The N.C. Wesleyan softball team placed four players on the USA South Conference first team, announced this week.

The conference-champions Bishops (20-13, 12-4) also had a second-team selection in catcher Kayla Molivas, and head coach John Brackett was named coach of the year. NCWC won 20 games for…

TODAY’S GAMES

HIGH SCHOOLS

BASEBALL

At Fleming Stadium

Faith Christian vs. East Wake, 5:30 p.m.

At Wilson Hunt

Northern Nash vs. Nash Central, 1:30 p.m.

At Wilson Fike

Rocky Mount High vs. Rocky Mount Academy, noon…

TODAY’S GAMES

HIGH SCHOOLS

BASEBALL

At Fleming Stadium

Faith Christian vs. Northern Nash, 10 a.m.

C.B. Aycock vs. Rocky Mount Academy, 12:30 p.m.

At Sid Boyette Field, Hunt

Cardinal Gibbons vs. Nash Central, 1:30 p.m.

At Farmville Central High

Rocky Mount High vs. Farmville Central, 12:30 p.m.…

The Rocky Mount High baseball team needed runs, and with three outs remaining the Gryphons were short on time.

RMH managed, anyway, using a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh inning to pick up a 4-2 win over C.B. Aycock on Saturday in the opening round of the Golden Leaf invitational.

The…

TODAY’S GAMES

HIGH SCHOOLS

BASEBALL

Golden Leaf tournament

At Fleming Stadium, Wilson

Rocky Mount High vs. C.B. Aycock, 10 a.m.

Nash Central vs. Rosewood, 12:30 p.m.

Rocky Mount Academy vs. Jamestown Ragsdale, 3 p.m.

At Wilson Hunt

Northern Nash vs. North Johnston, 10 a.m.

At Farmville…

The Southern Nash softball team completed an undefeated conference season on Thursday with its 2-1 victory over Franklinton on the road in a Big East Conference game.

The Firebirds (15-2, 10-0) needed to come back from a 1-0 deficit, and Kierstin Cooper found a way to do just that. Cooper’s…

Reid Johnston earned a no-decision on Saturday in N.C. State’s 4-3 win over host Wake Forest in ACC play.

It was the first game of a doubleheader due to Friday’s Game 1 rain postponement.

Johnston, a Rocky Mount Academy grad, allowed three earned runs over 5 ⅔ innings, with five hits.…

N.C. State pitcher Reid Johnston’s start on Friday at Wake Forest was postponed due to weather, but Wake Forest won’t be able to avoid the right-hander.

The No. 7 Wolfpack will play a doubleheader at Wake Forest starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday. NCSU lost the first game of the series, 7-3,…

N.C. Wesleyan baseball’s six-game win streak came to an end on the road against Methodist on Friday with a 9-3 loss.

The Bishops (17-7, 8-4) grabbed a 3-1 lead after two innings but were outscored for the rest of the game, 8-0. NCWC had nine hits in all, with two from Trey Croom leading the…

The Carolina Mudcats lost their season opener on Thursday, a 6-4 defeat in Kinston against the Down East Wood Ducks.

Carolina (0-1) trailed 4-0 after five innings, before mounting a comeback try. The Mudcats scored a run in the sixth, then scored three runs in the top of the seventh to tie the…

As Opening Day for the Carolina Mudcats nears with Thursday’s game at Down East, manager Joe Ayrault is about to be peppered with decisions to make.

The Mudcats will open the season without the built-in intrigue of starting the season with the organization’s top prospect on the roster…

It’s been quite the calendar week for Brian Goodwin.

The Rocky Mount High graduate was waived by the Kansas City Royals on Monday, then claimed by the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday.

A day later, on Friday, he was in the starting lineup for the Angels, playing left field against the Oakland…