Hobbton advanced to the semifinals of the NCHSAA 1-A boys soccer tournament with a 5-1 win over visiting Pender on Saturday. The second-seeded Wildcats (22-5-1) take on No. 9 Voyager Academy (18-2-2) on Tuesday at 6 p.m. for a berth in the state final. … Ro’mello Pegues had 22 points and Demarbiaz Devane added 19 points for Triton in a 73-66 season-opening varsity boys basketball win at Smithfield-Selma on Friday night. … True freshman J.J. Cowan (Triton) had five carries for 20 yards for Campbell in a 41-22 Coastal Athletic Association loss at Delaware on Saturday. … East Carolina moved to 4-0 in men’s college basketball with a 78-77 double-overtime win over visiting George Mason on Saturday as R.J. Felton scored 27 points. … UNC topped visiting Wake Forest, 31-24, on Saturday night to become bowl eligible as Omarion Hampton (Cleveland) rushed for 244 yards. … No. 12 Georgia turned back No. 7 Tennessee, 31-17, in Athens. … No. 21 South Carolina defeated No. 23 Missouri, 34-30, in Columbia. … Visiting Kansas dealt Np. 6 Brigham Young its first loss, 17-13. … The Carolina Panthers have an open date today. … The Los Angeles Chargers host Cincinnati in the Sunday night NFL game (NBC, 8:20 p.m.). … New Mexico visits No. 22 St. John’s in a matchup of 3-0 men’s basketball teams today (Fox Sports 1, noon). … Rafael Campos and Andrew Novak share a 1-shot lead at 16-under par in the PGA Tour event in Bermuda going into the final round today (Golf Channel, 11 a.m.).