LAURINBURG — Here is a Scotland sports update. Scots baseball and girls’ soccer teams had their season openers on Wednesday. Hoggard defeated Scots baseball team 9-4, while South View defeated the girls’ soccer team 6-0.

LAURINBURG —Scotland High freshman wrestler Jahliel Worley received his first wrestling scholarship offer from Appalachian State University on Thursday.

LAURINBURG —The quote “It’s only up from here,” from head coach Jarvis Cobb, after Tuesday’s first-round defeat, echoed across the locker room. The foundation is set, but how will the Scots build next year?

LAURINBURG —Senior Zaymon Gibson scored 13 points as the Fighting Scots boys’ basketball team was defeated by the West Brunswick Trojans in the first round of the playoffs, 64-43, on Tuesday.

LAURINBURG —The Fighting Scots boys’ basketball team has qualified for the playoffs for the first time in two years. The Scots are seeded No. 23 in the East Region and will face No. 10 West Brunswick Trojans Tuesday at 6 p.m.

LAURINBURG —Scotland High standout Shylan Harrell just received his third athletic scholarship offer, this time from Methodist University, adding to his previous offers from North Carolina Wesleyan University on Feb. 9 and Brevard University on Jan. 26.

LAURINBURG — The NCHHSA State Wrestling Championship took place over the weekend, with Scotland High represented on both the girls’ and boys’ sides.