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This was a weekend full of season enders. The season is over for the UNCW baseball team. The Seahawks lost to Elon at the NCAA's on Sunday. North Brunswick's baseball season ended this weekend. The Wilmington Sea Dawgs lost their final home game of the season. The Wilmington Hammerheads won on Saturday though. The Hammerheads are about to enter the middle stretch of their season. Plus more! Full story...

The UNCW baseball team did not play well down the stretch this season. The Seahawks lost 7 out of their last 9 baseball games. Elon eliminated UNCW from the NCAA's on Sunday in Charlottesville, Virginia. Full story...

The North Brunswick Scorpions have not been afraid to play from behind all season. On Saturday the Scorpions fell behind, but they had the lead going into the final inning of play. Piedmont scored twice in the bottom of the 7th to claim the state 2-A baseball title. Full story...

Corey Dick homered and had three of UNC Wilmington's 16 hits, and the Seahawks eliminated mistake-prone Army from the NCAA tournament Saturday with a 9-5 victory that ended on a bizarre triple play. Full story...

WWAY's Trot Nixon was inducted into the Celebrate Wilmington Walk of Fame at the Cotton Exchange on Friday afternoon. Mayor Bill Saffo also declared Friday Trot Nixon Day in Wilmington. Full story...

On Friday North Brunswick lost game one of their best of three baseball state championship series. The UNCW baseball team lost to Elon in the NCAA's. Friday was "Trot Nixon Day' in Wilmington. We've got the complete story from Saturday's ceremony. Full story...

The North Brunswick Scorpions baseball team is swinging for their first state championship since 1998, but their trip to Zebulon could have gone foul many times throughout the long season. Full story...

"I'm announcing today that we will continue all 19 of our sports programs," Chancellor Gary Miller announced to a crowded room at UNCW's Burney Center this morning. And with those words it was a huge sigh of relief for the sports teams at UNCW that were on the chopping block, but are not any more. Full story...

It came as a shock to some and a relief to others. UNC Wilmington Chancellor Gary Miller announced this morning he would not cut teams from the school athletic department. Miller's announcement got a standing ovation from seahawk athletes, but that announcement was also a call to action to the university and the community. Full story...

UNCW will not cut any sports teams, despite the recommendation of a committee report commissioned by Chancellor Gary Miller. Full story...

The Wilmington Sharks won their home opener on Wednesday night at Buck Hardee Field. The Sharks are off to a 2-0 start. The Portland Timbers beat the Wilmington Hammerheads in the US Open Cup. UNCW Chancellor Gary Miller plans to announce his decision on Thursday about whether to cut sports programs from the school's athletic department. Plus more! Full story...

UNCW Chancellor Gary Miller plans to announce tomorrow his decision about whether to cut sports programs from the school's athletic department. Full story...

Wrestling, squash and baseball-softball have made the IOC short list for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics. Full story...

The proposed cuts from the UNCW Athletic Department may affect more than just the university. The trickle down affect could hurt swimming programs like Waves of Wilmington. Full story...

In 1950 Tanky Meier started coaching the New Hanover High boys tennis team. Meier was a volunteer coach from 1950 to 2011. The 90 year old died on Monday after a short illness. On our sports at 11pm we paid tribute to the first New Hanover grad to have a sports facility named after him. On Tuesday the Wilmington Sharks opened the 2013 season with a road win. Plus more! Full story...