Creedmoor’s Bobby Pettiford happy to be back home before suiting up for East Carolina basketball next season… Does TE Ryan Jones Have an Outside Chance of Snagging Giants’ Roster Spot?… Wake Forest, Virginia baseball teams advance to College World Series… Nuggets try to avoid letdown with 1 win to go for team’s first title

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Creedmoor’s Bobby Pettiford happy to be back home before suiting up for East Carolina basketball next season CBS 17

Parker Byrd, his story featured on MLB Network  WNCT 9

Does TE Ryan Jones Have an Outside Chance of Snagging Giants’ Roster Spot? Sports Illustrated

Around the American Athletic Conference

‘I can just see Uncle Lee Roy smiling down’ on USF  Tampa Bay Times

Owls land first 2024 commitment from NJ QB Chris Dietrich 247 Sports

Mansfield Legacy tight end Brandon Young Jr. commits to North Texas Dallas Morning News

UNT lands tight end Brandon Young Jr. thanks largely to bond with assistant coach Denton Record Chronicle

UAB basketball adds two conference champions to 2023-2024 schedule AL.com

Wichita State’s Masters, Palen earn All-American honors KAKE

Charlotte Announces Aaron Fearne As The 49ers Head Men’s Basketball Coach  BCSNN

Army at UTSA will be in primetime on ESPN Underdog Dynasty

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• Top-ranked Wake Forest dominates Alabama, 22-5, for College World Series berth
• Duke baseball’s NCAA Tournament run ends in Game 3 super regional loss at Virginia

Wake Forest, Virginia baseball teams advance to College World Series, Wood Ducks win WCTI 12

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest uses home runs to whip Alabama, advance to College World Series
• Two former Reagan players achieve dream in helping Wake Forest get to College World Series
• Oral Roberts claims surprise College World Series bid

Longtime ESPN staffer dead after ‘medical emergency’ at NCAA Baseball Super Regionals site Fox News

Columbia The State

• USC pulls out all stops to sell football tickets, promote full stadium. Is it working?
• Michael Braswell, 2-year USC baseball starter, announces plans to transfer

Gamecocks’ Super notes: USC concludes season with rough, but expected, strikeout record Charleston Post & Courier

Virginia routs Duke again to complete series comeback, advance to College World Series  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

Stanford beats Texas to set up a winner-takes-all showdown in the NCAA’s super regionals Austin American-Statesman