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— Leland won the Brunswick Middle School football championship, 20-16, over Shallotte at North Brunswick on Wednesday night as the Pirates' final possession ended at the Leland 6-yard line. — The West Brunswick girls tennis team lost, 7-2, at top-seeded Greenville Rose in the second round of the NCHSAA 6-A…

— Milwaukee took the opening game of the National League championship, 2-1, over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers as Luis Lara had the go-ahead RBI single in the fifth on Sunday night. — The Brewers host game two of the best of seven today (FOX, 5 p.m.). — Tampa Bay…

— The Chicago White Sox took a 2-0 lead in a best of five divisional series with a 4-3 win at Cleveland on Monday. — Gavin Williams (East Carolina) had 11 strikeouts in five innings for the Guardians but was not involved in the decision. — Host Tampa Bay took…

— Host Virginia Tech had four turnovers to none for Pitt in a 35-33 loss to the Panthers on Friday night. A 36-yard field goal by the Hokies was wide left as time expired. — Northwestern downed visiting Penn State, 34-13. — Host Idaho, which was 0-4, stunned Montana State,…

Update: West Brunswick will resume its game at Laney on Monday at 6 p.m. The score was tied at 7 after the first quarter when the contest was postponed on Friday night due to weather. West Brunswick plays its first Carolina Coast Conference contest in football at Laney tonight at…

— UNC opened the Football Bowl Subdivision season in Dublin, Ireland, with a 15-10 win over Texas Christian on Saturday. — Beau Pribula, who played previously at Missouri and Penn State, completed nine of 11 for 155 yards and kept 15 times for 110 yards as Virginia took a 34-8…

— Due to the forecast for potentially unsuitable weather on Friday, West Brunswick's varsity high school football game at Whiteville has been moved to Thursday at 7 p.m. — Jarren Duran hit a grand slam in the 11th inning as Boston won, 7-3, at Miami on Tuesday night. — Cal…

— Southeastern Christian evened its volleyball record at 1-1 with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday at Liberty Christian in Richlands. Set scores were 25-19, 22-25, 25-21 and 25-17. — N.C. State and UNC will play a nonconference men's basketball game in Greensboro on December 15. The ACC had the rivals…

— West Brunswick won its season-opening boys soccer match, 6-1, at White Oak on Tuesday night as Melvin Bautista and Emilio Leon scored two goals each. — Former UNC basketball player Seth Trimble has committed to Louisville for his final season of eligibility. — UNC will play Southern California in…

— In the College World Series in Omaha on Monday, Alabama was eliminated with a 14-2 loss to Texas. — Oklahoma took a CWS winners bracket matchup with Georgia, 4-3. — In CWS elimination games on ESPN today, West Virginia faces Troy at 2 p.m. and Georgia plays Texas at…