Cape Fear Christian Academy is home to take on Fayetteville Christian, Triton hosts Lee County and Harnett Central travels to South Johnston in high school volleyball season openers this evening. … The Campbell women were picked fourth and the Camel men were slotted fifth among 10 teams in the Big South Conference preseason cross country poll. … N.C. State is ranked No. 13 in the Associated Press preseason college football poll. … Ryan Thompson (Campbell) pitched an inning and two-thirds with one hit and two strikeouts for Tampa Bay in a 4-0 win over New York in Yankee Stadium on Monday night. … Atlanta won its seventh straight game, 13-1, over the visiting New York Mets to pull within 4.5 games of the first-place Mets in the National League East Division. … Pitcher Walker Buehler of the Los Angeles Dodgers will miss the remainder of the season due to elbow surgery scheduled for August 23. … Texas has dismissed Chris Woodward as manager. Tony Beasley (Carolina Mudcats) will serve as interim manager of the Rangers.