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NCISAA spring sports playoff schedule

Brackets and locations of N.C. Independent Schools Athletic Association playoffs in baseball, softball, girls soccer, 3A boys tennis, boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse and track & field.

NCHSAA baseball playoff pairings, 2012

The N.C. High School Athletic Association baseball brackets have been posted. Green Hope, East Chapel Hill, West Johnston and Wakefield earned No. 1 seeds in 4A brackets. Defending 4A champ Holly Springs is at Wakefield on Friday, but some games may be pushed to Thursday.

Gallery: Scotty McCreery pitches complete game three-hitter shutout

Scotty McCreery pitched a complete game three-hitter shutout yesterday for a Garner Trojan 5-0 win over Smithfield-Selma. Check out this photo gallery from the game.

Cary Academy's Ray Pope wins his 100th game at the school

Cary Academy baseball coach Ray Pope won his 100th game as head of the program Tuesday.

Cary Academy also won Thursday, moving the team to 11-0 this season.

Bobby Murray Invitational field set

Half of the field at the Bobby Murray Invitational, hosted by the USA Baseball Complex in Cary, is from the Cap-8 Conference. The other half includes teams like East Wake, Wake County Homeschool, Fuquay-Varina, Athens Drive (defending champ) and Person.

Scotty McCreery makes pitching debut for Garner High School baseball team

Scotty McCreery lived out his dream Saturday afternoon: one of the dreams he had before he became an “American Idol.”

McCreery played in his first varsity baseball game for the Garner Trojans, pitching the seventh inning of the Trojans’ 8-7 loss to Fuquay-Varina, one of the area’s best teams.

Apex to honor four baseball greats

Apex High plans to honor four of its best baseball players during a halftime ceremony this Friday in its boys basketball home game against Holly Springs.

Tim Federowicz, Michael Knox, Matt Mangini and Seth Frankoff -- all of whom are currently playing at the major and minor league level -- will be honored with a banner to be placed along the baseball field's outfield wall this spring.

Lee County to take part in USA Baseball National Invitational

Lee County is the only North Carolina team invited to the inaugural USA Baseball National High School Invitational, which will be held March 28-31 at the USA Baseball Complex in 2012.

Recruiting: Young first Catamount to go D1 in baseball

On Tuesday night, Thomas Young became the first Panther Creek baseball player in school history to commit to a Division I college baseball program.

Wolfpack adds baseball recruit

Chance Sheppard, a 6-foot-2, 210-pound catcher at Wilmington Ashley High, has committed to N.C. State. 

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