Hot North Carolina pitching will face equally hot Vanderbilt hitting in the opening College World Series game for the two teams this weekend.
The Tar Heels (50-14) have been led by pitchers Patrick Johnson (13-1) and Kent Emanuel (8-1) through Regional and Super Regional play.
UNC will host the NCAA Chapel Hill Baseball Regional Games this weekend, June 3-5, and on Monday, June 6, if a game 7 is necessary. Ridge Road will be closed to thru traffic approximately four hours prior to game time each date and until the end of the egress each night. However, Chapel Hill Transit buses will be allowed entrance along this corridor to maintain their normal routes.
CHT routes traveling along Ridge Road and Stadium Drive may experience schedule delays because of the expected increased pedestrian traffic along this area. These possible schedule delays may affect the following routes during the event: A, CCX, NU, RU, PX and U. CHT will attempt to operate the normal printed schedule on these routes. While every attempt will be made to maintain schedules, CHT is advising customers to expect delays due to traffic congestion and to allow extra travel time.
For questions concerning any of the information, please contact a CHT at 969-4900.
East Chapel Hill scored the go-ahead runs in the top of the seventh and won 4-3 Tuesday night at Raleigh Athens Drive. The Wildcats were the only local team to get their NCHSAA baseball playoff game completed.
Chapel Hill suspended play in its game with Union Pines due to heavy rain, and will resume play at 7 p.m. tonight. Carrboro will play at Eastern Randolph at 7 p.m.
East Chapel Hill will next play no earlier than Friday, facing either Durham Jordan or Leesville Road. Those two suspended play last night with Jordan holding a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning. They'll resume at 5 p.m today,
On Tuesday, we showed you a very cool picture from The News & Observer archives of 6-year-old Scotty McCreery at Lake Benson Park.
Today, who have a reader-submitted photo of young Mr. McCreery.
The Boyette family sent this photo of a Garner baseball team. Scotty, now a 17-year-old "American Idol" finalist, was 9 at the time. That's him second from left in the back row of kids. Keith Boyette, whose family sent the picture, is third from left on the front row.
The first pitch of the Long Ball Program youth league will be thrown at 6 p.m. Monday at Durham Athletic Park.
The league, part of a Minor League Baseball pilot program, fields teams for ages 13-18 and welcomes sponsors and donors.
The league is free for the players but is a lot of hard work for the coaches, who scramble to find donations for everything from uniforms and snacks to dirt for the infield.
Starting tonight, local baseball fans will be able call strikes and balls from their easy chairs with a little more accuracy.
The Durham Bulls announced yesterday that in conjunction with Time Warner Cable, all 53 of the team's local broadcasts will be available for TWC customers on High Defintion channel 1151.
According to Bulls General Manger Mike Birling, the team is one of only two Minor League teams to broadcast that many games in high definition.
Last night's torrential rain storm has left area fields sodden and unplayable, so East Chapel Hill High School is calling off this afternoon's baseball game with Leesville Road.
Instead, the Wildcats will host Leesville Road's varsity at 5 p.m. Thursday. The JV game with Cardinal Gibbons, originally planned for today, will not be rescheduled.
East Chapel Hill returns to conference play on Friday, when it hosts Hillside at 4:30 p.m.
Former ACC standout quarterbacks Russell Wilson (N.C. State) and Kyle Parker (Clemson) sat out Wednesday’s 18-8 loss by their Asheville Tourists Class A baseball team to the visiting Lakewood (N.J.) BlueClaws.
Wilson, who primarily has been used at second base, is off to a bad start at the plate. Parker, an outfielder, is batting .357 but has missed three straight games as the result of a lingering stomach ailment.
Showtime is about to give new meaning to the term "inside baseball."
Tonight at 9:30 p.m., the network will present a special 30-minute sneak peek at their new reality baseball series 'The Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants.'
'The Franchise' is a behind-the-scenes documentary series following the World Champion San Francisco Giants, giving viewers a front row seat into the personal and professional lives of the players, coaches, and team personnel as they begin the task of defending their 2010 World Series title. Cameras follow players as they train, socialize, and spend time with their families. Some of the players even have cameras embedded in their cars.
'The Franchise' is being shot over the course of eight months and will have a camera crew with the team during the first half of the regular season.
The regular series premieres with a one-hour episode on July 13th.
Click below to watch a short video preview of the series.
Women's sports opportunities continue to expand in the Triangle.
In recent years, flag football leagues have grown to include coed and all-women competition. Now, women have the chances to play baseball and tackle football.
The Carolina Phoenix, with a roster of players from the area that includes former N.C. State basketball player Terah James, open its Independent Women's Football League home schedule at 7 p.m. Saturday. ...
