The UNC women’s gymnastics team will hold its annual Blue & Pink meet on Feb. 14 at newly renovated Carmichael Auditorium. The Tar Heels will take on the University of Maryland in a special meet that includes a cancer-awareness health fair benefiting the Get REAL & HEEL program. The cancer-awareness fair will be held in…
Category: Sports
Carrboro spring league registration
The Carrboro Recreation and Parks Department will be sponsoring a spring baseball program for ages 6-12, a middle school baseball league for ages 13-14 and a girls’ volleyball program for ages 10-13. Registration for these programs is underway at the Carrboro Century Center. The fee is $55 for Orange County residents and $92 for non-residents….
UNC Notes
Frank Heath In college basketball, how quickly paradigms can shift. As recently as two weeks ago, ESPN announcers had the UNC basketball team penciled in for a slot in the NCAA Elite Eight. Now, following early league losses to Clemson and Georgia Tech, the Tar Heels found themselves battling for their postseason lives Wednesday night,…
UNC NOTES
Frank Heath The North Carolina men’s basketball team regained a measure of its confidence Sunday, with a sure-footed 78-64 win over Virginia Tech, in which the Tar Heels pulled away with a strong overall second-half performance. Carolina was led by forward Ed Davis and point guard Larry Drew, a pair of sophomores whose contributions will…
Frank Heath Football … Early during the Meineke Bowl matchup between North Carolina and Pittsburgh, fans watching the game were treated to two spectacles in succession – both courtesy of UNC wide receiver running back Greg Little. On the field, Little made perhaps Carolina’s most sensational offensive play of the season, out leaping a couple…
Carrboro swim results
On Thursday, Dec. 10 at the Triangle Sportsplex, the Carrboro High School Jaguar swimmers won meets against Raleigh Charter and Cedar Ridge. The Jaguar women won every event. Winners included the Women’s 200 Medley Relay, Emily Tysinger (2)*******, Katie Furey (2), Rosie Scanga, Carrie Hamilton (2), the Women’s 200 Freestyle Relay, Claire Peterman and the…
Footbal playoffs
The state playoffs for football begin Friday, Nov. 13. In 2-A, Carrboro (4-7) will play at East Bladen (11-0). In 3-A, Chapel Hill (5-6) will play at West Brunswick (7-3).
Carrboro women’s cross country wins state championship
Cross Country Results Women’s 2-A Carrboro won the 2-A women’s team title with 45 points, while Newport Croatan was second with 88 and North Lincoln third with 125, followed by Salisbury (140) and Black Mountain Charles D. Owen (162).
Rum’s ready to Rumble
By John Holt, Correspondent From Alexandria, Va. to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Baltimore, Md., Matt Rum has grown and exceled in each spot. A Chapel Hill resident from 1995 to 2005, Rum attended McDougle elementary and middle schools before moving to Baltimore. He now has earned a full scholarship and will play basketball at…
Local teams run in county-wide race
By Charlie Tyson, Staff Writer Chapel Hill High School dominated at the Orange County Cross Country Championships Oct 10, with both its varsity boys and girls winning their races by substantial margins. Runners from Chapel Hill High, Carrboro High, Cedar Ridge High, Orange High and East Chapel Hill High faced off at the meet. East…
Field hockey season intense
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Typically, field hockey powerhouses are located in northeast cities. New York and Massachusetts are havens for field hockey successes. But teams in Chapel Hill have worked hard to have their names included in such discussions. East Chapel Hill High and Chapel Hill High are consistently fighting for North Carolina state…
Young coaches looking to compete
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer This season’s local men’s high school soccer programs bring long-standing tradition and young blood to what should be a competitive season. Chapel Hill High School has local soccer legend Ron Benson at the helm, while Carrboro High School and East Chapel Hill have two young guns ready to make a…
Area cross country teams set to compete
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer Orange County has always been a place where runners flourish. There are a number of races (both road and trail), enough teams where anyone can find a place and even a local running celebrity – former Olympian Joan Nesbit Mabe. It’s therefore fitting that there will be an Orange County…
Carrboro High Scores:
Football: Aug. 28: Orange 28–Carrboro 7 Soccer: Aug. 31: Chapel Hill 3–Carrboro 0 Carrboro set the pace for most of the game but was unable to score. Two goals by Chipper Root and another by Alex Steiner sealed the deal for the Tigers. Field Hockey: Aug. 28: Chapel Hill 4-Carrboro 1
East Chapel Hill High Scores:
Football: Aug. 28: Cardinal Gibbons34–East 7 Field Hockey: Aug. 27: East 2–Forsyth County Day 0 Soccer: Aug. 27: East 3-Durham Academy 0 Chris Jaques scored all three goals for the Wildcats, rounding out a week in which he scored five overall.