Volleyball: Aug. 27: v. Riverside: 21-25, 25-17, 25-13, 25-19, win. Soccer: Aug. 27: Sanderson 5-Chapel Hill 1 Cross Country: Aug. 29: The boys’ team placed first in the WNC XC Invitational with 55 points. Top finisher was Will Bunch (11th in the meet) at 16:42. The girls’ team placed third with 83 points. Top finisher…
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Carolina Central Golf Conference
Aug. 31: Northwood 126 Chapel Hill 134 East Chapel Hill 150 Cardinal Gibbons 168 Carrboro 177
Volunteer to be a coach
The Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department is accepting volunteer coaches’ applications for the 2009-10 Youth Basketball Program. Coaches must exhibit the ability to organize practices and communicate effectively with players, parents and rec department staff. They must also exhibit the ability to teach proper playing skills and fundamentals and proper sportsmanship and provide an enjoyable…
Children learning athletic sports skills
The Carrboro Recreation & Parks Department is sponsoring C.L.A.S.S. (Children Learning Athletic Sports Skills) soccer for kids and their parents. The program is designed for children 4 to 6 years old as of the start of the class. The goal of the program is to introduce the fundamentals of soccer to the participant and parent….
Sports briefs
High School Football, Aug. 21 Carrboro 26 – St. Paul’s 7 This week’s football game was a major milestone for the Jaguars, as it was the first home-game victory ever. Carrboro will hope to continue on its winning streak Friday, when it travels to play Orange High. Northwood 24 – East Chapel Hill 0 Northwood’s…
Teams gear up
By Beth Mechum Many local high schools are getting a shakeup in conference play this year. Carrboro is now part of the Carolina 9 and Chapel Hill is in the Carolina 6. Though conference rivalries are important in Orange County, cross-town rivalries often hold just the same importance, and women’s volleyball is one such example….
Ready for kickoff
Preps Preview: Football By Beth Mechum Staff Writer While a lot of high students spend their summers taking vacations or sleeping in, football players don’t have that luxury. Drills and weights in the early morning are followed by play-book sessions and scrimmages in the late evening. While that does leave a lot of time in…
In a conference all their own
By Beth Mechum Staff Writer High school women’s golf in Orange County finally found a home last year where the players could feel comfortable. Because East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill highs were the only women’s golf teams in the PAC-6 conference and Carrboro High and Northwood were the only teams in the Mid-State 2-A,…
LHS/CHS Hall of Fame
The 2009 inductees to the Chapel Hill High School and Lincoln High School Hall of Fame gathered Saturday at Chapel Hill High for a meal and a hearty round of applause. From left, the inductees are: • Woody Burns (1982) — Burns was named All-Conference in wrestling his junior and senior years and had a…
Disc golf course to open May 2
The Carrboro Parks Project will open a new disc golf course at Anderson Park off N.C. 54 on May 2. The project was approved by the Carrboro Board of Aldermen in March of last year. Since then, the Carrboro Parks Project has raised more than $10,000 to fully fund the disc golf course. Funds were…
Got time for one last quick look back at the season?
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist When Ed Davis announced last week that he would return to North Carolina for his sophomore year rather than jumping to the NBA, it added the final bold stroke on a season that already looked like a near-masterpiece for any serious follower of UNC basketball. What made this college basketball…
Hall of Fame Dinner
The Chapel Hill High School-Lincoln High School Hall of Fame Dinner will be held April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel Hill High cafeteria. This year’s inductees are Woody Burns, 1982, wrestling; Donald Clark, 1962, football; Edric Cotton, 1970, football; Danny Dunaway, 1988, football; Anne Frautschi, 1977, tennis; Ron Hodgkin, 1988, football; and Joe…
College sports seminar
The East Chapel Hill High School Athletic Booster Club will present “So You Want to Play a Sport in College?,†a seminar for high school students who are considering playing a sport in college and their parents, on May 4 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in the East Chapel Hill High School Media Center. The…
Tiger Open
The Chapel Hill High School Tiger Open will be held May 9 at the Challenge Golf Club in Graham. Registration will begin at 11 a.m., with a four-man shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. For more information or to be a sponsor, contact Patrick Marlatt at wvufootball95@gmail.com or 357-0236.
A meaningful journey
By Frank Heath Sports Columnist “North Carolina is going to win … the national championship!†Those words – uttered approximately four times now from the lips of the inimitable Voice of the Tar Heels, Woody Durham – are the signal for millions of fans of the UNC Tar Heels that the stars are once again…