Saturday, June 12

by | Jun 12, 2021 | Quick Hits

Richard Rozier has been named the new coach of varsity girls basketball at Triton after serving as an assistant with the boys program at Overhills. … Kerrigan Brown of Midway has been recognized as the Female Field Athlete of the Year in the East Central 2-A Conference. … – Athanas Kioko of Campbell was third in the men’s 5,000 meter run in the NCAA championships on Friday night in 13:13.47, earning first team All-America honors with his school and Big South Conference record time. … Host Vanderbilt topped East Carolina, 2-0, on Friday despite 13 strikeouts by Gavin Williams. … Arkansas overcame an early N.C. State lead for a 21-2 Super Regional win. … The Pirates play game two (ESPN2, noon) and the Wolfpack looks to even its series today (ESPN2, 3 p.m.). … In the NBA playoffs, Philadelphia took a 2-1 series lead with a 127-111 win at Atlanta and Phoenix went up 3-0 with a 116-102 victory at Denver. … Visiting Utah takes a 2-0 lead into its matchup with the Los Angeles Clippers (ABC, 7:30 p.m.). … Chesson Hadley has a 2-shot lead at 11-under par over Dustin Johnson in the Palmetto Championship going into today’s third round.

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