Wilmington Sharks

The battle over plans for a ballpark in Wilmington continue to heat up. Yesterday, a group against using tax money to build a stadium in the Port City submitted a petition with about 4,000 signatures. If the Board of Elections verifies enough of the signatures, the City Council would have to accept the language of the petition as an ordinance or put it up for a public vote. Full story...

On Thursday we checked in one more time with the UNCW & Whiteville baseball teams. They'll both be back on the field on Friday chasing championships. On Thursday we attended two different national letter of intent signings in the Wilmington area. Plus, we made a trip to the Shark Tank to check out Wilmington's summer league baseball team. Full story...

UNC Wilmington has been paired against Vanderbilt on Friday in Raleigh in the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Whiteville High School will also be playing baseball on Friday. The Wolfpack will begin state championship play in Zebulon against Randleman High School. The Wilmington Sharks don't have to wait until Friday to play. The Sharks open the season at home on Tuesday, May 29th. Full story...

This was an eventful weekend for two baseball teams from our region. For another local baseball squad the season hasn't begun yet, but the Wilmington Sharks season will crank up on Tuesday at home. Full story...

Thursday night sports featured the Hoggard girls lacrosse team against undefeated Green Hope in the state playoffs. We talked to New Hanover girls soccer coach Al Pastore about the end of his great coaching career. We previewed the season opener for the Wilmington Sharks summer league baseball team. On top of that, we provided a coaching update on former UNCW basketball player Mark Byington. Full story...

The USA Collegiate National Team will make a stop in Wilmington in June. Team USA will play the Wilmington Sharks at Buck Hardee Field. Full story...

Several things must fall into place before a baseball stadium becomes a reality in Wilmington. Some important issues: How are we, meaning the taxpayers, going to fund it? Where would it go? And which team would play here? Full story...

The Wilmington Sharks 2012 summer league baseball schedule is out. The Sharks also want to spread the word about the their Toys for Tots program. The team is teaming up with the US Marine Corps in their annual toy drive. Full story...

The Wilmington Sharks will have a home at Buck Hardee Field through the 2016 baseball season. There's an option for five more years after that. The Sharks also have a new head coach. In fact he's a native of Columbus County. Full story...

Final attendance numbers are in for the Wilmington Sharks summer league baseball squad. The Sharks finished in the top 15 nationally among all the summer baseball teams. Full story...

The Edenton Steamers are considered to be one of the premier summer league baseball teams in the nation. On Wednesday the Steamers ended the season for the Wilmington Sharks in the second round of the CPL playoffs. Full story...

On "Fan Appreciation Night" at Legion Stadium the Richmond Kickers seemed to want the game more than the Wilmington Hammerheads on Wednesday night in the regular season home finale. Full story...

The Wilmington Sharks survived a must win game on Tuesday night in Edenton. The playoff game turned out to be a home run derby, but the Sharks outslugged the Steamers to keep the Sharks season alive. Full story...

The Wilmington Sharks will need to win two consecutive games on the road against Edenton in order to continue the season. The Sharks did it last week against Fayetteville. Can the Sharks do it again? Full story...

In a must win game the Wilmington Sharks knocked off the Fayetteville Swampdogs on Saturday night in a first round Coastal Plain League baseball playoff game. This is the Sharks first playoff appearance since 2003. They're certainly making the best of it as they advance to round two at home on Monday. Full story...