Today's Sports

 West Brunswick softball pitcher Kim Cook signed a letter of intent April 24 to attend St. Andrews University.

Cook is familiar with Laurinburg, site of the university. Some family members live there and her mom is a St. Andrews graduate. Cook considered offers from other colleges, but finally selected St. Andrews. It fulfills a dream.

“I always wanted to play in college,” she said.

The 14-player team has four returning pitchers, two of whom are also infielders. Cook’s only position will be pitcher.

 South Brunswick’s Noah Pieper beat defending conference champion Jason Watts, of West Brunswick, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 in the Waccamaw Conference Class 3A championship tennis tournament April 23 at Ocean Isle Beach Park.

The championship completed a sweep for South. Caleb Stanley and Gabe Azzato defeated teammates Jarrett Walls and Caleb Hemphill 6-3, 6-0 for the doubles title.

The singles championship was a close match throughout both sets.

 East Carolina sophomore Kayla Padgett set two school records and claimed first in three events in the Charlotte Invitational.

Padgett won the women's hammer throw, shot put and discus.

The Shallotte native set an ECU school record in the shot put with a mark of 49 feet, 9 inches. Padgett’s mark was more than 9 feet farther than the runner-up’s mark.

Padgett followed that performance with a record-setting discus throw of 164 feet, 6 inches.

 The West Brunswick High School golf team won its fourth straight tournament of the season April 22, clinching the regular-season conference championship.

In an 18-hole tourney on a windy cool day at Rivers Edge, West finished with 347 strokes, beating South Brunswick by seven strokes.

West has won five of seven tourneys. Entering the seven-team championship tournament April 29, West has 66 points, South Brunswick 53 and West Bladen 52.