Brandon Dunn

Myrtle Beach

Sports Director at WPDE-TV (Conway, SC)

Sports Director - 26 Year TV Vet - @WPDEABC15 - Christian 🙏 - #HottyToddy alumni - Dallas native - Proud husband, father

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Articles

Coastal Carolina sweeps Auburn to reach College World Series

2 weeks ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Jacob Morrison and Hayden Johnson combined to scatter eight hits and Coastal Carolina defeated Auburn 4-1 on Saturday to sweep the Auburn Super Regional and reach the College World Series for the second time. The Chanticleers will try to duplicate the national championship they won in 2016. Morrison allowed one run on six hits with six strikeouts in six innings. Johnson (5-0) came on in the seventh and pitched three scoreless innings with two hits and five strikeouts.
Coastal Carolina opens super regional with 7-6 win over Auburn

3 weeks ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Caden Bodine hit a go-ahead homer in the 10th inning, his second long ball of the game, Blagen Pado also homered twice, and Coastal Carolina opened the Auburn Super Regional with a 7-6 victory over the host Tigers in a contest that ended early Saturday morning. The game was delayed for nearly two hours in the middle of the sixth inning due to weather, with Coastal Carolina leading 6-3. When play resumed, Auburn scored an unearned run in the sixth to get within 6-4.
Coastal beat ECU, grabs Regional Title Championship

3 weeks ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

CONWAY, S.C. — One night after the teams combined for 25 runs, it was a single score, plated on a Sebastian Alexander SAC fly that scored Wells Sykes in the bottom of the eighth which made the difference as Coastal Carolina University Baseball won the Conway NCAA Regional Saturday, 1-0 over ECU, in front of a Springs Brooks Stadium record crowd of 6,450.
Colby Thorndyke drives in 6, helps Coastal reach Regional Championship

3 weeks ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Colby Thorndyke hit a grand slam to break a seventh-inning tie and finished with six RBIs as Coastal Carolina routed East Carolina 18-7 on Saturday night, sending the Chanticleers to the championship round of their super regional. The Chanticleers, batting as the visiting team, scored 14 runs in the last three innings. Coastal Carolina trailed 5-4 heading to the seventh inning, then Sebastian Alexander belted a lead-off home run to tie it.
Staley Inducted to FIBA Hall of Fame

1 month ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in an enshrinement ceremony tonight at the Bahrain National Theater in Bahrain. It joins the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (Class of 2013) and the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame (Class of 201) on the legendary player’s resume. Staley is a three-time Olympic champion and two-time FIBA World Cup winner in her decade of wearing a USA Basketball jersey.
Coastal Postseason Run Ends in Regional Semifinal

1 month ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

DURHAM, N.C. – The Coastal Carolina softball team split a doubleheader at the NCAA Durham Regional, defeating Howard 9-1 before its season came to an end with an 16-8 loss to No. 14 national seed Duke. Game 1: Howard 1, Coastal 9 (5 innings)Howard struck first in the top of the first inning when Alyssa Vasquez hit a two-out solo home run over the left-field wall to take a 1-0 lead. Coastal answered in the bottom of the second inning.
Coastal Blasts Old Dominion 12-1 to Cap Weekend Sweep

1 month ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

HAMPTON, Va. — No. 8 Coastal Carolina flexed the offense again on Saturday, routing Old Dominion 12-1 in seven innings at War Memorial Stadium to complete its sixth-straight weekend sweep and extend its winning streaks to 14 games overall and 18 games in Sun Belt Conference play. The Chanticleers (44-11, 26-4 SBC) scored 11 runs over their final three at-bats and got a long-awaited home run from Ty Barrango, whose three-run blast to deep center in the sixth inning broke the game wide open.
Coastal Falls to Georgia at Durham Regional

1 month ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

DURHAM, N.C. – The Coastal Carolina softball team suffered a 6-3 loss to the Georgia Bulldogs in its first game of the Durham Regional on Friday afternoon. The Chanticleers came out strong, as Delaney Keith laced a single through the right side to get on base in the top of the first inning. Georgia Hood followed with a two-run home run over the center-field wall to give Coastal a 2-0 lead. The inning continued when Keirstin Roose reached scoring position with a walk and a stolen base.
Ryan Fox chips in for birdie in playoff to win ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic

1 month ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Ryan Fox of New Zealand chipped in from just outside 50 feet on the first playoff hole to win the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic on Sunday for his first PGA TOUR title, sending him back to the PGA Championship. Fox closed with a 5-under 66 that looked like it might not be enough when Mackenzie Hughes came to the 18th hole with a one-shot lead.
Coastal heading to Durham Regional for NCAA Softball Tournament

1 month ago | wpde.com | Brandon Dunn

CONWAY, S.C. — The Coastal Carolina softball team ended a 13-year NCAA Tournament drought, earning a spot in the Durham Regional of the NCAA Division I Softball Tournament, the NCAA selection committee announced Sunday evening. The selection marks Coastal's seventh NCAA postseason appearance, with previous trips in 1992, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2006, and most recently in 2012 under head coach Kelley Green. The regional in Durham includes No. 14 seed Duke (38-16), Georgia (31-20), and Howard (31-18).

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