 to the visiting Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Wednesday night. The Astros remained a half-game behind the Winston-Salem Dash in the Carolina League Southern Division first half...

Tuesday, June 5

Matthew Barefoot (Midway) finished his sophomore season at Campbell with a team-high .364 batting average. The Big South Conference tournament MVP also led the Camels in runs scored with 58. … Duke will be making its first-ever trip to the Super Regional level of the...

Monday, June 4

Noah Bridges (South Johnston) went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI for UNC Wilmington in a 9-7 elimination game win over East Carolina on Sunday in the Greenville Regional of the NCAA baseball tournament. The Seahawks play South Carolina today at 1 p.m. … North Carolina...

Sunday, June 3

Juha Miettinen, who played soccer at Campbell from 1987 to 1990, was inducted into the Big South Conference Hall of Fame on Thursday night during a ceremony as part of the league's spring meetings in Hilton Head, S.C. ... Noah Bridges (South Johnston) walked on four...

Saturday, June 2

Due to prolonged inclement weather in Athens, Ga., Campbell's NCAA baseball regional opener against No. 8 national seed Georgia was postponed Friday. The Camels and Bulldogs will play today at noon at Foley Field. … Noah Bridges (South Johnston) had a hit and scored a...

Friday, June 1

Harnett Central pitcher Paul Gervase is scheduled to sign with Pfeiffer today. … Campbell won the men's Big South Conference All-Sports Trophy for the 2017-18 school year. … The Dunn Majors baseball tournament semifinal between Archie's Appliances and Mosquito Joe's...

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