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2 weeks ago | pilotonline.com | Sonny Dearth

The Sun Belt champion Old Dominion tennis teams and their fans will be headed to traditional ACC country for their NCAA Tournament matchups. The teams held a party on campus Monday afternoon as the pairings for the fields of 64 were revealed on NCAA.com. Play begins Friday and Saturday around the nation. The 55th-ranked ODU men (17-8), with coach Dominik Mueller seeking an NCAA first-round breakthrough victory, will go to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to take on No. 32 Kentucky (16-11).

3 weeks ago | pilotonline.com | Sonny Dearth

Few people who watched last Sunday’s drama at Augusta National Golf Club on TV will ever forget it. The ups and downs of eventual champion Rory McIlroy completing the career Grand Slam were riveting. Imagine what it would mean if you had been walking on the course the previous Sunday. Virginia Beach’s Kaylee Bell was among 80 young players who were on the famed Augusta layout April 6 for the 11th National Drive, Chip & Putt Competition.

3 weeks ago | pilotonline.com | Sonny Dearth

K&D Round’s Landscape Services won its second thriller in as many games, edging Portsmouth Partnership 94-93 Friday night to advance to Saturday night’s championship game of the 71st annual Portsmouth Invitational Tournament at Churchland High. As he did in K&D’s first game, a 74-73 triumph over Sales Systems, Ltd., former Virginia Tech and Mississippi guard Sean Pedulla led his team in scoring. He had 22 points and six assists.

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Sonny Dearth

Rarely do people in the U.S. hear much about Canadian college football, but one of its better players this season is a Phoebus High graduate. Linebacker Peyton Ryder of the York University Lions, listed at 5-foot-9 and 210 pounds, was an Ontario University Athletics second-team selection. He twice earned York’s Male Athlete of the Week, […] Subscribe to continue reading this article. Originally Published: April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM EDT

1 month ago | pilotonline.com | Sonny Dearth

No players from Hampton Roads or from teams in the area were on the list of 64 released Monday for this week’s Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, though the 71st annual event is filled with connections from the state. As usual, rosters for eight teams named after local businesses or organizations are filled with eight college seniors whose NCAA eligibility recently expired.