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May 13 Sports Roundup: Area Teams Move Forward

Full Legion Stadium Sees Pack Advance WHITEVILLE 6, WEST BLADEN 3 WHITEVILLE—A packed house came out to see the Wolfpack advance to the fourth round of the NCHSAA 3A Baseball...

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May 13, 2026
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East Columbus Crushes NE Prep in 1A Playoffs

LAKE WACCAMAW—Aleigh Godwin crushed a home run to go with her two hits and three RBI’s to lead the East Columbus Gators to a 10-0 win over North East Carolina...

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May 12, 2026
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Coach Talk with Tommy Taylor: Expanding NCHSAA Playoffs and Brackets was Right Move

A lot of people are upset about the number of teams in the high school playoffs this year. The concerns range from complaints that too many teams made the playoffs...

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May 12, 2026
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FORE! Local Golf Roundup for May 11

At Cypress Lakes, the SFGA held its weekly tournament on May 5. The tournament was a best two net score Texas scramble format with 28 members in the event. The...

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May 12, 2026
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Area Girls’ Soccer Playoff Results

2A #11 East Bladen 5, #22 Rosewood 0 3A #16 West Bladen def. Pender — Forfeit       #15 Northeastern 2, Whiteville 0 Thursday Playoff Schedule: 2A #11 East Bladen (15-6-1)...

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May 12, 2026
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May 11 Area Baseball Roundup

EAST COLUMBUS 15, SOUTHEASTERN COLLEGIATE PREP 0 Gators advance on Simmons’ perfect game HALIFAX—Gauge Simmons pitched a perfect game for East Columbus on Friday against Southeastern Collegiate Prep A...

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May 11, 2026
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Girls’ Soccer Playoff Schedule May 11

3A #18 Whiteville @ #15 Northeastern #19 South Lenoir @ #14 South Columbus #17 West Bladen @ #16 Pender 2A #22 Rosewood @ #11 East Bladen...

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May 11, 2026
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Whiteville Rallies Past Providence Grove for 3-2 Win

WHITEVILLE—The Wolfpack baseball team won in grand fashion with a bottom of the seventh 3-2 comeback win against Providence Grove in the 3A playoffs on Friday night. Trailing 2-1 with...

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May 11, 2026
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Baseball Playoff Report for May 6: Stallions Win, Vikings Fall

SOUTH COLUMBUS 21, JAMES KENAN 3 TABOR CITY—South Columbus exploded for 21 runs in the fifth inning as the Stallions downed James Kenan 21-3 in the baseball 3A playoffs on...

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May 6, 2026
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Softball Playoffs: West Columbus Wins First Ever Postseason Game

WEST COLUMBUS 29, NORTHAMPTON 1 GASTON—West Columbus Girls’ softball team entered the playoffs for the first time since 2013 and brought home its first ever post-season playoffs victory defeating Nort...

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May 6, 2026
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Local netters will be seeing playoff action this week.

Area tennis teams are heading into the playoffs. In 3-A action on Monday, #18 seed West Bladen (0-10) will travel to Southeastern Conference foe #15 seed South Columbus (2-8). The...

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May 5, 2026
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Local Teams in Playoffs

The playoffs are beginning for baseball and softball this week. Whiteville baseball and East Columbus softball won their regular season conference titles. The Pack baseball squad was the Southeastern ...

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May 5, 2026
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Area Baseball Roundup for May 4: Whiteville Ends Season Undefeated

WHITEVILLE 7, SOUTH COLUMBUS 5 TABOR CITY—The McLean duo of Luke and Layton struck out 10 batters for the Pack as Whiteville defeated South Columbus 7-5 Thursday night to go...

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May 4, 2026
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April 30 Softball Roundup: Gators Crush Patriots; Stallions Top Pack

EAST COLUMBUS 15, PENDER 1 LAKE WACCAMAW—Aleigh Godwin had three RBI’s on two hits to lead East Columbus past Pender 15-1 in softball Monday night. Jenna King added three runs...

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April 30, 2026
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April 28 Baseball Roundup: Pack Tops Stallions; Gators Tied for Conference Lead

WHITEVILLE 3, SOUTH COLUMBUS 1 WHITEVILLE—Nate Merritt pitched a complete six-hit game as the Wolfpack topped South Columbus 3-1 in baseball Tuesday night. Merritt struck out five batters while pitchi...

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April 29, 2026
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April 25 Baseball and Softball Roundup: WHS Tops Red Springs; Stallions Shut Out Knights

WHITEVILLE 12, RED SPRINGS 0 WHITEVILLE—Senior Layton McLean pitched three innings giving up one hit as the Wolfpack crushed Red Springs 12-0 in baseball Friday night. Whiteville remains unbeaten at...

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April 29, 2026
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