Midway defeated visiting Mintz, 3-0, in a nonconference volleyball match on Wednesday to finish the regular season 22-0. It was the first loss for Mintz (16-1). … Senior Preston Gantt of Western Harnett won the All American Conference boys cross country championship at Western on Wednesday with a time of 17 minutes, five seconds over the 5-kilomemter course. Freshman Peyton Black of Harnett Central won the girls division in 20:54. Western and Central took the respective boys and girls team titles. … Host Burlington Williams defeated Harnett Central, 6-0, in the first round of the NCHSAA 3-A girls tennis tournament on Wednesday. Central went 18-5 for the season, making the state playoffs for the first time in 22 years. … Dunn Area Sports has received its 256,000th view. Thank you! … In the MLB playoffs on Wednesday, San Diego evened the National League championship series at 1-1 with an 8-5 victory over visiting Philadelphia and host Houston won the American League opener, 4-2, over New York. The Astros host the Yankees in game two tonight (TBS, 7:37 p.m.). … P.J. Walker has been named to start at quarterback for the Carolina Panthers on Sunday at home against Tampa Bay (FOX, 1 p.m.). … New Orleans visits Arizona tonight (Amazon TV, 8:15 p.m.). … Virginia plays Georgia Tech in Atlanta tonight (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.). … Milwaukee visits Philadelphia (TNT, 7:30 p.m.) and the Los Angeles Lakers host the crosstown Clippers (ESPN, 10 p.m.) in NBA matchups tonight.