Cape Fear Christian Academy absorbed its second one-run loss of the week, 2-1, at Fayetteville Christian on Wednesday. The Eagles were edged 4-3 by defending NCISAA 1-A champion Halifax Academy on Monday. In between, CFCA won 30-0 over Northwood Temple as senior UNC Greensboro signee Delaney Cumbie hit a grand slam. … The Down East Wood Ducks pulled within two games of the first-place Buies Creek Astros in the Carolina League Southern Division first-half baseball race with a 15-3 win on Wednesday at Grainger Stadium in Kinston. … Mike Oxendine of Northwood Temple will be the commissioner of the Sandhills Athletic Conference next school year.