A record number of runners, more than 1,000, signed up for last Thursday's annual "BB" Gallop and Gorge 8K road race in Carrboro. But some of the same, familiar faces were first in.

Marc Jeuland of Carrboro was first overall, with a time of 25:30.53, and John Hinton of Chapel Hill was the top masters' male (and third overall) with his time of 26:34.07.

Chapel Hill's Tiffany Thompsen was the first female across the line (31:02.71) and Kim Certain of Chapel Hill (31:32.99) was topsw among masters' females.

For more about the annual race that caps the Cardinal Track Club's Le Tour de Carrboro, see Wednesday's edition of the Chapel Hill News.

In a sling

North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams is recovering after undergoing surgery on his left shoulder. Williams had surgery Tuesday to repair a torn labrum, an injury he sustained in early October when he slipped on a wet step at a golf course during a charity event. The surgery lasted 90 minutes and Williams returned home later in the day.

The 11th-ranked Tar Heels didn't practice Tuesday.

Williams will wear a sling on his left arm for about four weeks and undergo several months of rehabilitation. He is expected to coach from the sidelines today when he goes for his 600th career victory against Nevada.

Wildcats fall in Knightdale turnament

East Chapel Hill (2-1) lost for the first time this basketball season when Rocky Mount edged the Wildcats 86-85 in an overtime game played at Knightdale. Aaron Law led East Chapel Hill's scoring with 24 points, while Randall Davis and Ross Whisenant each had 17. Bryson Gibson, who had a game-high 17 Tuesday in an 82-19 blowout of Carrboro, chipped in 11.

"Usually, my team knows I get a little down after a loss, " East coach Ray Hartsfield said. "But I was surprisingly 'up' after this one. I told the players, we all had a lot of questions about ourselves before this game. Now we know we can play with the top teams in the state."

Led by 6-5 prospect Tashawn Mabry, Rocky Mount (1-0) is considered a contender for the 4-A state title this year.

Tar Heel women return to College Cup

Senior forward Casey No gueira recorded the fourth hat trick of her career to lead the third-ranked North Carolina women's soccer team to a 5-2 win Friday over ninth-ranked Wake Forest in the NCAA quarterfinals.

With the win, UNC (21-3-1) advances to the NCAA College Cup for the 25th time in the last 28 years. The Tar Heels will meet Notre Dame next Friday in the NCAA semifinals in College Station, Texas.

The Demon Deacons saw their season end with a 16-6-2 mark.

UNC finished the season undefeated at home, going 13-0 at Fetzer Field during the campaign. Playing before a crowd of 2, 914 at Fetzer Field, the Tar Heels jumped out to a 3-0 lead at halftime, outshooting the Demon Deacons 7-1 in the opening 45 minutes.

Carolina ended with a 13-7 edge in shots, and the Tar Heels scored five goals in their seven shots that were on frame.

Wake Forest's scoring broke a string of eight successive shutouts for the Tar Heels and ended a string of nearly 800 scoreless minutes put up by the UNC defense. Carolina had not allowed a goal in 798 minutes and 52 seconds since Beverly Goebel had tallied against the Tar Heels at the 80:11 mark of the match between the two teams on Oct. 25.

Nogueira now has 11 career multi-goal games, 54 goals and 136 career points -- in 14th place in Carolina history in all-time points.

UNC men host Hoosiers today in NCAAs

No. 5 seed North Carolina and Indiana will meet in the NCAA post-season for the third time this decade wheh they meet at 2 p.m. today on Fetzer Field.

Today's third-round winner will advance to the NCAA quarterfinals against Boston College or Drake.

Unbeaten in their last six games, the Tar Heels (14-2-3) are fresh off a 2-0 win over Brown in the second round, while Indiana has knocked off Louisville, 2-0, and Butler, 1-0, in the tourney's first two rounds.

The Tar Heels are ranked No. 4 by Soccer America and the NSCAA. Indiana is unranked.

Today marks the third postseason meeting of the decade between the two soccer powers, who have split their series 2-2, including a 1-1 split in NCAA play.