De’Marius Staton (Triton) is seeing action at defensive end as a true freshman at St. Augustine’s. He wears jersey No. 53. … Dunn Area Sports received its 49,000th view since Feb. 4 on Saturday. Thank you! … East Carolina bounced back from a season-opening 28-23 loss to North Carolina A&T to pull away to a 41-19 football win against visiting North Carolina on Saturday. … Duke defeated Northwestern 21-7 in the home opener for the Wildcats. … Naomi Osaka won the U.S. Open women’s tennis championship 6-2, 6-4 over Serena Williams. … The Carolina Panthers open their NFL season at home against the Dallas Cowboys today at 4:25 p.m.