Madissen Cannady of Midway has been named a recipient of the Dreibelbis Scholarship by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association. She has competed in cross country, track and soccer for the Raiders. … Ashley Gaines of Harnett Central, Ashley Ennis of South Johnston and Susan Clark of Midway have been named Coach of the Year in softball in their respective conferences. … Savannah Bain of Central is the Player of the Year in softball in the All American Conference and Aubree Bass of Triton is Pitcher of the Year. … Dunn Area Sports photojournalist John Lucas proposed to Kari Sakrison on Saturday and she accepted! … East Carolina extended its baseball winning streak to 17 games with an 8-5 triumph over Tulane on Saturday. The Pirates play Houston at BayCare Ballpark in Clearwater, Florida, for the American Athletic Conference tournament championship today (ESPNEWS, noon). … N.C. State and UNC play today for the ACC baseball championship in Charlotte (ESPN2, noon). … The host New York Rangers topped the Carolina Hurricanes, 5-2, on Saturday night to force a game seven in Raleigh on Monday night in the second round series of the Stanley Cup playoffs. … Miami hosts Boston in game seven of the Eastern Conference finals in the NBA playoffs tonight (ESPN, 8:30 p.m.). … The NASCAR Cup runs tonight at Charlotte Motor Speedway (FOX, 6 p.m.). … The New York Mets host Philadelphia tonight (ESPN2, 7:08 p.m.). … Scottie Scheffler has a 2-shot lead at 11-under par in the PGA Tour event in Fort Worth going into today’s final round (CBS, 2 p.m.).