Chesapeake native Quincy Wilson sets another 400-meter record
TRACK AND FIELD
Quincy Wilson, a 16-year-old who grew up in Chesapeake and attends Bullis School in Maryland, set a 400-meter under-18 world record for the third time this year, finishing in 44.20 seconds Friday night at the Holloway Pro Classic in Gainesville, Florida.
Fellow Olympian Bryce Deadmon was the runner-up in 44.23.
Wilson, a former Great Bridge Middle School student, became the youngest male U.S. track and field Olympian ever with his performance at the Olympic trials in Eugene, Oregon. That’s where he ran a time of 44.59, the former record.
BASEBALL
Pilots surge late, end Martinsville’s 10-game winning streak
Facing a team with a 10-game winning streak and a five-run lead, the Peninsula Pilots scored six runs in the eighth inning Friday night to upend the host Martinsville Mustangs 12-11.
The East Division-leading Pilots (30-11, 14-3 in the Coastal Plain League season’s second half) have won 15 of their last 18 games. The Mustangs (27-13, 12-4) lead the West Division’s second half and need to win it to join the Pilots and Forest City, the West first-half winner, in the playoffs.
Carlos Pena was 2 for 5 with two runs and three RBIs, Grayson Fitzwater was 2 for 4 with two RBIs, Ryan Dooley was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and a run, Aaron Manias was 1 for 2 with three walks, two runs and an RBI, Cole Stanford drove in two runs and Kyle Edwards scored two for the Pilots.
Peninsula’s first three pitchers struggled, walking an eye-popping 13 batters and giving up 10 earned runs in 5 2/3 innings, but Gardner Meeks, Nate Varnier and Dalton Barham walked none in 3 1/3 shutout innings to finish the game.
With two runners aboard, Barham induced a double-play grounder by Brady Birchmeier to end the game.
Hayden Friese led the Mustangs, knocking in four runs. William & Mary’s Lucas Carmichael was 3 for 5 with two runs and two RBIs.
The Pilots and Mustangs will stage a rematch at 7 p.m. Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Hampton.
AUTO RACING
VMS cancels Saturday’s races
Virginia Motor Speedway canceled its scheduled races for Saturday because of a threatening weather forecast. The next scheduled action at the half-mile dirt track in Middlesex County is Aug. 3.
BASKETBALL
VMI product sparks Dream 34 in TBT first round
Former VMI standout QJ Peterson, who plays professionally in China, poured in 32 points to lead Dream 34 to a 76-67 victory over Team Gibson in the first round of The Basketball Tournament.
The annual 64-team, winner-take-all event awards $1 million to the champion team.
Edward Polite, a former Radford player, added 12 points for Dream 34 in its victory in Cincinnati. That squad will play Takeover BC at 4 p.m. Sunday on FS1.
The Nawf, an Atlanta-based team, overcame WoCo Showtime 87-76 at Kentucky’s Rupp Arena behind Damion Rosser’s 22 points.
Chevez Goodwin scored 22 for WoCo, while former Wofford and Virginia Tech guard Storm Murphy had 18 and former Richmond Spider Isaiah Bigelow scored 15. Murphy had six rebounds and four assists.
The Nawf will play Sunday against La Familia, a Kentucky Wildcats’ alumni team led by former longtime NBA player Eric Bledsoe.
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