Today's Sports

 The details of 22-year-old Terneil Rhodes’ final hours on Sept. 8, 2011, the day he was shot and killed in Petersburg, Va., are as brief as a summer afternoon shower.

But when Rhodes was a basketball player and a student at Brunswick Community College, from the fall of 2008 to the spring of 2011, he was a friend to many people, and they have enduring thoughts about him.

 By NCHSAA

ZEBULON— Monroe Piedmont exploded for seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and coasted to a 9-3 triumph over North Brunswick on Friday in the opening game of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A baseball championship series at Five County

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Cameron Price led Piedmont with three hits, three runs scored and three runs batted in. He had a single, a double and a triple in four trips to the plate. Hunter Purser also had three hits for the winners. Colby Barnette hit safely twice.

 PITTSBORO—North Brunswick beat Northwood 10-5 Monday night in winning the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Class 2A East Regional and qualifying for the state championship series.

North was six outs from elimination in the second game of the regional before rallying for a 6-5 victory Saturday. North coach Dustin Medlin said he felt the team was set to play well on Monday.