Many series of the softball state semifinals are in Game 2 of the best-of-three.
Thursday, the Washington Pam Pack clinched a berth in their first ever state championship with a 2-0 win.
Emma Orr pitched for Washington and struck out 13 South Lenoir batters.
Washington will take on two-time defending state champion South Stanly next weekend in Raleigh.
In the 4A bracket, D.H. Conley also advanced to the state championship series with a 12-1 win over Fuquay-Varina in just five innings.
The Vikings will face off with East Forsyth for the state title.
In high school baseball, in the state semifinals in 3A, South Central had its season come to an end in an 8-1 loss to South Brunswick.
In the 2A bracket, North Lenoir also fell, 8-6, to Whiteville, ending the Hawks' season.
In high school girls soccer, in 3A, Croatan won 2-1 over Williams and the Cougars advance to Eastern Alamance in the semifinals Tuesday night.
In 2A, East Carteret defeated Manteo 2-0 and the Mariners will now travel to No. 1 seed Clinton Tuesday.
In college baseball, in the American Athletic Conference Tournament, ECU defeated Cincinnati 15-5 behind home runs from Jacob Jenkins-Cowart and Bryson Worrell.
That's 16-straight wins now for ECU.
In the NHL Playoffs, it was Game 5 in the series between the Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers.
The 'Canes continued winning at home with a 3-1 victory Thursday night.
Andrei Svechnikov, Teuvo Teravainen and Vincent Trocheck all scored a goal apiece.
Game 6 is back in New York Saturday.
In the NBA Playoffs, the Golden State Warriors advanced to the NBA Finals with a 120-110 win over the Dallas Mavericks.
Kinston's own Reggie Bullock scored six points and grabbed four rebounds.