Athens Drive pitcher Chris Williams pulled off an impressive feat Friday night.

UNC-Greensboro recruit Max Povse broke a Green Hope baseball record last night.

Holly Springs pitcher Carlos Rodon is turning heads. Most notably, those heads belong to Major League Baseball scouts looking down at their radar guns after every pitch.

Cary baseball is facing yet another coaching change.

First-year coach Michael Sasscer has resigned from his post as Cary High’s varsity baseball coach. Cary athletics director Mike Dunphy said Sasscer quit mid-season for “personal reasons.”

The Town of Garner plans a massive viewing party to watch Garner High student and baseball player Scotty McCreery on "American Idol" on Feb. 23 and 24. McCreery is a high school junior and played on the Garner High junior varsity baseball team the last two seasons.

Scotty McCreery was 6-1 with Garner junior varsity in 2010.
 

On Saturday, Jan. 15, the Fuquay-Varina High School Baseball Hall of Fame will induct Bill Holland, a Fuquay-Varina High School graduate who played at Louisburg College and at East Carolina and in the major leagues for the Washington Senators; Neal Sears, a 1999 FVHS graduate who played at East Carolina; and Buddy Walters, a 1980 FVHS graduate who played at UNC-Wilmington.

Hard-throwing right-hander Max Povse has made his college decision. The Green Hope pitcher has committed to UNC-Greensboro, he confirmed this morning.

Povse dealt with injuries last year and only had five starts for the Falcons, going 27 and 2/3 innings with a 3.54 ERA. He struck out 35 batters and went 3-3. As a sophomore, he threw a five-inning no-hitter against Panther Creek and finished the year 7-1 with a 2.00 ERA.

Athens Drive pitcher Chris Williams committs to N.C. State.

Matt Mangini, Apex High grad

After dominating at the AAA level this year by hitting .313, 18 home runs and 63 RBI, Apex graduate Matt Mangini was called up to Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners yesterday.

Mangini graduated Apex High in 2004 and played for N.C. State initially. He later transferred to Oklahoma State and was the 52nd overall draft pick in the 2007 MLB Draft.

Mangini is the second Apex grad in MLB. Oakland Athletics catcher Landon Powell graduated from Apex in 2000.