Sunday, October 24

by | Oct 24, 2021 | Quick Hits

South Johnston, the No. 17 seed in the East in the NCHSAA 3-A volleyball playoffs, took a 3-1 first-round victory at 16th-seeded West Carteret on Saturday. The Trojans will travel to top-seeded Cedar Ridge in the second round. … Triton’s volleyball season ended with a 3-0 loss at Hunt on Saturday. … The Campbell women’s soccer team claimed the Big South Conference regular-season championship with a 2-0 win at USC Upstate as Jessica Donald and Kaleigh Backlund scored goals. … Campbell’s volleyball team won for thr 12th time in its last 13 matches with a 3-0 triumph over visiting Radford on Saturday. … Sam Hartman threw for 458 yards and five touchdowns in No. 16 Wake Forest’s 70-56 win at Army on Saturday. … Host Miami edged N.C. State, 31-30. … East Carolina was topped, 31-24, in overtime at Houston after a weather delay of five hours, 20 minutes. … Illinois upset No. 7 Penn State, 20-18, in nine overtimes. … Atlanta closed out the National League championship series with a 4-2 win over the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night as Eddie Rosario hit a 3-run homer in the fourth inning. … The World Series starts Tuesday night in Houston. … The Carolina Panthers (3-3) visit the New York Giants (1-5) today (FOX, 1 p.m.). … San Francisco (2-3) hosts Indianapolis (2-4) in the Sunday night game (NBC, 8:20 p.m.). … The NASCAR Cup series runs today at Kansas Speedway (NBC Sports Network, 3 p.m.). … Hideki Matsuyama won the PGA Tour event in Japan by five strokes with an eagle on the final hole to finish at 15-under par.

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