— West Brunswick senior Joseph Ward shot a 77 Tuesday at Country Club of Johnston County in Smithfield to qualify for the NCHSAA 6-A tournament next week at Sapona Golf Club in Lexington.
— West Brunswick senior Kyle McCoy was recognized by the county school board on Tuesday evening for winning a Morehead-Cain scholarship to UNC and a $50,000 DECA grant. He played No. 1 in singles for the Trojans in tennis.
— Jack Crighton went 4-for-5 for Clemson in an 8-4 baseball win at No. 8 Coastal Carolina on Tuesday night.
— UNC Wilmington was limited to two hits in a 2-1 home loss to High Point.
— In opening games of second round series in the NBA playoffs, host Detroit downed Cleveland, 111-101, and defending champion Oklahoma City downed the visiting Los Angeles Lakers, 108-90.
— New York takes a 1-0 lead into tonight’s home game with Philadelphia (ESPN, 7 p.m.).
— Minnesota leads 1-0 going into tonight’s contest at San Antonio (ESPN, 9:30 p.m.).
— The American Football Coaches Association has voted to recommend expansion of the College Football Playoff to 24 teams.
