Shallotte Area Sports Staff

Monday, March 16

— Team USA defeated the Dominican Republic, 2-1, on Sunday night on home runs by Gunnar Henderson and Roman Anthony for a berth in the World Baseball Classic championship on Tuesday night against the Italy-Venezuela winner tonight. — No. 1 seeds for the NCAA men's...

Sunday, March 15

— The West Brunswick baseball team evened its Carolina Coast Conference record at 1-1 with a 5-2 win at Hoggard on Friday night as Wesley Wilson threw 94 pitches and Kaleb Faulders threw 21. — West Brunswick is 6-1 overall and 1-1 in league play in softball after a...

Saturday, March 14

— Team USA topped Canada, 5-3, in the quarterfinals of the World Baseball Classic in Houston on Friday night. The USA will face the Dominican Republic on Sunday in the semifinals (FOX, 8 p.m.). — No. 1 Duke and No. 10 Virginia will meet for the championship of the ACC...

Friday, March 13

— No. 1 Duke held on for an 80-79 win over Florida State in the quarterfinals of the ACC men's basketball tournament in Charlotte on Thursday night. No. 19 UNC was topped by the same score by Clemson in the nightcap. — In afternoon games, No. 10 Virginia got past N.C....

Thursday, March 12

— Cooper Wilson and Kaleb Faulders pitched for West Brunswick in a 7-5 nonconference baseball win over visiting East Forsyth on Wednesday night. — East Carolina had 20 hits in a 24-3 baseball win at William & Mary on Wednesday as Braden Burress went 4-for-5 with three...

Wednesday, March 11

— The West Brunswick girls soccer team improved to 3-0 on Tuesday with a 9-0 win at West Bladen. — No. 16 Coastal Carolina ended a 15-game winning streak for No. 12 Wake Forest with a 10-4 baseball win in Conway on Tuesday night. — East Carolina scored in every inning...

Tuesday, March 10

— West Brunswick (5-0) is ranked No. 11 in softball in the 910 area code by HighSchoolOT. — The ACC men's basketball tournament gets underway in Charlotte today with three games on the ACC Network. Pitt takes on Stanford at 2 p.m., Syracuse meets Southern Methodist at...

Monday, March 9

— Jack Herring hit a 2-run homer and East Carolina had eight RBIs with two out in a 10-4 weather-shortened baseball win at No. 16 Coastal Carolina on Sunday. — Campbell knocked top-seeded UNC Wilmington out of the Coastal Athletic Association men's basketball...

Sunday, March 8

— Three players from Southeastern Christian have made the NCISAA 1-A girls all-state basketball team including eighth-grader Shaniyah Brown, sophomore Ella Gregory and freshman Angelina Lauver. The Lady Warriors went 17-6 and were runners-up in the state tournament. —...

Saturday, March 7

— Kyle McCoy has earned selection for a Morehead-Cain scholarship to UNC. He plays No. 1 in boys tennis for West Brunswick. — Wesley Wilson, Kaleb Faulders and Josiah Borton pitched for West Brunswick on Friday night in a 4-3 win over visiting East Bladen. — Freshman...

Friday, March 6

— No. 16 Coastal Carolina (7-5) hosts East Carolina (7-5-1) tonight in baseball in a rematch of the Conway regional championship in 2025 (ESPN+, 6 p.m.). — ECU took a 93-66 loss to Tulsa in its last men's basketball home game on Thursday night. The Pirates will need a...

West softball 4-0 with walk-off win over E. Columbus

West softball 4-0 with walk-off win over E. Columbus

West Brunswick improved to 4-0 in softball on Wednesday night as Brooke Somers doubled to drive in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh in a 6-5 win over visiting East Columbus. The Trojans are scheduled to host East Bladen on Friday at 6 p.m. Pressley Wilson...