Quick Hits

Thursday, June 12

Cedric Simmons (West Brunswick, N.C. State), a former NBA player with New Orleans, Cleveland, Chicago and Sacramento, will be at West on Tuesday at 8 a.m. for basketball camp. Simmons, 39, who also has citizenship in Bulgaria, played internationally from 2010 to 2023....

Wednesday, June 11

Athletes from West Brunswick making second team all-league in the Mideastern Conference included Kyle McCoy (boys tennis) and Olivia Brown (softball). Both are juniors. ... A sendoff was held this morning for the Coastal Carolina baseball team at Springs Brooks...

Tuesday, June 10

Carter Navin, a right-hander who is in the transfer portal from Omaha, is the probable starter for Shallotte on Wednesday at 7 p.m. as the Shallywags (3-1) look to bounce back from their first loss when they host Oak Island (1-3) at West Brunswick's Mike Alderson...

Monday, June 9

Shallotte's first loss in Old North State League collegiate baseball play was a tough one on Saturday at Sandhills as the Bogeys tied the score with two out in the bottom of the ninth on a home run before taking a 5-4 walk-off win in the 10th. Ryder Whitaker...

Sunday, June 8

Host Duke took a 7-4 win over Murray State in the first game of a best of three Super Regional in the NCAA baseball tournament. ... Visiting Coastal Carolina downed Auburn, 4-1, on Saturday to earn a berth in the baseball College World Series in Omaha. ... UNC plays...

Saturday, June 7

Shallotte coach James Rice makes a homecoming of sorts this evening as the Shallywags visit Sandhills for a 7 p.m. start. Rice won an Old North State League championship with the Bogeys as a player six years ago. ... In the NCAA baseball tournament Super Regional in...

Friday, June 6

Tate Morris was 3-for-3 with a double and four RBIs for Shallotte in a 17-2 Old North State baseball win at Oak Island on Thursday night. Aiden Payne had two hits with a double and two RBIs as the Shallywags improved to 2-0. ... A golf league sponsored by Salty Frye's...

Thursday, June 5

Shallotte plays at Oak Island this evening in the Old North State League at 6 p.m. It will be the season opener for the Loggerheads. ... Tickets are sold out for the Savannah Bananas at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte on Friday and Saturday but the second matchup...

Wednesday, June 4

UNC Wilmington student-athletes had a 3.503 academic average for 19 varsity teams for spring semester. ... The championship series in the Stanley Cup playoffs starts tonight with Florida at Edmonton (TNT, 8 p.m.). ... New York has fired Tom Thibodeau as coach after...

Tuesday, June 3

The Shallotte Shallywags open their Old North State League baseball season at West Brunswick's Mike Alderson Field against Hope Mills on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ... Zach Agnos (East Carolina) picked up his fourth save for Colorado in a 6-4 win at Miami on Monday night. …...