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Is UNC ready for prime time yet?

Butch Davis has wanted the exposure of showing Kenan Stadium to a Thursday-night ESPN audience since he arrived in Chapel Hill more than two years ago. Now the question is whether or not he must be careful what he wishes for in the future. Published: Oct. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

ECH loses former stars

Former East Chapel Hill and Princeton lacrosse goalie Peter Curtin died Oct. 10 after he collapsed near the end of the Baltimore Marathon. Published: Oct. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Sports Briefs

Notes from area sports. Published: Oct. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Upcoming

The week's sports events. Published: Oct. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Scoreboard

Preps Published: Oct. 18, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

A run on the Ramblin' Roses

Recreation - Randy Young: Have pity on the poor husbands and boyfriends that forgot a birthday or anniversary this past Sunday and went out on a last-minute search of roses. It was likely pretty slim pickins at local florists. Published: Oct. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

And a youth shall lead them

If someone had remembered to bring enough place cards for all the runners, Saturday's inaugural Orange County Cross-Country Championships would have been just about perfect. Published: Oct. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Things get more serious now

Viewpoint - Eddy Landreth: Separating truth from hope is the big task this week for Carolina football. Hopeful: Carolina clobbered Ga. Southern. Fact: Fla. State is coming to town. Published: Oct. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Sports BRIEFS

Smith Middle School has a big OPAC football showdown Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., when John French's 4-1 Cyclones host Phillips. The Falcons are 3-1 under first-year head coach Eugene Privott. Published: Oct. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Upcoming

East Chapel Hill homecoming and UNC's 'Fall World Series' for baseball highlight the week's activities. Published: Oct. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Scoreboard

ACC and Prep Football, plus pairings for Carrboro's Co-Rec Softball tournament. Published: Oct. 14, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Crusaders sack Chapel Hill

In its final regular-season game as a 4-A school, Chapel Hill trounced Jordan and clinched a share of the PAC-6 title. Things couldn't have been more different in the Tigers first 3-A Carolina-9 Conference game. Published: Oct. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Not too far a reach

Viewpoint - Eddy Landreth: The last time we saw the University of North Carolina basketball team play, there was dancing in the streets of Chapel Hill and dancing on the floor of Ford Field in Detroit, after Carolina won its fifth NCAA title by defeating Michigan State 89-72. Published: Oct. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Baskir medals at Great American race

East Chapel Hill's Carolyn Baskir showed she had the stuff to compete with the nation's best high school cross-country runners last weekend, when she recorded the second-fastest time ever run on the WakeMed Soccer Park course and won the girls Race of Champions in The Great American Cross Country Festival. Published: Oct. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Upcoming

Carolina baseball's 'Fall World Series' highlights the week's list of games around Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Published: Oct. 11, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

'Cats bring home a title

The East Chapel Hill JV Field Hockey team won the 4th annual UNCG Center for Women's Health & Wellness JV Field Hockey Tournament in Greensboro. Plus other items from Chapel Hill and Carrboro sports. Published: Oct. 7, 2009 3:04 PM | Full story

Everything old is new again

Recreation - Randy Young: For a race that has changed so much over the years, the Cardinal Track Club's Carrboro 10K has taken on a look that's quite familiar. Published: Oct. 7, 2009 3:00 PM | Full story

Make no mistake about it

Viewpoint - Eddy Landreth: Butch Davis is going to build a consistent winner at North Carolina. Published: Oct. 7, 2009 2:57 PM | Full story

Georgia Southern at North Carolina

Georgia Southern visits Chapel Hill Saturday for the first college football game ever played between these two schools. Published: Oct. 7, 2009 2:15 PM | Full story

Upcoming

A calendar of events for the Chapel Hill-Carrboro area, featuring Sunday's Hispanic Tennis Carnival at Wilson Park, 4-6 p.m. Free racquets go to the first 30 kids (ages 5-18) who are registered. Plus more ... Published: Oct. 7, 2009 3:05 PM | Full story

Scoreboard

Complete results for prep football and other sports. Published: Oct. 7, 2009 3:06 PM | Full story

October could be fun

Viewpoint - Eddy Landreth: The magical time of the year is almost here ... i.e., when football season and basketball season overlap in Chapel Hill. Published: Oct. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Pirates nip East Chapel Hill

On the Friday night he was named homecoming king, Riverside's Chauncey Burgess ran for 137 yards and a touchdown while fellow senior Phillip Jones added 103 yards and two touchdowns as Riverside held off East Chapel Hill 28-17 at Wrenn Stadium. Published: Oct. 4, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Tigers retain Hodgin Cup

Plenty of coaches would be happy to go 6-0 against their cross-town rival. After Friday night, it's doubtful any of them could possibly be happier than Issac Marsh. Published: Sep. 20, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

CPYFL hones local football talent for Chapel Hill & Carrboro

Recreation - Randy Young: Legendary Ohio State Buckeye football Coach Woody Hayes was famous for his "three yards and a cloud of dust." In Carrboro recently, it's been more like three yards and clump of mud" for youth football. But it's been working. Published: Sep. 30, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Two in a row for the Tigers

Who would have believed that the first football game played between Chapel Hill and Carrboro high schools would be one giant role reversal? Published: Sep. 27, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

CHHS field hockey tops East Chapel Hill

It wouldn't be right to call it an "upset." Published: Sep. 27, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Chapel Hill women finish atop mountain relay

The top three women's teams at this year's 211-mile Blue Ridge Relay were all from Chapel Hill, led by the Sisterhood of the Traveling Bracelet. Published: Sep. 20, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Can Carolina seize the initiative?

Eddy Landreth - Viewpoint: North Carolina's hiring of Butch Davis and the ensuing resurgence of the program could not have been timed much better. Published: Sep. 27, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

Chapel Hill volleyball on a hot streak

Chapel Hill volleyball has been winning at a torrid pace since its lone league loss to Cardinal Gibbons earlier this month. The Tigers have won six matches since then, and they won five matches in six days, dating back to Sept. Published: Sep. 27, 2009 2:00 AM | Full story

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