Moses Mensah of Campbell has received an invitation to participate in the Major League Soccer College Showcase this weekend in Cary. … Greenville Rose takes on Greensboro Dudley for the NCHSAA 3-A football championship tonight at 7 p.m. at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill. … A COVID outbreak reportedly has hit the Wallace-Rose Hill football team, which is scheduled to play for the NCHSAA 2-A football title on Saturday. … N.C. State took a 65-48 men’s college basketball win over visiting Bethune-Cookman on Thursday night as Dereon Seabron had 16 points and 14 rebounds for the Wolfpack. … Next up for NCSU is a game with Purdue in Brooklyn on Sunday at 2 p.m. … The Boilermakers were stunned, 70-68, at Rutgers on Thursday night in their first game at No. 1 as Ron Harper Jr. hit the game winner for the Scarlet Knights from near half court as time expired. … Host Minnesota held of Pittsburgh for a 36-28 win after building a 29-0 lead in the Thursday night NFL game.