Cape Fear Christian Academy will host a volleyball doubleheader on Tuesday. The middle school will play for its conference tournament championship at 4 p.m. and varsity will have a first-round match in the NCISAA 1-A tournament at 5 p.m. … Former Campbell right-hander Ryan Thompson is headed to the World Series with Tampa Bay after the Rays topped Houston, 4-2, in game seven of the American League championship series on Saturday night. Myles Straw was among former Buies Creek Astros on the Houston roster. … Atlanta and the Los Angeles Dodgers play game seven of the National League championship series tonight at 8:15 p.m. (FOX). … Starting quarterback Holton Ahlers of East Carolina was out for a 27-23 home loss to Navy on Saturday due to an apparent false positive on a COVID-19 test. … Host N.C. State rallied past Duke for a 31-20 win. … Wake Forest outscored visiting Virginia 17-3 in the fourth quarter for a 40-23 victory. … No. 5 North Carolina trailed Florida State 31-7 at the half in a 31-28 loss in Tallahassee. … No. 1 Clemson hammered Georgia Tech, 73-7, in Atlanta and No. 3 Georgia was turned back, 41-24, at No. 2 Alabama. … On the PGA Tour, Russell Henley has a 3-shot lead going into the final round today in the CJ Cup in Las Vegas (Golf Channel, 5 p.m.) … The Carolina Panthers (3-2) host Chicago (4-1) today at 1 p.m. (FOX). … The NASCAR Cup playoffs continue today at the Kansas Speedway (NBC, 2:30 p.m.). … The Sunday night NFL game sends the Los Angeles Rams (4-1) to San Francisco (2-3) (NBC, 8:20 p.m.).
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