— 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 playoffs on Wednesday.
— East Carolina plays at Alabama Birmingham in college football tonight (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.).
— Milwaukee took a 3-0 lead in the National League championship series with a 6-2 win over the host Los Angeles Dodgers as Jake Bauers, Garrett Mitchell and Jackson Chourio hit home runs for the Brewers.
— The Dodgers face elimination at home tonight (Fox Sports 1, 8 p.m.).
— The American League championship series is tied 1-1 as Tampa Bay plays at Cleveland today with Gavin Williams (East Carolina) scheduled to start for the Guardians (TBS, 1 p.m.).
— Seattle visits Denver in the NFL tonight (Amazon TV, 8:15 p.m.).
— In Conference USA games on Wednesday night, Western Kentucky won, 16-3, at Sam Houston State and Missouri State was a 24-21 winner at home over Kennesaw State.
