Brayden Sears and Cooper Nash each hit 2-run homers for Harnett Central in an 8-4 baseball win over Parrott Academy in the Tarboro Easter Invitational on Wednesday. Wesley Barefoot had a 2-run single for the Trojans (12-8). … Chris Layton and Ashton Holland combined for a shutout as South Johnston improved to 14-6 overall and 9-2 in the Quad County Conference with a 7-0 baseball win at Smithfield-Selma. … The Campbell women’s golf team has received a berth in the NCAA regional May 5-7 at the Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas. … Left-hander Carlos Rodon (N.C. State) of the New York Yankees went seven innings with no earned runs and eight strikeouts as he improved to 3-3 in a 5-1 win at Cleveland. … In the NBA playoffs on Wednesday night, Boston took a 2-0 first round series lead with a 109-100 win over visiting Orlando; host Cleveland went up, 2-0, with a 121-112 victory over Miami and Houston evened its matchup with Golden State at 1-1 with a 109-94 triumph. … The New York Knicks and host Detroit are tied, 1-1, going into game three tonight ((TNT, 7 p.m.). … Oklahoma City takes a 2-0 lead to Memphis (TNT, 9:30 p.m.). … Denver and the host Los Angeles Clippers are tied, 1-1 (NBA Network, 10 p.m.). … The PGA Tour two-player event in New Orleans gets underway today (Golf Channel, 3 p.m.). … The NFL draft begins tonight (ABC, ESPN, 8 p.m.).