East Chapel Hill's Jon Beyle says he'll "take a couple of days off" before getting back to work on his form for outdoor track season, which began official practices this week along with all other NCHSAA spring sports.

Beyle more than earned a break after his mark of 56 feet, 2.5 inches in winning the shot put event in last Saturday's NCHSAA indoor track championships.

"My main goal going in was to get the win, and I did," he said. "I was hoping for 58 feet, but 56 is still a PR (personal record,) so I can't complain."

He got a bit of extra motivation when Jalen Peterkin of East's conference rival Southern Durham hit 53-5.25.

"That kind of scared me a little bit," Beyle said. "He was talented enough to get 56 (feet), I thought."

Entering a limited lineup for the NCHSAA indoor championship, East Chapel Hill finished 11th of 40 teams.

Sam Miner helped with is fourth place in the 3,200 meters with his time of 9:42.6.

Tournaments under way

Play has begun in this week's conference basketball tournaments for the PAC-6, Carolina-6 and Carolina-12.

In the PAC-6, East Chapel Hill girls' and boys' teams both were seeded No. 5.

If they won Monday, the girls would play tonight and the boys Thursday night in semifinals.

The PAC-6 finals are Friday at Durham Hillside, 6 p.m. (girls) and 8 p.m. (boys ).

If the top-seeded Chapel Hill girls team wins its 6 p.m. semifinal tonight at home, then CHHS would host both the Carolina-6 and girls' (6 p.m.) and boys ' (7:30 p.m.) finals Friday.

Otherwise, both finals are at the highest surviving girls seed.

The No. 1 and undefeated CHHS boys host either No. 5 Northern Vance or No. 4-seeded Orange at 7:30 tonight.

Carrboro, Cedar Ridge and Northwood are all in the Carolina-12's 2A bracket.

Carrboro's No. 2-seeded boys host either No. 6 South Granville or No. 3 Granville Central at 7 tonight.

The Carrboro girls needed to beat South Granville on Monday for a chance at play at No. 1 Northwood at 7 p.m. tonight.

The Carolina-12 finals will be at Granville Central on Friday - girls at 6 p.m. and the boys at 7:30 p.m.

Check out newsobserver.com for the latest results, including Tuesday's scores, and blogs.newsobserver.com/prepsnow/ for complete pairings and times.