Chapel Hill withstood the 239 yards rushing mounted by South Granville's Josh Bailey and opened the season with a 19-13 win Friday night on the road. In other games involving area teams, both played in-county, Carrboro out-lasted Central Davidson 47-36 and Orange looked strong in downing Person 42-14. East Chapel Hill lost to East Wake 28-21. Northwood was stung by East Duplin, 56-6, and Cedar Ridge fell 57-37 at Eastern Alamance.

Brad Clark of Chapel Hill shot an even-par 71 Wednesday to finished tied for second in a qualifying round for the 18th North Carolina Mid-Amateur Championship. Michael Swiger of Raleigh was medalist with a 68.

Clark was near the top of a field of 31 golfers who qualified Wednesday at the TPC Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh. Another 59 missed the cut.

The CGA's 18th North Carolina Mid-Amateur Championship, hosted by the Carolinas Golf Association, will be played Sept. 7-9 at River Run Country Club in Davidson.

Playing in its annual Wood Bat Tournament at Orange High School, the OHS baseball team led Smithfield-Selma 1-0 with two out in the bottom of the second inning Friday nigh when play was suspended due to severe rain and lightning in the area.

The Scholastic Summer League baseball game will resume this afternoon, with the winner advancing to play East Chapel Hill in the championship game at 7 p.m.

East Chapel Hill defeated Bunn, 6-4, in Game 1 of the tournament Friday.

Playing in the annual Wood Bat Tournament at Orange High School, Smithfield-Selma trailed 1-0 Friday night in stormy Hillsborough when play was suspended due to severe rain and lightning in the area.

Orange led Smithfield-Selma with two outs in the bottom of the second inning.

The Scholastic Summer League baseball game will resume this afternoon, with the winner advancing to play East Chapel Hill in the championship game at 7 p.m. The loser between OHS and SSS is scheduled to play Bunn at 5 p.m. in the tournament's consolation game.

Down 7-0 after two innings in Pittsboro, a deficit that ballooned to 14-5 by the top of the sixth, North Chatham came back Thursday night to win Game 1 of its American Legion playoff series with Clayton by a 16-15 score.

That puts North Chatham one up versus Clayton at 7 p.m. tonight for Game 2 of the best-of-three series. The game will be played at Smithfield-Selma High School.

Saturday, if necessary, Game 3 will be back at Northwood High School's Donald Horton Baseball Complex at 7 p.m.

Duke will host a club day beginning at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday (July 2) at the Blue Devil dry land practice facility, where Olympic champion Greg Louganis will talk with local divers, coaches and fans.

Joe Giglio and Luke DeCock discuss prospects for the All ACC Team. (Staff video by Joe Giglio and Luke DeCock)