SPORTS

BUNN -- It's all in their hands. And that's all you can ask for at this point.
That's the current situation for the young Bunn High School baseball squad, which has arrived near the top of the Big East Conference standings ahead of schedule with a sophomore-dominated varsity roster.

ROCKY MOUNT -- In the end, both Franklinton and Nash Central got what they wanted out of their recent Big East Conference baseball series.
Sort of.
Certainly, each club would have preferred a sweep, but a hard-fought series that featured exceptional pitching and opportunistic hitting ended the way it usually does between two evenly matched teams -- with a split.

ROCKY MOUNT -- Same top two, but with a twist -- that was the theme of last Wednesday's latest Big East Conference 18-hole golf match.
Roanoke Rapids' Wyatt Beaver and Brayden Mills have gone one-two in league events this season to date, but Beaver, the defending Big East Individual Champion from 2023, has usually taken the medalist honors, with Mills finishing as the runner-up.

ZEBULON - The Carolina Mudcats (13-3) found themselves needing another comeback on Tuesday night at Five County Stadium and once again, their offense delivered late.
Trailing 2-0, the Mudcats scored four times in the bottom of the seventh to stun the Salem Red Sox (6-10) 4-2 in this week's series opener.
Carolina improved to 4-0 on the season against the Red Sox.

LOUISBURG -- Two faces very familiar to the Franklin County sports scene are helping the fledgling Crosscreek Charter School softball program build into a powerhouse in the always-competitive Middle Athletic Conference.
Taking on some of the top middle schools in the area, the Lady Hawks have flown to a strong 6-1 record to date, with their lone loss coming earlier this week to a tradition-rich Hawley Middle School club out of Creedmoor.

RALEIGH -- NC State baseball will be hosting its third-annual "Dogs at the Doak" promotion this year on April 30 at 5 p.m.
Fans who are interested in bringing their dog must purchase a $30 Dogs at the Doak package that includes two human tickets, one doggo ticket and a special Pup Pack.
Due to limited capacity, only 30 packages are available for this game and all tickets in the package will be seated on the grass hill.