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POP WARNER FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS
Eleven Pop Warner Little Scholars football teams from the Triangle’s Consolidated Football Federation have advanced to the regional playoffs after winning division championships, and two runners-up — both from the Wilders Grove Wolfpack — also were chosen for regional play. Teams in Divisions I and II are competing for berths in the national championships; teams in Division III end their seasons with the Mid-South Pop Warner Regionals.

FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS
With Saturday’s regional playoff opponent, time and site

Junior Pee Wee
Division I: Durham Fighting Eagles (vs. Virginia Beach Mustangs, 1 p.m., Nansemond River High, Suffolk Va.)
Division II: Capital City Steelers (vs. Churchland Tigers, 9 a.m., Kings Fork High School, Suffolk, Va.)
Division III: Tri County Panthers (vs. Portsmouth Inner City Lions or Chesapeake Knights, 9 a.m., Nansemond River)

Pee Wee
Division I: Cary Chargers Green (Virginia Beach Mustangs, 3 p.m., Nansemond River)
Division II: Durham War Eagles vs. Nansemond Suffolk Saints, 11 a.m., Kings Fork)

Junior Midget
Division I: Capital City Steelers (vs. Virginia Beach Mustangs, 5 p.m., Nansemond River)
Division II: Wake Forest Titans (vs. Bennetts Creek Warriors, 1 p.m., Kings Fork)

13th North Carolina Four-Ball Championship
Oct. 31-Nov. 2, 2008
Ocean Ridge Plantation (Panther's Run-Lion's Paw), Sunset Beach, NC

Final results, provided in a Carolinas Golf Association news release

SUNSET BEACH, N.C. – Robert Riesen of Pinehurst and Philip Chauncey of Durham took the North Carolina Four-Ball amateur golf title Sunday at Ocean Ridge Plantation. The duo, who play college golf for the University of North Carolina, followed up a scorching 61 Saturday with a closing 67 Sunday for a 195 total, 21 under par, and a two-shot victory.

If you weren’t paying attention to the senior softball set, here’s some trivia: More than 1.5 million men and women over 40 play Senior Softball in the United States, according to Senior Softball USA. Clearly, Grandpa and Grandma aren’t hanging around the house waiting for the grandkids to visit - they’re probably already at the batting cages.

Quite a few of those seniors swing their bats in the Triangle, and they’re good, too - good enough to be the only teams representing North Carolina at Oct. 17-26 Senior Softball USA World Championships in Phoenix, Ariz.

"Venerable" and "wiffle ball" are not words usually used together, but when a tournament lasts two decades and is still going strong, it probably deserves a "venerable" tag.
That description now applies to the North Carolina Wiffle Ball Tournament, which played its 20th annual event July 19-20 at Smithfield Community Park.
This is the 27th year that an organized wiffle ball tournament has been held, according to an event news release.
The North Carolina Wiffle Ball Tournament has been played the past two years in Smithfield, and all of the previous tournaments were played in Kenly. The Smithfield Parks and Recreation Department and Pepsi Bottling Ventures are the current sponsors, according to an event news release.
This year's winners were the G-Nats of Bailey, who defeated the Legendary Lumber for the Adult Division championship.
The event also included a 15-and-under division, with the Spitting Llamas of Benson defeating the Blaze for the title.
Most teams were from Johnston County - Smithfield, Selma, Kenly, Benson, Four Oaks and Princeton. Other team arrived from Wilson, Bailey, Elm City, Raleigh and Bailey.
Contact event organizer Steve Edwards at stevieandcindy@nc.rr.com. Steve said a  Web site is in the works, so watch for an announcement.