MONDAY LOOKAHEAD: Playoff volleyball and soccer highlights m...

With the third week of October signaling fall sports playoffs, the focus shifts to NCHSAA, NCISAA and North Carolina Christian School Association action across soccer, volleyball and girls tennis, plus key football rivalry games. Wilson Prep and Sallie B. Howard play Friday, Oct. 23 for the 1-A ECAC championship, with both teams 3-0 in league play. Beddingfield hosts Kinston in its final home game as it looks for its first 2026 win under new coach Joshua Sims. Monday brings NCHSAA 5-A East Regional girls golf at Wedgewood Public Golf Course, and Tuesday features multiple volleyball second-round matches including home games for Hunt, Fike and C.B. Aycock in NCHSAA 5-A. The schedule also includes boys soccer and flag football tripleheaders.