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Moore redeems with stock-car finish

Craig Moore took advantage of a restart following a caution flag with less than 25 laps to go and raced to victory in the featured 75 lap late-model stock car race at Orange County Speedway on Saturday night. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Recreation Notes

Programs and events from the local recreational groups. Published: May. 4, 2013 5:00 PM | Full story

Silly name, serious game

Pickleball, which to many observers seems like a hybrid of several other court sports, is introduced at Chapel Hill Community Center Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Names & Notes

Phillips Middle School’s boys lacrosse team wrapped up their 2013 season with a victory Wednesday over McDougle, ending up undefeated at 9-0. Published: Apr. 30, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Wildcats win ninth straight

The N&O No. 1 Wildcats are the team to beat in the Triangle entering next week’s playoffs. A win against the Crusaders puts them 3-0 on the year against No. 2 Green Hope, No. 3 Gibbons and No. 4 Apex. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Briefly

Names and notes from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community and the surrounding area. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

East Chapel Hill finds its match at Carrboro

Ranked No. 5 by the N&O and No. 3 in the state, the 2A Jaguars score early but can’t keep 4A East Chapel Hill – their coach’s former team – from finding the equalizer in the second half. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Wildcats sweep Tigers

In a game quite different from this season’s first meeting of the cross-own rivals, East Chapel hill downs Chapel Hill 2-1 to earn its fifth straight win against the Tigers. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

It was as easy as 1-2-3 for Carrboro

Carrboro’s girls and Cedar Ridge’s boys win Carolina-12 track championships. Chapel Hill sweeps the Carolina-6 titles. Published: Apr. 27, 2013 12:50 PM | Full story

CHCC hosts junior championships

Local players dominate the finals of the junior tennis championships at Chapel Hill County Club, which drew entrants from across North Carolina. Published: Apr. 23, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Names & Notes

East Chapel Hill golfer Ben Griffin will be heading to Augusta this week to take part in the Junior Invitational at Sage Valley Golf Resort. Named the No. 1 junior tournament by Golfweek, the Sage Valley event features 54 international golfers in a three-day event (April 26-28), which will be televised by the Golf Channel. Published: Apr. 23, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Carrboro football player Brandon Hunter pursues college dream at App. State

Former Carrboro High football standout Brandon Hunter played in his first football game in two years on Saturday, when Appalachian State lined up at Kidd Brewer Field for its annual spring football game. Published: Apr. 23, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Dixie Rock 24 has entrants climbing the walls

The nation’s longest running climbing competiton returns to Chapel Hill Published: Apr. 23, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Suddenly, a road race seems like bravery

Lest anyone thinks Chapel Hill is above a link between violence and sports, all should be reminded we’ve had violence at events before — albeit not on the scale or significance of what happened at the Boston Marathon. Published: Apr. 20, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Kimball commits early to Carolina

Chapel Hill junior Alexandra Kimball is “relieved” after she puts an early end to speculation where she will play college soccer, committing last week to the University of North Carolina’s women’s program. Published: Apr. 20, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Chapel Hill wears down Carrboro

Chapel Hill, ranked No. 5 by the News & Observer and No. 6 in the 3A coaches’ poll, broke open what had been a 1-1 game Thursday with Carrboro with second-half goals by Alexandra Kimball, who committed this week as a junior to North Carolina, and junior Megan Dell. It was the Tigers’ third straight win of the week, including a 2-1 victory over Cardinal Gibbons and an 8-0 shutout of Orange. Published: Apr. 20, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Briefly

Names and notes from sports in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community and surrounding area. Published: Apr. 20, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Providing pre-senior leadership

Still a junior, Max Smith helps East Chapel Hill to a top-10 ranking and another PAC-6 championship. Published: Apr. 20, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Track season getting ‘serious’

The Chapel Hill High School girls’ team won the Orange County track and field championship for veteran head coach Ron Olsen, who founded the meet in 2003 and is retiring this year. East Chapel Hill won the boys’ championship. Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:06 PM | Full story

Different things to different people

Runners have all sorts of different reasons for entering Saturday’s Tar Heel 10-miler or Fleet Feet 4, the town’s biggest road races. They’re scheduled for Saturday morning in Chapel Hill. Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:05 PM | Full story

And they’re racing at Rougemont

Lawson, Hinesley both pick up right where they left off last year at the Orange County Speedway, winning their events in the first night of auto racing for 2013. Published: Apr. 16, 2013 7:04 PM | Full story

Names & Notes

Items from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro community and the surrounding area. Published: Apr. 13, 2013 6:00 AM | Full story

East gets some revenge

In the last game before East Chapel Hill goalkeeper Blakeney Blair leaves the team to move to Topsail Island, the Wildcats win 1-0 at Chapel Hill, avenging a 3-0 loss at home earlier this season. Published: Apr. 13, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Chapel Hill gains some ground on East

"Everybody says that East is the best team, and nobody is close to them." But Chapel Hill belied that statement about area lacrosse by dogging the Wildcats all night. Published: Apr. 13, 2013 6:00 AM | Full story

A big inning leads to big win

Sparked by seven runs in the sixth inning, East Chapel Hill picks up an important victory at Tiger Stadium. Published: Apr. 13, 2013 6:00 AM | Full story

Tigers fend of young Wildcats

After each team rallies late, Chapel Hill comes out on top for a big win that helps the Tigers maintain their momentum. Published: Apr. 13, 2013 6:00 AM | Full story

Local rec teams seek out a ‘Club Mead’

Like medieval warriors gathering in a great hall or a tavern to swap stories, today’s athletes still like to meet and socialize after ‘battles’ like road races, rugby matches, softball and kickball games, or even a hard workout. Published: Apr. 10, 2013 12:10 PM | Full story

Orange wins HIT, looking for more

Orange freshman right-hander Bryse Wilson shut out East Chapel Hill for the second time this year to help the Panthers win baseball’s Hilltop Invitational Tournament last weekend, while Chapel Hill High School finished third in its division. That just may have whetted the Panthers’ appetite. Published: Apr. 10, 2013 2:35 PM | Full story

Names & Notes

Following a year of remarkable success for Chapel Hill-Carrboro district schools, three local players have been named to the all-state basketball team as selected by ncpreps.com. Published: Apr. 10, 2013 12:09 PM | Full story

Racing’s 2013 season opens Saturday at OCS

Orange County Speedway will open its 2013 season on Saturday night, with a 100-lap event for late model stocks highlighting the first night’s races. Published: Apr. 10, 2013 12:07 PM | Full story

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