Carolina

Volleyball hosts Virginia Tech, 1 p.m. Women's Soccer: ACC Tournament Championship, (at Cary's Wake Med Soccer Park) 2 p.m. Crew finishes up at the Head of the Chattahoochee Meet (on the Tennessee River, Chattanooga, Tenn.) All Day. Men's Tennis in ITA Individual Indoor (at New Haven, Conn.) All Day. Women's Tennis hosts Kitty Harrison Invitational, All Day, at the Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center. Wrestling in Hokie Open (at Blacksburg, Va.) All Day.

NOVEMBER 9

Carolina

Men's Basketball: UNC's junior varsity hosts Methodist and 4 p.m., and the UNC varsity opens its regular season with a home game against Florida International, coached by Isaiah Thomas, in a matchup that FIU originally tried to discourage, 7 p.m.

Preps

Booster Clubs: ECH Wildcat Club meeting, at East Chapel Hill High School Media Center, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 10

Carolina

Women's Basketball hosts Carson-Newman (exhibition), 7 p.m.

Powderpuff Football

The Wildcats of East Chapel Hill will host their annual Powderpuff football games, putting Junior and Senior females against each other and the younger classes, 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. at Wildcat Stadium.

NOVEMBER 11

Carolina

Men's Basketball: JV hosts Mount Olive, 6 p.m., and the Carolina Varsity hosts N.C. Central at 9 p.m.

Preps

Information please: Carrboro High School will host an informational meeting with coaches and the athletic director for all parents and students intersted in any winter sport at the school, 6:30 p.m. in the CHS Media Center.

NOVEMBER 12

Big 10-ACC Alumni Golf Challenge

The Governor Club's third annual match-play event, featuring alums of all the Big 10 and ACC schools, will be held Nov. 12 on the GCGC course, a Jack Nicklaus 27-hole beauty that winds through the wooded hills of North Chatham. Even non-golfers enjoy the spectacular view overlooking the Coastal Plain from Edwards Mountain.

Preps

Basketball: East Chapel Hill's boys and girls teams will play at Panther Creek, 7:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 13

Carolina

Women's Basketball hosts College of Charleston, 7 p.m. Volleyball at Maryland, 7 p.m. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament First Round (at campus sites, sub-regionals hosted by higher seeds) pairings TBD.

Preps

Football: NCHSAA Playoffs, 1st Round, pairings & sites TBA.

NOVEMBER 14

Carolina

Volleyball at Boston College, 7 p.m. Football hosts Miami, TBA. Cross Country in NCAA Regional Championships (at TBD) All Day.

Preps

Wrestling: East Chapel Hill at Granville Central invitational quads, 8 a.m. vs. Wildcat Wrestling - Granville Central

NOVEMBER 15

Carolina

Wrestling hosts UNC Quad Meet: UNC vs. Gardner-Webb at 11 a.m., American University at 1 p.m. & Bucknell at 3 p.m. JV Men's Basketball hosts Davidson County Community College, 1 p.m. Men's Varsity Basketball hosts Valparaiso, 4 p.m. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament Second Round (at campus sites) pairings TBD.

Go Fish

Carrboro Recreation will host a free fishing clinic for kids 15 and under from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Anderson Park. Kids can bring their own pole or borrow one from the rec department.

Preps

Basketball: Carrboro's boys and girls teams will play exhibition games in the Golden Hawk Jam at Holly Springs.

NOVEMBER 17

Carolina

JV Men's Basketball: UNC hosts Greensboro Dudley High School's varsity, 7 p.m.

NOVEMBER 18

Carolina

Women's Basketball hosts Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.

Preps

All Sports: East Chapel Hill High School fall sports banquet, ECHHS Cafe Commons, 6:30 p.m.

NOVEMBER 19

Carolina

Men's Basketball vs. Ohio State (at New York, N.Y.) 9:15 p.m. Swimming & Diving in Gamecock Invitational (at Columbia, S.C.) All Day.

Preps

Swimming: The varsity season gets off to fast start with the teams from Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill meeting in their annual exhibition, where the scores don't matter nearly as much as doing well against others who are often erstwhile teammates from club teams, starting at 5 p.m. in the Homestead Aquatic Center.

NOVEMBER 20

Carolina

Men's Basketball vs. California or Syracuse (at New York, N.Y.) TBA. Women's Soccer: NCAA Tournament Third Round (at Campus Sites) TBA NOVEMBER 21

Eve Carson 5K

The Eve Carson Memorial 5K road race is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 21, starting at 10 a.m. (registration opens at 8 a.m.) in front of South Building on UNC's campus. The event celebrates the leadership of former UNC Student Body President of Eve Carson, who was killed in 2008. For more, visit .

NOVEMBER 26

The B2G2

The "Double B" Gallop and Gorge 8K road race, starting from the Fleet Feet Carrboro Store at 8 a.m. on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 26, marks the last of three events in the Cardinal Track Club's ( www.cardinaltrack.com) Tour de Carrboro.

NOVEMBER 27

Skipping Spectacular

The Bouncing Bulldogs host their 20th annual North Carolina Rope Skipping Workshop and International Jump Rope Spectacular at East Chapel Hill High School, starting with a workshop at 10 a.m., a fundraising dinner and then the skills showcase at 7 p.m. For more information, see www.bouncingbulldogs.org/

NOVEMBER 28

Carolina

Football at North Carolina State, kickoff TBA.