Senior Henry Garcia scored in overtime to give host Hobbton a 3-2 win over Voyager Academy for the NCHSAA 1-A East regional boys soccer championship on Tuesday night. The Wildcats (23-5-1) will meet Mount Airy (23-3) for the state title at the Mecklenburg County Sportsplex in Matthews on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. Gray Stone Day topped Hobbton, 3-1, in the 2023 state final. … Clinton will meet Southwestern Randolph in the 2-A final at the same facility on Friday at 7 p.m. … Olivia Tucker scored 24 points for the Campbell women’s basketball team in a 58-51 win over visiting East Tennessee State on Tuesday night. … Hunter Sallis scored 20 points and Cameron Hildreth had 18 points with six assists for host Wake Forest in an 82-69 men’s win over Western Carolina. … Boston handed visiting Cleveland its first loss of the NBA season, 120-117, as Jayson Tatum (Duke) scored 33 points with 12 rebounds and seven assists. … In an NBA doubleheader on ESPN tonight, Milwaukee hosts Chicago at 7:30 p.m. and New York plays at Phoenix at 10 p.m. … Oregon, Ohio State, Texas and Penn State are the top four teams in the College Football Playoff rankings released on Tuesday night.





