Shallotte Area Sports Staff

Monday, April 6

— UCLA won the NCAA women's basketball championship, 79-51, over South Carolina on Sunday in Phoenix. — Connecticut and Michigan play for the NCAA men's basketball championship tonight in Indianapolis (TBS, 8:50 p.m.). — Auburn took the NIT men's championship in...

Trojans ride momentum into Beach baseball event

Trojans ride momentum into Beach baseball event

West Brunswick's baseball team hosts the Beach Diamond Invitational, which begins Monday, April 6. The Trojans will meet South Stanly (8-7) in the 8-team event at 6:30 p.m. West will have the momentum of 9-8 nonconference win at home over Green Level on Wednesday and...

Sunday, April 5

Happy Easter! — Connecticut topped Illinois, 71-62, and Michigan defeated Arizona, 91-73, in the men's Final Four of the NCAA basketball tournament on Saturday night in Indianapolis. — The Huskies and Wolverines meet Monday night for the national championship (TBS,...

Saturday, April 4

— In the women's Final Four in Phoenix, South Carolina dealt Connecticut its first loss, 62-48, and UCLA downed Texas, 51-44. The Gamecocks and Bruins play for the national championship on Sunday (ABC, 3:30 p.m.). — In the men's Final Four in Indianapolis today,...

Friday, April 3

Good Friday! — East Carolina holds a football scrimmage this morning. Transfers Emory Williams of Miami and Mitch Griffis from Texas Tech are competing at quarterback. — In the NIT semifinals at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on Thursday night, Tulsa defeated New...

Thursday, April 2

— Wake Forest took a 15-4 baseball win in seven innings over Clemson in Charlotte on Wednesday night as a grand slam by Javar Williams provided the final margin. — Sandy Alcantara pitched the first complete game of the MLB season as Miami topped the visiting Chicago...

Wednesday, April 1

— The West Brunswick softball team improved to 9-3 with a 12-2 nonconference win in five innings over visiting Lumberton on Tuesday night. Kady Long had three hits and four RBIs for the Trojans. Brooke Somers had a home run. Olivia Brown had three RBIs and pitched two...

Trojans take baseball, softball victories over Ashley Eagles

Trojans take baseball, softball victories over Ashley Eagles

West Brunswick took Carolina Coast Conference wins on Friday night over visiting Ashley in baseball and softball. The Trojans took a 10-9 win in walk-off fashion in baseball when an Eagles error allowed the deciding run in the ninth inning. West was an 11-5 winner in...

Tuesday, March 31

— Former N.C. State player Justin Gainey reportedly will be named the new men's basketball coach of the Wolfpack. He has been an assistant at Tennessee. — West Brunswick is ranked No. 8 in softball by HighSchoolOT among teams in the 910 area code. — South Carolina,...

Monday, March 30

— Braylon Mullins hit a 35-foot 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left after a Duke turnover to give Connecticut a 73-72 win in the final of the East regional in the NCAA men's basketball regional in Washington, D.C. on Sunday. — Michigan rolled to a 95-62 win over Tennessee...

Sunday, March 29

— Duke plays Connecticut in the men's East regional final of the NCAA basketball tournament in Washington, D.C. today (CBS, 5:05 p.m.). — Tennessee meets Michigan in the Midwest regional final (CBS, 2:15 p.m.). — Illinois topped Iowa, 71-59, in the South regional...

Saturday, March 28

— Duke advanced to the Elite Eight with an 80-75 win over St. John's in Washington, D.C. on Friday night as Isaiah Evans scored 25 points and Caleb Foster returned to action with 11 points in 19 minutes. — The Blue Devils will play Connecticut for a berth in the Final...