— Shallotte Middle School will have its first wrestling match of the season on Monday at Leland.
— Atlanta tight end Kyle Pitts had three touchdown receptions on Thursday night in a 29-28 win at Tampa Bay.
— Nikola Jokic had 36 points and 12 rebounds for Denver in a 136-105 win at Sacramento as the Nuggets posted their 11th straight road triumph.
— In men’s college basketball tonight, Texas (7-3) plays No. 5 Connecticut (9-1) in Hartford (FOX, 8 p.m.).
— In state championship football games in Chapel Hill on Thursday, Wilson Prep won the 1-A title, 9-8, over Robbinsville on a 28-yard field goal by Ethan Nelson with 25 seconds left and Hough defeated Millbrook, 21-0, in the 8-A final.
— NCHSAA football championships at Kenan Stadium tonight include Middle Creek vs. Watauga in 6-A at 4 p.m. and Clayton vs. Grimsley in 7-A at 8 p.m.
— The Carolina Hurricanes won, 3-2, at Washington on Thursday night in a shootout.
— UNC football coach Bill Belichick has fired offensive coordinator Freddie Kitchens and special teams coordinator Mike Priefer.
