Shallotte Area Sports Staff

Wednesday, June 3

— Vegas overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat the host Carolina Hurricanes, 5-4, in the opening game of the Stanley Cup finals on Tuesday night. — New York visits Sam Antonio in game one of the NBA finals tonight (ABC, 8:30 p.m.). — East Carolina baseball players who...

Tuesday, June 2

— The Carolina Hurricanes open the Stanley Cup final series at home tonight against Vegas (ABC, 8 p.m.). — Southern California defeated 12th-seeded Texas A&M, 7-1, on Monday night to win the College Station regional of the NCAA baseball tournament and advance to a...

Monday, June 1

— No. 5 national seed UNC won the Chapel Hill regional of the NCAA baseball tournament on Sunday with a 9-3 victory over East Carolina. — Wake Forest was eliminated from the NCAA tournament with a 10-5 loss to host West Virginia. — Coastal Carolina's season ended with...

Sunday, May 31

— San Antonio took a 111-103 win at Oklahoma City on Saturday night in the deciding game of the Western Conference finals of the NBA playoffs despite 35 points by Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. — The Spurs will host New York in game one of the finals on Wednesday night...

Saturday, May 30

— The Carolina Hurricanes defeated visiting Montreal, 6-1, on Friday night to win the Eastern Conference finals of the Stanley Cup, 4-1. The Canes will host game one of the Cup final against Vegas on Tuesday (ABC, 8 p.m.). — San Antonio plays at Oklahoma City in game...

Friday, May 29

— San Antonio forced a game seven in the Western Conference finals of the NBA playoffs with a 118-91 win over visiting Oklahoma City on Thursday night as Victor Wembanyama had 28 points and 10 rebounds. — The Carolina Hurricanes host Montreal tonight with a 3-1 lead...

Thursday, May 28

— Matt McKenney and K'veon Griffin, who helped West Brunswick to a 19-11 record and the fourth round of the 6-A boys basketball playoffs as seniors, have signed with Central Carolina Community College in Sanford. — Leslie Reeves will be the new athletic director at...

Wednesday, May 27

— The Shallotte Shallywags of the summer collegiate wood bat Old North State League are being coached by a Brazil native and former U.S. Marine, Marcos Araujo. The general manager is West Brunswick teacher Olivia Fluharty. The team is 0-2 going into a home game...

Tuesday, May 26

— The Carolina Hurricanes took a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 3-2 win at Montreal on Monday night on an overtime goal by Andrei Svechnikov. — New York completed a sweep in the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA...

Monday, May 25

Happy Memorial Day! — East Carolina won the American Conference baseball tournament championship with a 1-0 victory over Texas San Antonio in Clearwater, Florida, on Sunday as left-hander Ethan Norby pitched five and two-thirds innings with eight strikeouts in earning...

Sunday, May 24

— New York took a 3-0 lead in the Eastern Conference finals of the NBA playoffs on Saturday night with a 121-108 win at Cleveland. — Oklahoma City has a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals going into tonight's matchup at San Antonio (NBC, 8 p.m.). — The Carolina...

Saturday, May 23

— Visiting Oklahoma City took a 123-108 win at San Antonio on Friday night for a 2-1 lead in the Western Conference finals of the NBA playoffs as league MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 26 points and 12 assists. — New York takes a 2-0 lead into tonight's game at...