Wilmington Ashley won the inaugural girls flag football state championship, 13-7, over Apex at Durham County Memorial Stadium on Saturday. … Fayetteville Seventy-First will host Jacksonville for the NCHSAA 3-A East regional football championship on Friday at 7 p.m. … The College Football Playoff bracket will be released today (ESPN, noon). … The Carolina Panthers visit Philadelphia today (FOX, 1 p.m.). … Arizona State (Big 12), Georgia (SEC), Clemson (ACC) and Oregon (Big Ten) won college football conference championships on Saturday. … In ACC men’s college basketball openers on Saturday, Wake Forest got 22 points and 10 rebounds from Cameron Hildreth in a 72-66 win over visiting Boston College, No. 20 UNC topped Georgia Tech, 68-65, in Chapel Hill and host N.C, State edged Florida State, 84-74, in overtime. … No. 4 Kentucky came from 18 points down to defeat No. 7 Gonzaga, 90-89, in overtime in Seattle. … No. 9 Duke visits Louisville tonight (ACC Network, 6 p.m.). … The Los Angeles Chargers visit Kansas City in the NFL Sunday night matchup (NBC, 8 p.m.). … Justin Thomas has a 1-shot lead at 17-under par over Scottie Scheffler going into the final round of the PGA Tour event in the Bahamas today (NBC, 1:30 p.m.).





