Top seeds advanced from the first round of the 3A Big Eight conference tournament Wednesday night on their home courts whittling the field down to four boys’ and four girls’ teams.
Chapel Hill High School hosts the Big Eight Conference tournament championship games Friday night, and WCHL will broadcast both the girls’ and boys’ matchups.
The Orange Football Panthers continue their quest for a state title with another meeting with Southern Durham Friday night in the third round of the 3AA State Playoffs.
If they defeat 8-2 Southern Durham Friday night, Head Coach Pat Moser’s boys will have run the gauntlet and completed a perfect regular season of play at 11-0.
“It’s a good experience. I’ve been working hard trying to get here, and now I’ve got the opportunity, and hopefully now I can just make the most of it,” Riley says.