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 championship of the baseball College World Series after the Chanticleers downed Louisville, 11-3, for their 26th straight win and the Tigers rallied for a 6-5 walk-off victory over Arkansas on Wednesday. The best of three series gets underway Saturday (ESPN, 7 p.m.). … Oklahoma City has a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals with a chance to take the championship at Indiana tonight (ABC, 8:30 p.m.). … The PGA Tour event this week is in Cromwell, Connecticut (Golf Channel, 3 p.m.). … UNC Wilmington senior right-hander Zane Taylor, the Pitcher of the Year in the Coastal Athletic Association, has been named second team All America by the American Baseball Coaches Association and the National College Baseball Writers Association. Taylor was 11-2 with a 1.98 earned run average as the Seahawks went 34-24 overall and 19-8 in the CAA in 2025.
Thursday, June 19
