Triton will start spring football practice the third week in May. … Cape Fear Christian Academy’s middle school baseball and girls soccer teams will scrimmage at Highland this afternoon. … CFCA has a Mid-Carolina Conference varsity

boys golf match at Quail Ridge in Sanford. … Lawson Harrill of Campbell has been named Big South Conference Player of the Week in baseball after hitting .600 in wins over Tulane and Appalachian State for the No. 19 Camels. … No. 10 East Carolina (12-3) visits UNC Wilmington (9-7) in baseball tonight at 6 p.m. … In the NCAA Tournament First Four in Dayton, Southeast Missouri State plays Texas A&M Corpus Christi (truTV, 6:40 p.m.) and Pitt takes on Mississippi State (truTV, 9:10 p.m.). … Aaron McKie is out as men’s basketball coach at Temple. … UNC basketball reserves Tyler Nickel and Justin McKoy reportedly have entered the transfer portal. … East Carolina starts spring football practice today. The Pirates will have their spring game on Saturday, April 8 at 11 a.m.