Chapel Hill and Orange are setting up for major showdown in Carolina-6 wrestling tonight in Hillsborough. Both teams are 4-0 in conference dual matches, so tonight's 6:30 meeting is the de facto conference championship.Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
SUMMER CAMPS: Registration for Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation's summer camp programs begins Feb. 6 for county residents and Feb. 20 for others. See chapelhillparks.org or call 968-2784 for more information.Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Most board meetings are as exciting as a bowlful of broccoli. But a recent "board meeting" on the YMCA's hardwood gymnasium floors meant an evening of fun, fundraising and a zesty helping of Zumba.Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Chapel Hill will head into this weekend's N.C. High School Athletic Association swimming and diving regionals after finishing strong in the Carolina-6 3A Conference meet last week in Cary.Published: Feb. 1, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Coming into the annual PAC-6 conference championship, East Chapel Hill High swim coach Lyn Smith knew that to come out on top, she needed more than just her superstars to shine.Published: Jan. 29, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
The realignment committee of the N.C. High School Athletic Association heard about 20 schools' presentations related to realignment at the Murphy Center at East Carolina on Tuesday, but none offered a solution that would please all of the NCHSAA 4A members in eastern North Carolina.Published: Jan. 29, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Chapel Hill continues as No. 1 in the major rankings of the N.C. 3A classification's boys basketball teams and No. 1 in the News & Observer's Triangle rankings.Published: Jan. 29, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Recreation: The Roman god Janus was a deity of transitions, with two faces looking to the future and the past. Mid- to late-January, a month named for Janus, can be a two-edged sword when it comes to keeping promises to get fit.Published: Jan. 25, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
YMCA SPORTS: The Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA has opened registration for Youth Basketball. Y leagues include coed Pre-Kindergarten and K-1, plus separate boys and girls divisions for grades 2-3, 4-5 and 6-8.Published: Jan. 18, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Isaiah Hicks could make Oxford Webb the team to beat in the Carolina 3A Conference, but for now that team remains No. 1 Chapel Hill.Published: Jan. 22, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
Former CHHS state champion Corey Mock, now wrestling at 157 pounds for the University of North Carolina, has been named the Atlantic Coast Conference Wrestler of the Week after posting a 3-0 record in last weekend's Virginia Duals at Hampton, Va.Published: Jan. 22, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
New University of North Carolina football coach Larry Fedora and his staff have received commitments from three high school recruits, including one who had committed to Fedora when he was the head coach at Southern Miss and another who had committed previously to East Carolina.Published: Jan. 22, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
A two-sport standout for Carrboro High School, Roach spent last weekend at the convention of the National Soccer Coaches of America, where he received recognition as a scholar all-American.Published: Jan. 18, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
When the local running group "The TrailHeads" first staged the Little River Trail Runs in northern Orange County in January 2006, nearly 300 runners entered into the rite of midwinter madness.Published: Jan. 18, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
The Garrett Young-Wright Fan Club met in open session last week, giving throaty voice to its pleasure in how well undefeated and No. 1-ranked Chapel Hill has been playing basketball.Published: Jan. 18, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
East Chapel Hill sophomore Ben Griffin has been named to the Carolinas Golf Association's the All-Carolinas team along with Carson Young and Will Starke of South Carolina.Published: Jan. 18, 2012 2:00 AM | Full story
