MAY 8

CAROLINA -- Women's Golf in NCAA West Regional, at Lincoln Hills Golf Club in Sacramento, Calif. The regional runs through Saturday, at which time the top eight teams plus the top two individuals not on those eight teams will advance on to the NCAA Championship, May 20-23 at the University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course in Albuquerque, N.M. Softball vs. Virginia in ACC Championship Tournament first round, 3 p.m. (Tournament continues through Sunday, at College Park, Md.)


MAY 9

CAROLINA --Baseball at Virginia, 6 p.m. Track & Field hosts Taylor Cattle Farm Carolina Classic, at Belk Track, All Day. Women's Golf in NCAA West Regionals (in Sacramento, Calif) All Day.

PREPS -- Baseball: NCHSAA state playoffs begin, first-round pairings and sites TBD. (See www.newsobserver.com for pairings.) Tennis: NCHSAA individual regionals, opening rounds; Amir Najamabadi of Carrboro and other 2-A participants at Greene Central High School, beginning at 2 p.m. Multiple East Chapel Hill and CHHS players at 4-A regionals at Raleigh's Sanderson High School. (4-A was moved from original site at Cary.) Track & Field: NCHSAA 2-A state championships at N.C. A&T State University's Belk Track in Greensboro, All Day. Boys Lacrosse: NCHSLA Playoffs, second round.


MAY 10

CAROLINA -- Baseball at Virginia, 6 p.m. Men's Lacrosse in NCAA First Round: Navy at No.4-seed North Carolina at 7:30 p.m. Women's Golf in NCAA West Regionals (in Sacramento, Calif) All Day. Men's Tennis vs. South Carolina State in the NCAA Tournament Regionals, at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center, 10 a.m.

PREPS --Tennis NCHSAA individual regionals, championship rounds: 2-A participants at Greene Central High School; 4-A participants at Raleigh's Sanderson High School. Track & Field: NCHSAA 4-A state championships at N.C. A&T State University's Belk Track in Greensboro, prelim heats beginning at 10 a.m.


MAY 11

CAROLINA -- Baseball at Virginia, 1 p.m. Women's Lacrosse vs. Virginia in ACC Tournament, (at Charlottesville) 1 p.m.


MAY 12

PREPS -- Golf: NCHSAA State Championships, first rounds.


MAY 13

PREPS -- Golf: NCHSAA State Championships, final rounds. Tennis: NCHSAA District Dual-Team championships, pairings and sites TBD. Baseball: NCHSAA state playoffs, second rounds, parings TBD. Softball: NCHSAA state playoffs, first rounds, parings TBD.

CAROLINA -- Baseball hosts Winthrop in the last non-conference game and last home of the regular season (at Cary Baseball Center), 6 p.m.


MAY 14

PREPS -- Boys Lacrosse: NCHSLA Playoffs, state semifinals.


MAY 16

CAROLINA RAILHAWKS -- the newest member of the W-League plays the first of seven home soccer games, hosting the Atlanta Silverbacks at 7:30 p.m. at WakeMed Soccer Park. For more information, see www.carolinarailhawks.com or call the box office at 859-5425.

PREPS -- Tennis NCHSAA Individual State Championships, Round of 16 and quarterfinals. Baseball: NCHSAA state playoffs, third rounds, parings TBD. Softball: NCHSAA state playoffs, second rounds, parings TBD.


MAY 17

PREPS -- Tennis NCHSAA Individual State Championships, semis and state finals. Boys Lacrosse: NCHSLA state championships, at Duke university.


JUNE 7

YOUTH FISHING RODEO -- This free annual event for ages 3-15 years old (it's okay, your parents can come) attracts hundreds to the big pond at Bob Strayhorn's Farm, located between Chapel Hill and Hillsborough off NC 86 and New Hope Church Road. Rec departments will be on hand to provide bait and advice to little anglers 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The rain date is 1 p.m. June 8.