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 Brandon Thigpen of East Duplin, includes Harrison Mears and Grady Sotriffer of South Brunswick as well as Dylan Stacks of North Brunswick. The event is for rising members of the classes of 2026-28. … West Brunswick sprinter Maya McKenzie has signed for track and field with Wingate. … Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest) hit a 2-run walk-off homer 447 feet for the host Athletics in a 3-1 win over Houston on Monday night. … Oklahoma City took a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals with s 120-109 win over visiting Indiana as Jalen Williams scored 40 points. … Gage Wood pitched the first no-hitter in the College World Series since 1960 in a 3-0 win for Arkansas over Murray State on Monday. Wood’s 19 strikeouts were a CWS 9-inning record. Play was suspended in the fourth inning with LSU leading UCLA, 5-3, and resumed this morning (ESPN2). … In CWS matchups on ESPN today, Oregon State and Louisville play in an elimination game at 2 p.m. and the Razorbacks face the LSU-UCLA loser at 7 p.m. in an elimination contest.
Tuesday, June 17
