Tuesday's games:

(2) Apex 4, (4) Northern Durham 0

(3) Fuquay-Varina 3, (3) Leesville Road 2 

(1) Sanderson 1, (4) Middle Creek 0 

(2) Broughton 1, (5) Athens Drive 0 

Wednesday's games:

(1) Green Hope 1, (WC) West Johnston 0

Apex will face Durham Riverside on Saturday at 6 p.m. Fuquay will travel to unbeaten-and-untied Durham Jordan. Green Hope will host Sanderson.

Green Hope captured the conference championship this season.

The five playoff teams are Green Hope, Apex, Fuquay-Varina, Middle Creek and Athens Drive. There could be a sixth if Panther Creek is selected as a wild-card team, but it's difficult since the NCHSAA places more priority on conference finish than conference strength.

Green Hope will play the 3-seeded wild-card team at home. Apex will host the fourth-best team in the PAC-Six Conference (appears to be Northern Durham). Fuquay will host the 3-seed from the Cap-7 Conference (most likely Leesville Road).

Middle Creek will travel to Sanderson, while Athens Drive has a road date with Broughton (both Sanderson and Broughton are from the Cap-7).

No. 1 Apex vs Northern Durham (6 p.m.)

No. 2 Green Hope vs Purnell Swett (1 p.m.)

No. 3 Panther Creek vs Broughton (6 p.m.)

No. 4 Cary at Enloe (6 p.m.)

No. 5 Middle Creek at Wakefield (1 p.m.) 

Out of three Tri-Nine girls tennis teams advancing to the 4-A NCHSAA dual-team playoffs, only Green Hope advanced to the second round on Tuesday.

The Falcons (19-2) were  6-0 winners over Wakefield after sweeping all six singles matches. The teams agreed to not play doubles after the match was in hand.

Green Hope will now face East Chapel Hill, the team that bounced Athens Drive (14-9) from the tournament by an 8-0 score. East Chapel Hill defeated Green Hope earlier in the year by a 6-3 margin. That match will take place at East Chapel Hill thanks to conference seeding priority.

Panther Creek (16-4) saw its year end in the first round as well, losing to Durham Riverside by a relatively slim 6-3 margin. It was the first time the Catamounts advanced to the state tournament in the school's short four-year history.

Athens Drive's girls golf team appears to be on the warpath to repeating their state title of a year ago.

The Lady Jags won the East Regional by 18 strokes, and their score of 233 was 28 strokes lower than the next-best team in the West or Central regionals.

Freshman Sarah Bae led the Jags by winning the East Regional with a 74. Katherine Perry was close behind, coming in third with a 78. The Jags' Sydney Shackleford finished fifth with a 81 and Mandy Monchick tied for sixth with an 82. 

All those four can post something similar, the Jaguars will be hard to beat in Tuesday's state title at Foxfire Country Club in West End, N.C.

Green Hope, which finished second in the Tri-Nine Conference to Athens Drive, came in with the third-lowest team score and qualifed for the state championship as well.

The Falcons were led by Andrea Estes, who finished 10th with an 84.

Apex may have missed the cutoff to qualify as a team, but they will send one individual qualifier in Michelle Pilo. Pilo tied Athens' Monchick for sixth.

The Tri-Nine Conference, with two automatic berths and two wild-card bids, leads all conferences in the state with four schools in the NCHSAA dual-team playoffs.

Green Hope and Panther Creek, by finishing first and second respectively in the conference, received automatic bids.

Apex and Athens Drive, which split with one another in the conference to tie for third, each received two of the state's three wild-card spots.

Only Green Hope (18-2) will play at home on Tuesday in the first round against Wakefield (11-4). The Falcons have only lost to Broughton and East Chapel Hill this year, and hope a tougher out-of-conference schedule will have them better prepared for the postseason than last year.

Panther Creek (16-3) will hit the road to face Durham Riverside (12-3).

Apex (11-6) has the unenviable task of playing at Broughton (15-0) and Athens Drive (14-8) must play at powerhouse East Chapel Hill (20-2).

The winner of Green Hope-Wakefield will play the winner between East Chapel Hill-Athens Drive. Meanwhile, the winner of Panther Creek-Riverside will play the winner of Apex-Broughton.

Four days after it began, Tri-Nine Conference girls tennis championships were decided today.

Green Hope junior Melissa Kandinata defeated teammate sophomore Helen Wang for the singles title with 6-0, 6-1 scores.

In doubles, Apex juniors Shelby Bickel and Nikki Bowser repeated their conference doubles title by defeating Green Hope's Kayla Stokes and Brianna Steele in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3. Stokes and Steele finished runner-up in last year's tournament to Bickel and Bowser. 

 We'll have more coverage of this tournament in the future, so keep watching carynews.com/sports and southwestwakenews.com/sports for the full story!

Green Hope needs one boys basketball team to complete a holiday tournament field. Contact Mickey Bissette at 919-380-3680.

Green Hope basketball player Tariq Forte said he will not be eligible for the first semester of the 2009-10 season.

Forte, a transfer from Roslyn High School on Long Island, figured to be an immediate impact player for the Falcons this year. Forte, a junior, is a 6-3 forward who starred in the AAU 16U ranks for the Cary Cougars.

 It is not clear why Forte will not be eligible. 

The loss means Green Hope has already lost two returning starters to transfer (Kameron Bryant to Panther Creek, Mo Somadjagbi to South Wake Academy) and will now be without a would-be starter for the first semester.