The Wilmington Arena Project is promoting efforts to build a structure that will seat 10,000 and serve as home to an East Coast Hockey League club. … Two sacrifice flies accounted for two runs in the bottom of the ninth for host Laurinburg in a 5-4 Old North State League baseball over Shallotte on Monday night. Ryan Yaroshuk homered for the Shallywags (12-12). … Cal Raleigh of Seattle won the Home Run Derby in Atlanta on Monday night, topping Junior Caminero of Tampa Bay, 18-15, in the final round. Raleigh’s dad, Todd, former coach at Western Carolina and Tennessee, was his pitcher. … Starting pitchers tonight for the All-Star game in Atlanta are Tarik Skubal (10-3, 2.23 earned run average, Detroit) for the American League and Paul Skenes (4-8, 2.01, Pittsburgh) for the National (FOX, 8 p.m.). … The Charlotte Hornets improved to 3-0 in the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas as Kon Knueppel had 15 points and 10 rebounds. … Dixon Williams (East Carolina) was taken in the fourth round of the Major League Baseball draft by Atlanta with the No. 136 pick overall. … Mason Miller of the Athletics leads the majors in pitches of 100 miles per hour or more this season with 232.
Tuesday, July 15
