Negro baseball Hall of Famer Clifford Layton, a native and resident of Dunn, has passed away at the age of 93. … Triton football coach Ben Penny indicated the Hawks got some value from scrimmages at Cleveland on Wednesday evening in terms of film to evaluate and use to make corrections. Tucker Brown and Alan Hinson continue to compete for the starting quarterback assignment. … ACC presidents did not vote on admitting California, Southern Methodist or Stanford during a conference on Wednesday night. … Reports state that the Mountain West Conference has interest in adding Oregon State and Washington State. … Michael Lorenzen threw a no-hitter in his second start for Philadelphia in a 7-0 win over visiting Washington. Weston Wilson hit a home run in his first MLB at-bat for the Phillies. … Houston visits New England (NFL Network, 7 p.m.) and Seattle hosts Minnesota (NFL Network, 10 p.m.) in exhibition games tonight. … The FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis gets underway today (Golf Channel, 2 p.m.).