Today's Sports

GOLDSBORO—After a celebratory huddle with his team, Eastern Wayne High School baseball coach Jabo Fulghum was complimentary of the West Brunswick team his Warriors had just beaten.

“They got a great club,” he said. “We beat a great team tonight. We were very fortunate to win.”

Jenna Kazmierczak’s singing a letter of intent May 27 to attend Coastal Carolina on a track scholarship was the latest in a banner season of South Brunswick athletes making commitments to college.

Seven have signed letters of intent. Six more intend to play sports in college.

“I cannot remember South Brunswick High having this many athletes going on to the next level in one year,” said South athletics director Chris Roehner, who has been at South 12 years.

Two weeks ago, Chad McCumbee didn’t think he would be racing at Dover International Speedway. The SS Green Light team did not have sponsorship for the AAA Insurance 200. But NASCAR technology provider inthinc and its tiwi brand stepped up to help the No. 07 team, and in their first race together, McCumbee drove to a seventh-place finish. He won $16,505. This season, he has earned $110,809.

Flounder season is upon us, and reports are starting to come in about the flatfish being caught in all the usual spots. At the same time, speckled trout and redfish are staging their usually early-summer early-morning runs.

One of the most common methods to target these fish is with live minnows. Different anglers, however, prefer to use different minnows, while some folks just use whatever is available. There are benefits to each of the different types of baitfish commonly utilized by flounder and trout anglers.