2/19/22 Daily Sports Wrap Up
Local Sports:
Girls Varsity Basketball: Whiteville beat Heide Trask 65-41. It was a team victory as every player had a chance to make a difference that helped lead the Lady Wolfpack to the Waccamaw Conference Women’s Varsity Basketball Championship.
Boys Varsity Basketball: Whiteville led for over three quarters, but Pender hit their foul shots, recovered the turnovers, and took the victory 69-64.
Varsity Baseball: The Whiteville Wolfpack has a scrimmage game this Friday, at 4pm, at home. Every pitch will be covered live on your hometown station Kool 103.9FM and streaming at www.kool1039radio.com.
Varsity Softball: Lady Wolfpack faces West Bladen today at 2pm in a scrimmage.
NBA: The 71st NBA All Star Break is upon us. Skills competition is today, and the game is on Sunday at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. The teams are captained by LeBron James and Kevin Durant. Regular games resume Thursday, Feb 24.
Last night had the rising stars competition and the Celebrity game
Team Lebron has Giannis and Steph Curry, and Team Durant has Embiid and and Ja Morant
NHL Yesterday:
The Hurricanes beat the Predators 5-3. Andrei Svechnikov had 2 goals, Jacob Slavin, Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Brady Skjei scored goals for Carolina. Frederik Andersen stopped 28 shots. The Hurricanes are back in action Sunday at 1pm in Boston versus the Bruins.
Panthers beat the Wild 6-2
Stars beat the Blackhawks 1-0 in a shootout
Golden Knights lost the Kings 4-3 in overtime
Today: Avalanche at Sabres 1pm
Oilers and Jets 4pm
Senators host the Bruins 7pm
Blues versus Maple Leafs 7pm
Kings and Coyotes 9pm
Ducks at Canucks 10pm
Kraken versus the Flames 10pm
NCAA Men’s Basketball Today:
Notre Dame versus Wake Forest 1pm
Mercer at Western Carolina 2pm
High Point against Radford 2pm
UNC Greensboro and Samford 3pm
North Carolina Central versus Delaware state 4pm
Coastal Carolina hosts Troy 4pm
Drexel and Elon 4pm
North Carolina travels to face Virginia Tech 4pm ESPN2
Winthrop at UNC Asheville 4:30pm
North Carolina A & T versus Campbell 4:30pm
Florida State and Duke 6pm ESPN
North Carolina-Wilmington hosts James Madison 7pm
NASCAR: Zane Smith took The NextEra Energy 250 last night. The race ended under caution due to a massive 19-car slam up as they approached the white flag for the final lap. Almost a 16 minute red flag was needed to clean up debris before the race could end.
Upcoming Races: The NASCAR Cup Series kicks off Sunday with the 64 running of The Daytona 500- The Great American Race coverage starts at 2:30 on FOX.
Menards Arco Series Luca Oil 200 driven by General Tire is today at 1:30pm on FS1 and MRN
The Xfinity Series Beef, It’s what For Dinner 300 is on tap for this evening at 5pm.
Feb 27 – Wise Power 400 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California.
– Vinny Pagano is the Sports Editor for Columbus County News and Sports Director for WTXY Kool 103.9FM & AM1540. Join Vinny every Saturday mornings at 10:30am on WTXY AM1540 & KOOL 103.9FM for “In The Sports Zone”, a weekly sports talk podcast, covering the world of professional, college, semi-pro and the local sports world. In The Sports Zone is also available on Spotify and other Podcast sites. Local Sports stories, as well as questions and comments can be submitted to Vinny at [email protected]
