Heavyweight Taye Ghadiali has been named Wrestler of the Month by the Southern Conference. … The Campbell softball team opens the season February 9 at 3 p.m. against George Washington at Coastal Carolina. … Eastern champion Fayetteville Seventy=First (15-0) takes on Hickory (15-0) for the NCHSAA 3-A football championship at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill tonight (WRDC, 7 p.m.). … Duke has named Manny Diaz as its new football coach. Diaz most recently was defensive coordinator at Penn State. He had a 21-15 record as head coach at Miami from 2019-21. … Payton Wilson of N.C. State has won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker. … New England topped host Pittsburgh, 21-18, in the Thursday night NFL game although the Steelers scored the last two touchdowns on a 25-yard pass from Mitch Trubisky (UNC) to Diontae Johnson and a 1-yard keeper by Trubisky. … The Los Angeles Clippers visit Utah tonight (ESPN, 10 p.m.).