Tim Hower

***The rankings by each team are their seed for the playoffs*** No. 5 Cape Fear Academy 3, No. 4 Asheville Christian Academy 1 (OT) Quarterfinals NCISAA 3A playoffs A pair of goals in the first 10-minute overtime period kept the Hurricanes’ season alive and made the 329-mile trip back to Wilmington a joyful one. The match was scoreless at halftime. CFA (15-6) struck first in the 50th minute when Vance Mino scored off a long throw-in from Ethan Gatt.

The Hoggard girls tennis program pulled off a rare feat Saturday morning at Millbrook Exchange Park in Raleigh by winning NCHSAA 8A state titles in both singles and doubles. Sophomore Braelyn Roberson improved to 16-0 on the season with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Myers Park’s Lila Cheatwood to become just the second Viking to lift the singles trophy. Roberson joined two-time champion Kaitlin Burns (2006 and 2007), who later went on to play at LSU.

***The rankings by each area team come from the Coastal Preps Power Rankings*** No. 3 Laney 34, No. 8 New Hanover 7 Four touchdown passes in the first half from Joseph Stough helped the Buccaneers earn their first victory at Legion Stadium since 2008. In that game, Oliver Klokman made a 22-yard field goal with 44.7 seconds remaining to put Laney on top 10-7. Stough had his best performance of the season by going 19 of 27 for 287 yards.