Prep Basketball: East Chapel Hill's narrow loss to league-leading Northern Durham in PAC-6 action was the lone game played in town last week before snow -- or the threat of it -- caused several games to be rescheduled.
Published: Feb. 8, 2010 11:11 AM | Full story
More than a dozen athletes from Carrboro, Cedar Ridge, CHHS, East Chapel Hill and Northwood committed to NCAA schools and teams on 'National Signing Day.'
Published: Feb. 8, 2010 11:23 AM | Full story
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The effects of last weekend's winter storm has spilled over into this week and beyond, forcing the NCHSAA to cancel some post-season swim meets and move others.
Published: Feb. 7, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
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Viewpoint: A month ago, many a football fan would gladly have taken the class of 21 players coach Butch Davis signed on Wednesday for the university of North Carolina. But Davis wanted, and got, more.
Published: Feb. 7, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
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Co-Rec Softball: Carrboro's adult co-rec softball league will play on Tuesdays and Thursdays from late-March through mid-June. Each team will play 1-2 games per week, followed by a double-elimination tournament.
Published: Feb. 7, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
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Randy Young - Recreation: About 75 percent of the Earth's surface is covered by water. At birth, babies' bodies are 75 percent water. It's only natural to look to water for improving health and fitness.
Published: Feb. 3, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Weather has forced CHHS and East Chapel Hill to reschedule several basketball events. ... Cresset Christian Academy’s boys’ basketball team is flying high. ... UNC freshman Carly Smith sets a record ... Wiscosin's Jack Bolas tries to help on another. ... Matthew Villemain has a personal best in the shot put. ... Plus more.
Published: Feb. 3, 2010 12:29 PM | Full story
Kids had a four-day weekend during which they could play in the snow to their hearts content ... or until their wet feet and fingers grew numb ... whichever came first. Play time ended Wednesday morning, with a two-hour delay, for the return to school.
Published: Feb. 3, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Eddy Landreth - Viewpoint: The celebration for 100 years of basketball at the University of North Carolina is turning into a funeral march for a team that is burying itself deeper almost each night out.
Published: Feb. 3, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Softball, baseball, volleyball and tennis are just some of the offerings.
Published: Feb. 3, 2010 2:38 PM | Full story
Results from weekend events.
Published: Feb. 3, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Chapel Hill defeated Orange for the Tigers' third straight win, but weather abruptly ended the week's basketball schedule
Published: Feb. 1, 2010 1:20 PM | Full story
BRIEFS:: All Orange High and Cedar Ridge athletic events planned for Friday and Saturday were postponed, due to the inclement weather this weekend. The postponements included all basketball and wrestling events, as well as all practices.
Published: Jan. 31, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Eddy Landreth - Viewpoint: Unranked in the Top 25 for the first time in four years, North Carolina played with poise and toughness in defeating N.C. State 77-63 last Tuesday night in Raleigh.
Published: Jan. 31, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
W.E. Warnock - Etcetera: Most people who consider themselves North Carolinians probably are unaware of the state's high value placed on modesty and service from public leaders. The NCHSAA's Charlie Adams has those qualities -- and many others -- in abundance.
Published: Jan. 31, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
SWIMMER GIVES 'EXTRA EFFORT': East Chapel Hill High School swimmer Dania Marinshaw, who's been winning meets since she was 5 years old, receives WRAL-TV's 'Extra Effort' award from broadcaster Tom Suiter.
Published: Jan. 27, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
UNC baseball's dinner and fund-raising event is among those pushed back. All local high events on hold, as well.
Published: Jan. 28, 2010 1:02 PM | Full story
It might sound a little like family therapy for defiant kids, but Carrboro Rec's Parent-Child Challenge last weekend was all about basketball skills.
Published: Jan. 27, 2010 4:16 PM | Full story
How do you grow a baseball?
Recreation - by Randy Young
Published: Jan. 27, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Eddy Landreth - Viewpoint: The second part of what is a year-round college football season is in full gear, and coaching staffs around the country are busy as "National Signing Day" arrives.
Published: Jan. 27, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Chapel Hill High School has an unusually busy home schedule for midweek, including three basketball games in four days and the Bob Mauldlin Wrestling invitational this weekend.
Published: Jan. 27, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
A look ahead at what's coming in sports events. Split times are JV / Varsity, except as noted.
Published: Jan. 27, 2010 3:06 PM | Full story
For a basketball team that had some trouble navigating road trips earlier, East Chapel Hill is beginning to master the ins and outs of away games this season in the Piedmont Athletic Conference.
Published: Jan. 24, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Elliott Warnock - Etcetera: Apparently, some sort of election was held recently up in New England. No matter what the pundits and politicracy say, sports fans know the real reason things turned out the way they did.
Published: Jan. 24, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Ask the doctor: Q: I am 66 years old and everything is working well, with one exception. That exception is my hearing. I go to a restaurant and can't hear the waitress's recitation of the specials. Or, I have to ask my wife to repeat frequently.
Published: Jan. 27, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Eddy Landreth - Viewpoint: A glance at the ACC basketball standings is so startling that you have to stop and rub your eyes for a moment.
Published: Jan. 24, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Carrboro's swim teams remained undefeated in dual meets so far this season, with both the boys' and girls' squads improving to 10-0 last week. Meanwhile, the Carrboro basketball players are helping with Haitian relief. Plus other items from area sports.
Published: Jan. 24, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Chapel Hill 77, Webb 68 - and other results from last week's sports events.
Published: Jan. 24, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Randy Young - Recreation:As Americans await the return of happier economic times, athletes have staved off depression with patience, prudence, optimism, and, as fate would have it, exercise.
Published: Jan. 20, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
Olympic Bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan, the ex-UNC star now living in Pittsboro, smashed the course record Sunday in Houston at the Aramco Half-Marathon Championship. Running 1:09:41, Flanagan broke the previous record by one minute, 14 seconds.
Published: Jan. 20, 2010 2:00 AM | Full story
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Prepsters make their choices
Wednesday was National Signing Day, the first time that high school athletes from fall sports can officially commit to an NCAA Div. I school. For the latest on all signings, see www.newsobserver.com or print editions of the News & Observer. Once you're on the web page, you can check out the new "HeadtoHead" pages about UNC vs. Duke, and all of Robbi Pickeral's coverage of Carolina basketball and football.
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