Carrboro's one-two punch of Samantha Burch and Kylie Tawney has helped the Jaguars get within one game of a return to the N.C. High School Athletic Association state championship final.Published: May. 22, 2012 12:00 AM | Full story
Leesville Road coach Paul Dinkenor likes to remind people that the Pride is "not a one-player" girls soccer team. But he’s also a graduate of Cambridge University and smart enough to know quality when he sees it, and an All-American like Caroline Gentry is a quality player.Published: May. 19, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
ROANOKE RAPIDS Led by a near-golden match by freshman Max Fritsch, Carrboro High School's tennis team hit new heights as a program when the Jaguars reached the N.C. High School Athletic Association dual-team tournament's East Region finals.Published: May. 19, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Playing at home Wednesday night, Chapel Hill got goals from Meagan Dell, Fran Reuland and Maria Miggs as it rolled to a 3-1 win over Northern Guilford in a third-round game in the N.C. High School Athletic Association 3A girls soccer playoffs.Published: May. 19, 2012 8:00 PM | Full story
For 20 seconds last week, East Chapel Hill could have considered itself equal to the No. 1 girls lacrosse team in the N.C. High School Athletic Association.Published: May. 19, 2012 12:00 AM | Full story
At Southern Pines’ Longleaf Golf and Country Club last week, Cedar Ridge carded a 659 total and Carrboro came in at 671 for eighth and 10th place, respectively, in the NCHSAA 2A men’s golf championship.Published: May. 19, 2012 6:00 PM | Full story
CHHS coach Ron Olsen and his counterpart from Cardinal Gibbons had been comparing notes all Saturday afternoon at the Reid Ross school track in Fayetteville, and both of them figured the girls’ meet as a dead heat.Published: May. 16, 2012 1:57 PM | Full story
N.C. High School Athletic Association Track & Field: This may be getting to be old hat for Carrboro, but for Cedar Ridge the experience was brand new.Published: May. 16, 2012 1:13 PM | Full story
A major milestone will be marked this weekend when alumni and friends of Rainbow Soccer gather for a reunion to observe the 40th year of youth soccer in Chapel Hill.Published: May. 16, 2012 2:33 PM | Full story
Chapel Hill and Athens Drive hadn’t met in boys lacrosse since 2007. But the Jaguars knew plenty about their opponents in the N.C. High School Athletic Association state playoffs last week.Published: May. 16, 2012 12:57 PM | Full story
Three girls lacrosse players from Chapel Hill High School have been named Academic All American for the 2012 season: Meredith Clendaniel on attack and defenders Rachel Baker and Caroline Coyle.Published: May. 16, 2012 1:06 PM | Full story
Sydney Holman set up created and scored the only goal in the second half, and that was just enough for East Chapel Hill in its 10-9 dramatic win in the third round of the N.C. High School Athletic Association girls lacrosse playoffs.Published: May. 16, 2012 2:33 PM | Full story
Playing Thursday after heavy rains postponed an earlier match, the Wildcats use ‘about three’ of their nine lives to escape a No. 5 seed in the NCHSAA soccer tournament’s first round.Published: May. 13, 2012 11:11 AM | Full story
Etcetera: Northwood and South Granville, tied for first at the end of the Carolina-12 baseball season, opted to play a third game in the Durham Athletic Park. That lent a special air to the game.Published: May. 13, 2012 10:53 AM | Full story
NCHSAA Boys Lacrosse: Brent Voelkel, like any coach, is responsible for making sure his team is as ready as possible for any upcoming game. Any emotional gaps are closed by team captains. Those captains include his own son -- Tommy Voelkel.Published: May. 13, 2012 10:52 AM | Full story
Chapel Hill High School’s Ultimate Frisbee team won the 2012 North Carolina High School State Championship tournament in Greenville last month.Published: May. 9, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
Track regionals: Coming off a strong performance in the PAC-6 Conference meet last week, East Chapel Hill heads into this weekend’s NCHSAA track & field regionals as with several athletes favored to qualify for the state championships.Published: May. 9, 2012 7:00 PM | Full story
In 2003, one of the founding members of the Trailheads ruminated over just what it was that drew the entourage together for group runs. Coffee, he said, was the most important thing.Published: May. 9, 2012 5:30 PM | Full story
Quite frankly, Tigers don't like to share. They defeated East Chapel Hill in an extra playoff game to decide the conference's race, and to see who gets the No. 1 seed in the NCHSAA tournament.Published: May. 5, 2012 8:00 PM | Full story
Carolina 3A Conference Baseball: Matt Wayne, pinch-running for Kevin Elefante after the CHHS outfielder singled in the top of the seventh, stole second and later stole home with what proved to be the winning run in the Tigers’ pursuit of another Carolina Conference championship.Published: May. 9, 2012 5:31 PM | Full story
Hannah Blackburn was a triple-winner for Chapel Hill, but it was depth and some surprising finishes that helped the Tigers sweep the boys’ and girls’ track-and-field championships at Cardinal Gibbons High School. The same day in Durham, Sam Miner took first places in three events to lead East Chapel Hill to another PAC-6 track & field championship.Published: May. 5, 2012 8:00 PM | Full story
One of the best spring soccer seasons in years for local high schools — with each winning its conference’s championship — came to a fitting end last Thursday, with Chapel Hill and East Chapel Hill meeting head-to-head in the last match for both before they enter this week’s NCHSAA playoffs.Published: May. 5, 2012 8:00 PM | Full story
Northwood finally got to South Granville all-star Matt Fuhr last week, tagging him with six hits and three runs in a crucial fifth inning as the Chargers won 3-2 Tuesday in Pittsboro.Published: May. 10, 2012 1:27 PM | Full story
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A fifth-grader at St. Thomas More School, Jeffrey Marcin of Chapel Hill won the 10-year-old division of the Knights of Columbus Free Throw Shooting Championship of North Carolina.
