Second-seeded Hobbton (20-5-1) will host No. 10 Vance Charter (15-7) in the third round of the NCHSAA 1-A boys soccer playoffs on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. after the Wildcats turned back visiting East Bladen, 5-1, in the second round on Tuesday. … Triton finished the season 18-5-1 after a 2-1 loss at C.B. Aycock in the second round of the 3-A playoffs. … Host Harnett Central (18-4-1) was eliminated from the 3-A playoffs with a 3-1 loss to Dixon. Axel Cuellar had the Trojans’ goal. … Central was a 48-34 winner at Cape Fear Christian in a varsity girls basketball scrimmage on Tuesday night. … No. 19 Kentucky rallied past No. 6 Duke for a 77-72 men’s college basketball win in Atlanta on Tuesday night despite 26 points and 12 rebounds by freshman Cooper Flagg. … East Carolina improved to 3-0 with a 110-73 men’s win over Mount Olive in Greenville as Central Florida transfer C.J. Walker had 24 points.