From staff reports

Third-seeded Catawba plays its first baseball game in the NCAA Division II Championships in Cary today against the sixth-seeded UC San Diego Tritons.

First pitch is at 3 p.m.

Catawba won the Southeast Region, while UC San Diego (40-14) won its third straight West Region championship.

Play at the eight-team, double-elimination tournament  at the USA Baseball National Training Complex i continues through June 8.

NCAA.com live streams the games.

Catawba (47-12) is 120 miles from Cary, but, relatively speaking, the Indians will be playing a home game. Catawba should also have a “weather advantage” over most of the teams in the field. The Indians are used to heat and humidity.

Junior lefty Bryan Ketchie (9-1) is the probable starting pitcher for Catawba.

The probable lineup for Catawba is DH Heath Mitchem, shortstop Jeremy Simpson, first baseman Hunter Shepherd, second baseman Joe Butts, third baseman Jackson Raper, catcher Cam Morrison, right fielder Lee Poteat, left fielder Jacob Nester and center fielder Bryce Butler.

Ketchie, Raper and Simpson were named to all-region teams.

The probable pitcher for UC San Diego is  junior right-hander Brandon Weed (10-2), the West Region Pitcher of the Year and a third-team All-American.

Second-seeded Tampa (41-14) and seventh-seeded Mercyhurst (34-14) are the other two teams in Catawba’s bracket.

Today’s winners  square off at 7 p.m.  Tuesday, while the losers battle in an elimination game at 3 p.m.

HS baseball

Mooresville won its first state title on Saturday by sweeping Corinth Holders in the 4A championship series.

Mooresville (24-9) won 5-2 and 8-2 with Justin Poris and Nick Merriman pitching strong games.

The Blue Devils rallied from a 2-0 deficit in both games.

HS softball

The 3A state championship will be decided by a 1 p.m. game today.

Central Cabarrus lost 3-0 to Eastern Alamance in Game 1 on Saturday but came back to take Game 2 5-1.

Riley Tucker had three hits for the Vikings. Destiny Thornton had three hits and two RBIs. Lacie Coubal went 2-for-3.

Brantleigh Parrott won in relief of Tucker.

Parrott struck out nine in the first game.

Legion baseball

Mooresville rolled to an 8-1 win against Kannapolis  in a division game played on Saturday.

Gage Smith had three hits and four RBIs for the Moors (3-5, 2-0), while Jermie Greene had two hits and two RBIs.

Dawson Salter struck out 11 Kannapolis hitters.

Bryson Bebber had two hits for Kannapolis.

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Maven Parker struck out seven and pitched a complete game for Concord in a 12-2 division win against Mocksville on Saturday.

Concord scored three runs in the top of the first and led all the way.

Nick Ward homered for Mocksville, while Joe Johnson had two doubles.

Concord banged out 15 hits, with RJ Coard getting four and Adam Wilkerson and Parker producing three apiece.

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Cody Kidd pitched Stanly County to a 7-0 win against Davidson County on Saturday.

Jack Foley homered for Stanly.

Junior Legion

Noah Loeblein had the walk-off double as West Rowan beat Carson 8-7 in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader.

Andrew Kennerly had seven steals and scored three runs. Lane Adkins was the winning pitcher.

Carter Dowd had three RBIs for Carson. Cole Hopkins had two hits.

• Carson won the first game 2-0 behind a four-hitter by Mason Duren.

Garrison Collins had two hits for the Cougars.

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Boston Torres pitched a five-inning no-hitter as Kannapolis Post 115 beat Kannapolis A.L. Brown 10-0. Brandon Moore and Jacob Foggin had three RBIs each.

• Kannapolis Post 115 also won 7-6 to sweep Saturday’s doubleheader.

Tyler Grady, Matt Oakley and Chase Ervin had two hits each for Post 115.

Aiden Schenck had two  hits and two RBIs for A.L. Brown.

Local golf

Finals of the Grady B. McCanless Four-Ball will be held today at 1 p.m.

Championship Flight

Michael Swaringen/ Chris Williams vs. Thad Sprinkle/ Eric Mulkey

1st Flight

Colby Patterson/ Austin Miller vs. Connor Lowman/ Jamie Lowman

2nd Flight

Frank Shepherd/ Jordan shepherd vs. Clay Watson/ Jason Barnette

3rd Flight

Brad Cobb/ Briar Riley vs. Randy Kaiser / Billy Swaringen

4th Flight

Cameron Frick/ Bryan Reynolds vs.  Shane stegall/ Matt Swaringen

5th Flight

Marcus Butcher/ clay Stevens vs. Chris James/ Chad Weatherford

6th Flight

Jeff Warren/ Kelly Warren vs. Kelly Howard / Sharon Lee

College football

Livingstone’s football team won  the CIAA’s highest team academic award for the 2018-19 school year.

The football team also won in 2017-18.

This award is given annually to the team in each of the CIAA’s sponsored sports with the highest cumulative grade point average. The team’s G.P.A was 2.89.

“This is a tremendous honor for our student-athletes,” LC head coach  Daryl Williams. “We are very pleased and proud of our academic achievements.”

The LC men’s basketball team also earned the CIAA academic award with a 3.2 GPA.

Baseball camp

The 31st annual Piedmont Area Baseball Pitcher and Catcher Camp wil be held on July 10-11 from 8:30 until noon.

The camp for ages 6-18 is held at North Davidson High. The cost is $75.

Instructors include former Davidson head coach Dick Cooke and Wingate pitching coach Dusty White.

Contact Mike Lawson at 336-239-0139 or mikelawson488@gmail.com.

Intimidators

KANNAPOLIS— Travis Moniot had a walk-off double with one out in the ninth inning, as the Kannapolis Intimidators topped the Hickory Crawdads 3-2 on Saturday.

Amado Nunez scored the game-winning run after he reached base on a forceout and advanced to second on an error.

Bennett Sousa (1-3) got the win with a scoreless inning in relief.