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High school sports reports

Posted on November 11, 2010November 11, 2010 by Staff

By Henry Gargan
Staff Writer

FOOTBALL

Pasquotank 41- Carrboro 38

Heartbreak has been the name of the game for the Carrboro football team lately. Last Friday’s squeaker of a loss to Pasquotank compounded the misery induced by the slim defeats of the last few weeks, all of which were decided in the final minutes of play. Pasquotank (6-5) of the Northeastern Coastal Conference pulled off its own late-game comeback to defeat the visiting Jaguars, who had earlier in the day made the lengthy journey to Elizabeth City.

Carrboro finishes the season with a 2-2 conference record, despite winning more games this year (eight) than the cumulative total of the previous three years. The Jaguars will look to put the torment of recent weeks behind them this Friday as they begin playoff action against Whiteville.

Orange 14 – Chapel Hill 11

Chapel Hill dropped a head-scratcher of a game to Orange last Friday, plunging their record to 4-7. The NCHSAA brackets, released on Sunday, have them out of playoff contention.

For better or worse, Chapel Hill (4-7, 1-4 Carolina 6) continued to place its offensive hopes on the shoulders of senior Daniel Watson, who led the team out of the wildcat formation.

With the Tigers trailing 8-3, Watson marched the offense down the field on the first drive of the second half, which he capped with a 3-yard touchdown run. Up 11-8, Chapel Hill needed only to protect its lead to bolster their playoff hopes and save themselves the shame of losing to a one-win team. Orange, and, specifically, Lorenzo Evans, had other plans, however. Evans’ 11-yard end-zone run struck a death knell for Chapel Hill, which would fail to score thereafter. Orange (1-4 Carolina 6) held on for the upset, 14-11.

Person 49 – East Chapel Hill 21

Long beleaguered by injury, lack of size and the inherent wobbliness of a program in its nascent stages, the Wildcat football team closed out its season on Friday night on a lackluster note with a 49-21 defeat at the hands of Roxboro Person.

As had become their custom, the Wildcats were explosive out of the blocks but faded quickly. Their running attack, motored by T.J. Tate, moved the ball with gusto in an opening drive that culminated in a Jackson Boyer end-zone scramble, giving East (1-10, 0-6 PAC 6) the lead for the first and only time of the night.

Unfortunately, the Wildcats’ early offensive potency didn’t stick around. The Rockets (4-7, 3-4 PAC 6) responded with 28 unanswered points, thanks in no small part to Rocket running back Thurman Clayton, who carried the night for Person. His three touchdowns and 213 total rushing yards equaled East’s entire offensive output.

The season that had started out so auspiciously with a 20-18 victory over Carolina 9 champions Pittsboro Northwood took a Sisyphean tumble after the injury of quarterback Drew Davis, helmsman of Coach Renner’s vaunted “five-wide” passing attack. Thus hindered, East’s offensive production stagnated, as did most of its early signs of promise.

SOCCER

Fuquay Varina (21-2-0) 3 – East Chapel Hill (12-3-0) 2
ECH: C. Bermingham 1, D. Sheedy 1
As a playoff loss, this contest concluded the Wildcats’ season.

Carrboro (19-4-1) 6 – Randleman (13-5-1) 1

CAR: K. Holmquist 3, E. Lytle 2, C. Roach 1

Chapel Hill (16-6-2) 2 – Asheboro (16-4-1) 0
CHL: C. Gillespie 1, J. Dell 1

All three district high schools did themselves proud at last weekend’s state cross-country championship at Beeson Park in Kernersville.

Chapel Hill High’s boys took home yet another 3A state title. The Tiger girls missed completing the sweep by a devastating two points and finished second in the state. The Wildcat girls placed third in the 4A meet. Alison Smith ran a personal best of 18:30, which earned her 6th place overall as well as All-State honors.

Carrboro’s boys and girls were both crowned state champs of their respective 2A races. Jaguar runner Grace Morken won the girls’ race outright in a time of 19:28.

East’s field hockey team also had a productive weekend as it earned a third straight NCFHA title in a 2-1 victory over Chapel Hill.

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