Triton defeated host Clinton, 77-49, for the varsity boys championship in the Fox/Horne Christmas Classic on Tuesday night as tournament MVP Jalen Evans scored 14 points. Jaleel White had 12 points and J.J. Cowan added 10 for the Hawks (8-4). … Triton downed the Dark Horses, 58-32, for the girls title. … Cape Fear Christian Academy had a slow start Tuesday in a 93-68 loss to Clayton’s varsity boys as Zeke Brock led the Eagles with 39 points. … Campbell’s 21 varsity teams combined for a grade point average of 3.09 for the fall semester. … Holton Ahlers threw for 300 yards with five touchdowns, ran for 48 yards with a score, caught a pass for 14 yards, led the band in the East Carolina fight song and was named MVP after a 53-29 triumph over Coastal Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl on Tuesday night as the Pirates took their first postseason football triumph since 2015 to finish the season 8-5. … In other bowl matchups on Tuesday, Buffalo topped Georgia Southern, 23-21; Memphis whipped Utah State, 38-10, and Wisconsin was a 24-17 winner over Oklahoma State. … Today’s games include Central Florida vs. Duke in the Military Bowl in Annapolis (ESPN, 2 p.m.), Kansas vs. Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl in Memphis (ESPN, 5:30 p.m.), No. 15 Oregon vs. UNC in the Holiday Bowl in San Diego (FOX, 8 p.m.) and Texas Tech vs. Ole Miss in the Texas Bowl (ESPN, 9 p.m.). … Albany visits No. 13 Virginia (ACC Network, 6 p.m.) and Temple plays at East Carolina (ESPN+, 7 p.m.) in men’s college basketball tonight. … The Carolina Hurricanes won their ninth straight game, 3-0, over Chicago in Raleigh on Tuesday night with Antti Raanta making 24 saves in the shutout. … Dunn Area Sports has received its 265,000th view. Thank you!