Joseph Johnson (South Johnston) is heading to Australia to play professional baseball as a pitcher and position player after his second season with the High Point Rockers minor league club. … Cape Fear Christian Academy hosts Fayetteville Christian in the championship of the Sandhills Athletic Conference girls tennis tournament today at 3:30 p.m. … Harnett Central and Triton have a girls tennis match at South Johnston today at 4 p.m. to determine playoff seeding. … Triton topped host Western Harnett, 1-0, on Monday night in varsity boys soccer as Saul Mejia scored the only goal on Marquis Rosado’s assist. … The Cape Fear Christian Academy junior varsity volleyball teams travels to Crossroads Christian today for a 4 p.m. match in the Mid-Carolina Conference tournament semifinals. … Campbell’s C.J. Tillman is the Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week in football and Corey Petersen has earned the league’s special teams honor. … The Carolina Panthers have dismissed Matt Rhule as coach after a 1-4 start. … Kansas City topped Las Vegas, 30-29, in Monday night football. … In opening games of the MLB division playoffs today, Philadelphia visits Atlanta (FOX, 1:07 p.m.), Houston hosts Seattle (TBS, 3:37 p.m.), Cleveland visits the New York Yankees (TBS, 7:37 p.m.) and the Los Angeles Dodgers host San Diego (Fox Sports 1, 9:37 p.m.).