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BASEBALL
The Peninsula Pilots (22-10) earned their sixth consecutive victory Sunday night, downing the Florence Flamingos 7-1 in seven innings before 1,463 at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton.
The Pilots lead the Coastal Plain League’s East Division by 4 1/2 games over Wilson and Morehead City.
Old Dominion’s Kyle Edwards was 3 for 3 with two RBIs. Then, making a rare pitching appearance, the Cox High graduate struck out the only three batters he faced in the seventh inning to close the game.
Brian Ereu, who pitched the first four innings, posted half of Peninsula pitchers’ 12 strikeouts. Isaiah Shivers scored twice for the Pilots, who led 5-0 after a five-run second against the Flamingos (11-17).
Saturday night, Edwards stole six bases as the Pilots erased a four-run deficit to edge the Tri-City Chili Peppers 8-7 before 1,435 in Colonial Heights.
Peninsula struck out 13 Chili Peppers and used seven relievers. Six of them yielded no runs, including winner Jake Kolkhorst and Ethan Blakeney, who pitched a scoreless ninth for the save. The Pilots won despite issuing 12 walks and yielding a fourth-inning grand slam to Alex Christie, which gave Tri-City a 7-3 lead.
After the Pilots plated one run on an error in the fifth, Curry Sutherland leveled the score at 7 on a three-run homer. In the seventh, Edwards then stole two bases on his way to breaking the tie.
The Pilots, who led Wilson by three games for first place in the East Division through Saturday, were at War Memorial Stadium to face the Florence Flamingos on Sunday night.
Red Sox select UVA shortstop
The Boston Red Sox took Virginia shortstop Henry Godbout with the 75th pick of the MLB draft Sunday night.
BASKETBALL
ODU newcomers shine in 7 Cities Pro-Am
In the third week of Hampton Roads 7 Cities Pro-Am Summer League play at Norview High, ECG (Everybody Can Go) defeated NewRunz 86-66 behind Jamari Garnett’s 19 points, Old Dominion newcomer Jordan Battle’s 16 and Chris Fields Jr.’s 11. Another ODU newcomer, Georgetown transfer Drew McKenna, led NewRunz with 24 points.
Also, Harvey Lindsay overcame the Wildcats 82-68 despite 35 points from Jalen Milt, who was playing in his high school gym.
Also, the Newport News Gryphons defeated Airstrike 73-66, and Team Swamp handled Southern Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram-Western Branch 91-78. Trey Miller scored 19, Clint Wright Jr. 18 and TJ James 17 for SCDJR.
Future Hokie thrives again for Greece
Virginia Tech recruit Neoklis Avdalas had 15 rebounds, five assists and eight points Sunday to help Greece improve to 2-0 in group play with a 107-66 rout of Czechia in the FIBA U20 EuroBasket Tournament in Heraklion, Greece.
Though he sank just 3 of 13 field-goal tries Sunday, the 6-foot-8 wing has 25 points, 20 rebounds and 12 assists in two tournament games so far.
Wings fall to Fever despite double digits by Quinerly, James
The host Indiana Fever beat the Dallas Wings 102-83 Sunday despite 13 points by JJ Quinerly and 11 from Aziaha James. Both are rookies from Hampton Roads — Quinerly starred for Lake Taylor High and West Virginia, while James did so for Princess Anne High and North Carolina State. Paige Bueckers, also a rookie, paced Dallas with 21 points.
Caitlin Clark, likely women’s basketball’s most popular player, had 14 points and 13 assists for the Fever. Four teammates joined her in double-digit scoring.
TENNIS
Hobbs, LSU partner place second at Summer Open
Norfolk Collegiate graduate Charles Hobbs and his former LSU teammate Welsh Hotard took second place in the annual $20,000 Princess Anne Country Club Summer Open charity doubles tournament, winning three matches.
The crowd favorites in the clay-court event edged 2025 UNC Wilmington teammates Joseph Wayand and Lukas Steffen 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-7) Sunday morning before falling 6-1, 6-1 in the final to former North Carolina Tar Heels player Phillip Jordan of Spartanburg, South Carolina, and former UNCW competitor Reece Falck of New Zealand.
Jordan and Falck edged 2017 NCAA singles champion Thai-Son Kwiatkowski and fellow former Virginia Cavalier Matt Lord 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 in the other semifinal.
In the women’s draw, Old Dominion starter Kira Matushkina and former Maryland standout Selma Cadar dominated in a field of five tandems. They won 6-0, 6-0 in the final over Princess Anne CC pro Dajana Cvjetkovic and fellow former Norfolk State player Naz Karagoz, who had won a semifinal Sunday morning.
The champions in each bracket can split $5,000, while the runners-up can divide $2,500. Semifinalists earned $1,250 per pair in an event that benefits An Achievable Dream.
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