Northwood got an early start to its baseball season last week with a 14-1 win Thursday over Southwest Randolph in a scrimmage game at the Chargers’ Ronald Horton Baseball Complex.
Published: Feb. 28, 2013 2:51 PM | Full story

NCHSAA Wrestling Championships: In wrestling, there’s strength in numbers. And Orange High School has the numbers – 10 qualifiers – heading toward Greensboro this week for the N.C. High School Athletics Association state championships. They’ll be joined by Chapel Hill’s Arthur Colson.
Published: Feb. 25, 2013 4:12 PM | Full story

Carolina-6 Basketball: Chapel Hill once again was in the finals of the Carolina-6 Conferences basketball tournament, with both the girls and boys teams playing in their respective championship games. The CHHS boys won their rematch with Webb, while the CHHS girls completed a sweep of conference opponents.
Published: Feb. 23, 2013 12:29 AM | Full story

Carolina-12 2A Basketball: Riding a 16-0 run in conference games this season, the Jaguars were looking to complete a sweep of all 2A opponents when they entered Friday night’s championship game in the conference tournament.
Published: Feb. 23, 2013 12:28 AM | Full story

Et Cetera: East Chapel Hill will miss the state playoffs after losing in the first round of the PAC-6 basketball tournament last eek.
Published: Feb. 23, 2013 12:30 AM | Full story

SPORTS BRIEFS: A roundup of what’s happening on the local sports scene.
Published: Feb. 23, 2013 12:31 AM | Full story

PAC-6 BASKETBALL: Both of East Chapel Hill's teams were eliminated Tuesday night in the PAC-6 basketball tournaments. In the girls' semifinals tonight at Northern Durham's Poe Gym, No. 1 Southern will face fifth-seeded Riverside and No. 3-seeded Jordan (14-9) will play second-seeded Hillside (20-4) at 7:30 p.m. The PAC-6 boys' semifinals will be Thursday at Northern. Northern also will host Friday's finals, with the girls playing at 6 p.m. and the boys to follow at 8 p.m.
Published: Feb. 20, 2013 3:09 PM | Full story

NCHSAA Wrestling: Rebounding after a defeat can be a difficult thing to do, especially when that defeat ends all hope of defending a state championship. But that is exactly the task that awaits the Orange High and Chapel Hill wrestling teams.
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Recreation: Dozens of young athletes aged four(ish) to nine take to the rink at the SportsPlex for the USA Hockey-sponsored “Try Hockey for Free” clinic.
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

There are not a lot of secrets to how Chapel Hill’s girls’ basketball team has become so dominant in the Carolina-6 this year. Among NCHSAA schools in the greater Triangle Area, Chapel Hill ranks No. 1 in both scoring offense (68.8 points a game) and defense (28.8).
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

High School Basketball: The NCHSAA changes its playoff format, trying to answer complaints from area coaches.
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

St. Paul 5K: The Saint Paul Village Community Walk and 5K Run will be held on March 2, starting at 8 a.m. at McDougle School. Go to www.stpaulamechapelhill.org and click on "Saint Paul Village 5K" to pre-register. For more information, contact St. Paul AME Church at 919-967-3961. Proceeds from the 5K will be given to the Inter-Faith Council and Orange Habitat for Humanity.
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

High School Basketball: Chapel Hill High School won a coin flip last weekend to make the Tigers the No. 1 seed in this week's Carolina-6 basketball tournament. That means Chapel Hill will be the host for all its games as long as it keeps winning. The Carolina-12 tournament begins Monday and the PAC-6 on Tuesday.
Published: Feb. 18, 2013 5:16 PM | Full story

Carolina-12 Basketball: The Jaguars were looking to lock up their first conference championship in basketball when they topped Cedar Ridge.
Published: Feb. 17, 2013 3:38 PM | Full story

Carolina-6 Basketball: Chapel Hill took on Cardinal Gibbons on Friday, with both the Tigers’ boys and girls teams looking to lock up conference basketball championships. Both won and enter this week’s Carolina-6 tournament with first-round byes.
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Protests continued last week against the Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA’s plans to remove the town’s last publicly accessible racquetball courts, as picketers appeared in the front of the YMCA’s building along Martin Luther King Blvd.
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

NCHSAA Wrestling: After finishing 1-2 in the Carolina-6 regular-season race, 11-time defending state champion Orange and Chapel Hill both fall in the opening rounds of the NCHSAA dual-team wrestling tournament.
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Sports Briefs: The YMCA has opened registration for its popular youth programs’ spring seasons and day camp.
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

NCHSAA Indoor Track Championships: Jon Beyle of East Chapel Hill and Cedar Ridge’s A.J. Tucker both hit personal bests in their respective events and won individual championships at the NCHSAA state indoor track meet last weekend in Winston-Salem.
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 6:00 AM | Full story

NCHSAA 2A/1A Swimming Championships: Led by a record-setting performance by Thomas Bilden and a first place by Justin Morrell, the Carrboro boys and girls teams came in second in the N.C. High School Athletics Associations 1A-2A state championship swim meet last weekend.
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Et Cetera: About a dozen family members and friends showed up Saturday at Cone-Kenfield Tennis Center to see East Chapel Hill alum Peter McDonald and Navy take on No. 23-ranked North Carolina in men’s tennis.
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 12:00 AM | Full story

Recreation: More women are taking part in a weight-training program at the YMCA, where they learn that resistance work has its advantages.
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

Your letters: Readers continue to comment on the YMCA’s plan to remove the town’s only public racquetball courts.
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

High School Basketball: Just the fact that UNC recruit Isaiah Hicks would be in the lineup was enough to draw a SRO crowd to Tiger Gym on Friday night. The fact that the game would decide the Carolina-6 championship almost seemed secondary.
Published: Feb. 9, 2013 4:08 PM | Full story

NCHSAA swimming & diving championships: Chapel Hill and East both expected to do well in the NCHSAA state championship swim meets last week in Cary. Both achieved top-10 finishes, while Easts Koya Osada and Chapel Hills Claire Deselm and her fellow relay swimmers recorded all-American times.
Published: Feb. 9, 2013 4:09 PM | Full story

Chapel Hill's Sherry Norris surpasses another '00' mark, this time in basketball, where she ranks among the top active coaches in North Carolina.
Published: Feb. 9, 2013 3:09 PM | Full story

‘National Signing Day’: Athletes from East Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill and Carrboro high schools signed on the dotted line last week, committing to various colleges on NCAA ‘National Signing Day.’ But that was just the beginning. The signing period goes on for weeks, and more local athletes may follow their classmates.
Published: Feb. 9, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

Carolina-6 wrestling: Two-time defending state champion Orange wins its 11th straight conference championship with a solid win at Chapel Hill. After finishing 1-2 in the Carolina-6, both teams are readying for Tuesday’s first rounds of the state dual-team tournament.
Published: Feb. 9, 2013 4:09 PM | Full story

Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA: After a closed meeting, the YMCA’s board of directors says it plans to conttinue on the path to remove the town’s only public racquetball courts, despite a temporary delay to review its options.
Published: Feb. 5, 2013 6:00 PM | Full story

High School Wrestling: A grueling season for high school wrestlers comes down to the final match tonight when Chapel Hill hosts defending 3A state titlist Orange in a battle to decide the Carolina-6 championship. The Tigers will recognize their seniors and parents in a short ceremony and then take to the mats at 6:30 p.m.
Published: Feb. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story

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