Cary High graduate Cory Harrilchak will be returning to Wake County this weekend as the Mississippi Braves visit the Carolina Mudcats.

UNC-Chapel Hill golfer and Athens Drive graduate Katherine Perry won her second N.C. Women's State Amateur crown by shooting a final round of 69 to win by nine strokes over the next-best golfer. 

He was (somehow) only a second-team all-conference performer, but Green Hope senior Max Povse became the first player in Falcons history to be selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.

Former Smithfield-Selma High School standout Jerry Sands is one of 15 non-roster invitees to the Dodgers' Major League spring training camp, the Dodgers have announced on their website.

Former Wake Forest-Rolesville and N.C. State defender Tyler Lassiter has been taken with the 30th overall pick in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft by the New York Bulls.

Lassister was named all-state his senior year for the Cougars in 2005. He was also a second-team All-ACC player this season for the Wolfpack. During his four-year career with N.C. State, Lassiter started each of the 73 matches he played in. This past season, Lassiter led the Pack in points (18) and assists (6), while tying for the team lead in goals (6).

Clayton High School graduate Chris Archer has been rated as the top prospect in the Chicago Cubs' minor league organization by Baseball America. The right-handed, 6-foot-3 pitcher went a combined 15-3 at High-A and Double-A in 2010 with a 2.80 ERA, including a 1.80 ERA at Double-A.

With the Glaxo less than a week away, I began thinking about some of the great players in recent Glaxo memory. The first name was Hunter McClintock, former Northern Durham player and Youtube sensation.

Where is he now? Well, if you saw a box score of last night's Miami/Oral Roberts men's college basketball game, you got your answer.

Former Durham Academy player Mollie Pathman, as well as Cary native Taylor Travis, were named to the NCAA first-team all-rookie by TopDrawerSoccer.com, a website that covers college and club soccer.

Former Apex football player and 2008 Tri-Eight Conference defensive player of the year Lewis McAlister had a week to remember for the Davidson Wildcats.

Scott Kooistra, Cary High ('99)

The National Football Post reported yesterday that the Baltimore Ravens have signed Cary grad Scott Kooistra. Kooistra is in his eighth year in the NFL after being drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the seventh round of the 2003 draft.