BASKETBALL
7 Cities Pro-Am tourney bracket set
Six teams are in the bracket for the Hampton Roads 7 Cities Pro-Am Basketball League’s one-day championship tournament Sunday at Norview High in Norfolk.
The first round will feature NewRunz against ECG at 11 a.m., followed by Team Brown against Harvey Lindsay at 12:30.
In the semifinals, First Class Real Estate will meet Sunday’s first victor at 1:45 p.m., followed by the Tidewater Wildcats against today’s second winner at 3. The championship game is planned for 4:15.
Roberts promoted on CNU women’s staff as Rader joins it
Chantel Roberts was elevated to the lead assistant coach position on Christopher Newport women’s coach Bill Broderick’s staff, and Katy Rader has been added as an assistant coach.
With Roberts on the staff, the Captains have compiled a 58-3 record, including an NCAA Division III runner-up finish in 2022-23. Rader was on those teams, and she was 109-8 in five years as a CNU player.
Terrance Gist and Julia Duggan will return as CNU assistants.
BASEBALL
Pilots fall in regular-season finale, will start playoffs at home Sunday night
The Peninsula Pilots finished their regular season with an inconsequential 10-0 loss Saturday night at Morehead City.
Having won both halves of the Coastal Plain League’s East Division season, they’ll be at home for Game 1 at 7 p.m. Sunday against the Wilmington Sharks at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton in the division’s best-of-three championship series.
The Pilots (34-13) had just two hits — one each by Darnell Parker and Grayson Fitzwater, who finished his season with a .349 average — off six Marlins pitchers. The third of them, Carson Gipson, pitched two innings for the victory.
Losing pitcher Walker Fuller gave up three earned runs, three walks and four hits in two innings, and he was followed to the mound by three teammates.
Marlins leadoff batter Ben Hamacher was 2 for 3 with three runs, and teammates Luke Scales and Casey Kleinman scored twice each to help Morehead City finish 25-21.
Game 2 of the Pilots’ playoff series will be in Wilmington on Monday. If Game 3 is necessary, it will be at War Memorial Stadium at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
TRACK AND FIELD
Wilson gains USATF weekly honor
Chesapeake native Quincy Wilson was named the USA Track & Field Athlete of the Week after he broke his own under-18 world record again in the 400 meters. The former Great Bridge Middle student, who now attends Bullis Prep in Maryland, ran 44.20 at the Holloway Pro Classic in Florida.
