A forecast of summerlike weather means Sunday should be a great day for
an outdoor activity whether you're an athlete or a spectator.

A fun event for the entire family will be the BMX competition at Lions
Park in Raleigh. Spectator admission and parking are free.

More than 200 bicycle motocross riders - ages 4 through 50-plus - are
expected for the North Carolina State Series Championship qualifier,
one of four qualifying events leading up to the September state
championship in Charlotte.

Bowlers in Capital Area USBC Association winter league produced a dozen
300 games plus seven 800 series and numerous runs of 11 strikes in a
row during February and March, according to results sanctioned and
released by the organization this past week.

How does a girl follow up earning a black belt in karate at age 7?

Annie Chen has an answer: She earns her second-degree black belt at age 10.

The fourth-grader at Rashkis Elementary School in Chapel Hill did just
that on Saturday, demonstrating her skills against bigger and older
opponents at a rank and tip promotion ceremony at Karate International
in Durham.

Lauren Herring didn't win the singles title, but she does go home with a championship from the Easter Bowl.

The Greenville tennis player and her playing partner took the girls 18s
doubles championship during the  43rd annual Eastern Bowl Junior Spring
National Championships which wrapped up a one-week run this past
weekend at Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

The top-seeded duo of Herring and Grace Min of Lawrenceville, Ga.,
defeated sixth-seeded Courtney Dolehide of Hinsdale, Ill., and Ellen
Tsay of Pleasanton, Calif., 6-4, 6-4 on Saturday's ITF girls 18s
championship match.

Some members of the Triangle’s very active martial arts community will
put their many hours of studies and practice to the test today.

The youths and adults are going to be tested for black belt ranking
during an open house and black belt promotion ceremony being held 10
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Karate International of Durham.

Visitors are welcome to watch and can register to win door prizes or to
take a free introductory karate class. Parents’ bank accounts can get a
break, too.

Youth football coaches get a chance to learn from high school coaches this weekend.

The CB Custom Homes Johnston County Football Coaches Clinic will be
held 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the Smithfield Recreation
and Aquatics Center.

Speakers will include Tuscola coach Donnie Kiefer, South Johnston coach
Joe Salas, Athens Drive coach Jeff Smouse, Wake Forest-Rolesville coach
Reggie Lucas and East Duplin coach Brian Aldridge.

This one went to the other Lauren.

In a matchup of rival Laurens, top-seeded Lauren Davis of Gates Mills,
Ohio, defeated ninth-seeded Lauren Herring of Greenville 6-1, 6-4 on
Thursday in the girls 18s quarterfinals of the 43rd Easter Bowl Junior
Spring National Championships.

Herring remains in contention for a championship, however.

Revenge could be a theme when Greenville's Lauren Herring plays her
match today at the 43rd annual Easter Bowl Spring National
Championships tennis tournament.

Playing in the girls 18s ITF
quarterfinals, Herring could be seeking a bit of revenge against an
opponent, Lauren Davis, who, in turn, might be seeking a bit of revenge
against Herring in the match at the Rancho Las Palmas Resort in Rancho
Mirage, Calif.

Ninth-seeded Lauren Herring of Greenville advanced to the round of 16 in the girls 18s division at the Easter Bowl Junior Spring National Tennis Championships on Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Herring, who won the tournament's girls 14s title in 2007, defeated Nikki Sanders of Ontario, Calif., 6-1, 6-3.

Results for other N.C. players are below. 

The Bouncing Bulldogs have done it again.

The internationally known rope-skipping team from the Triangle is
heading back to the USA Jump Rope National Championships to try to win
their seventh consecutive national championship.

Forty Bulldogs in 15 events qualified for nationals during a USA Jump
Rope Region 2 qualifying tournament against other teams from the
Carolinas on Saturday at Green Hope High School in Cary.