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Shallotte took a 10-9 Old North State League baseball win at Laurinburg on Monday night as Branton Jernigan (UNC Greensboro) got three outs, including two strikeouts, in the bottom of the ninth with the potential tying run at second. Trey Pierce (Brunswick Community...

Trea Turner (N.C. State) had two hits and scored a run for Philadelphia in a 7-1 win over the visiting New York Mets on Sunday night as the Phillies took a 1-game lead in the National League East Division over the Mets. ... Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had 29 points and 12...

Jacksonville has just two losses this season in Old North State League baseball — both to Shallotte, including a 20-4 home defeat from the Shallywags on Saturday night that included a 12-run ninth inning with 10 walks and two hit batters. ... Region 5 (Triad area)...

Sandhills took advantage of five walks and a hit batter in a 5-run fourth inning to take an 11-1 Old North State League baseball win in eight  innings at Shallotte on Friday night. ... Coastal Carolina and LSU begin a best of three series for the College World Series...

This is the first day of summer! ... The Region 2 baseball team, which includes Brunswick County, topped Region 4 (Dunn, Fayetteville) by an 11-10 margin in the State Games at UNC Greensboro on Thursday. Region 2 plays a 5-inning game for fifth place in the 8-team...

Region 2, which includes Brunswick County, was dealt a 17-1 loss in State Games baseball by Region 8 (Asheville area) on Wednesday at UNC Greensboro. Region 2 plays Region 3 (Dunn, Fayetteville) at 10:30 a.m. today. ... Coastal Carolina will meet LSU for the...

Region 2, which includes Brunswick County, was topped, 4-3, in eight innings in State Games baseball on Tuesday in Greensboro. Region 2 plays Region 8 (Asheville area) at UNC Greensboro today at 3:30 p.m. ... Greensboro Grimsley rising senior quarterback Faizon...

Play gets underway today in State Games baseball at First National Bank Field, home of the Greensboro Grasshoppers of the South Atlantic League. Region 2, which includes Brunswick County, meets Region 3 (Raleigh-Durham area) at 6:15 p.m. The Region 2 team, coached by...

Mason Hughes hit a grand slam for host Oak Island in an 11-run sixth inning in a 19-4 Old North State League baseball win over Shallotte on Sunday night. ... After a weather delay, J.J. Spaun won the U.S. Open at Oakmont by two shots at 1-under par with birdies on the...

Happy Father's Day! ... Michael Royston had the go-ahead RBI single in the sixth inning for the Shallotte Shallywags in a 4-2 Old North State League baseball win at Sandhills on Saturday night. Ryder Whitaker did not allow a hit over the last four frames as the Wags...

Today is Flag Day! ... The River Oaks Golf Club in Myrtle Beach will be closing October 31 to make way for a housing development. ... Coastal Carolina opened the College World Series in Omaha with a 7-4 win over Arizona as Sebastian Alexander drove in the go-ahead run...