Hobbton won its third-round match in the NCHSAA 1-A girls soccer playoffs, 2-0, over visiting Vance Charter on Wednesday. … Wyatt Holland has been named Male Athlete of the Year and Rylie Williams is Female Athlete of the Year at Midway. Williams plans to play softball at UNC Greensboro. … Mariah Bell, Kim Bordeaux, Cailee Ray and Claire Parker are on the NCISAA 1-A All-State softball team from Cape Fear Christian. … Triton has its athletic awards banquet tonight. … Athanas Kioko of Campbell qualified for the NCAA championships in the 10,000-meter run in Eugene, Oregon, in the East Preliminaries on Wednesday in Bloomington, Indiana. … Tommy White hit three home runs for N.C. State in a 9-6 win over Miami in the ACC baseball tournament on Wednesday night in Charlotte as the Wolfpack earned a berth in the semifinals on Saturday. … The Carolina Hurricanes host the New York Rangers tonight with the second-round series of the Stanley Cup playoffs tied at 2 (ESPN, 7 p.m.). … In the NBA playoffs on Wednesday night, Boston took a 93-80 victory at Miami for a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference finals. … Golden State takes a 3-1 series lead into its home game with Dallas tonight in the Western Conference finals (TNT, 9 p.m.). … The PGA Tour event this week is at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth (Golf Channel, 4 p.m.).