This week should have been a celebration of Carolina football and how far it has come entering Butch Davis’ fourth season as head coach.
Instead, it is a season of uncertainty, a time when the program and the school are teetering on the brink of one of the worst scandals in school history.
Carrboro 30 – Orange 0
Derek Bryant and the Carrboro Jaguars (2-0) continued their habit of prolific offensive production and solid defense in Friday’s drubbing of 3A Orange (0-2). Bryant’s early 51-yard touchdown pass in conjunction with Orange’s inability to hold onto the ball – fumbling twice in the red zone – erased any traces of momentum from the Panther…
Cedar Ridge 27 – Chapel Hill 6
Chapel Hill (0-2) again failed to gain their first win of the 2010 season last Friday against county rival Cedar Ridge (1-1). The Red Wolves took control of the game following a deceptively promising offensive drive early on by the Tigers that was cut short by a fumble at the 3 yard line. Cedar Ridge…
Cardinal Gibbons 40 – East Chapel Hill 28
East Chapel Hill’s Wildcats (1-1) seemed to fall back into their old habits for most of Friday’s game. The score read 40-7 with five minutes left in the third quarter, before an impressive Wildcat offensive spurt leveled things somewhat. Drew Davis found receivers Merritt Smith, Quadry Ridley and Ellis Jeffay for TD passes in the…
Student raises money for library in Peru
Chapel Hill High School 2010 graduate Kyla McConnell will hold a silent auction on Sept. 10 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Fleet Street Gallery to raise money to build a library in a remote Peruvian village in the Andes Mountains. This summer, McConnell gave up her senior trip to Paris to visit Huaripampa,…
CHCCS students return to class
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools opened the 2010-11 school year last week with an estimated 11,740 students and more than 2,000 staff members. A fleet of 60 buses returned to the roads Aug. 25 to deliver students to the district’s 18 campuses. A new food service vendor, Chartwells, began serving breakfast and lunch to students and…
District to receive Race to the Top funds
The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that North Carolina will receive $400 million in Race to the Top funds, which will be divided equally between the N.C. Department of Public Instruction and the state’s 115 local school districts. Funding will be provided over the next four years. The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board…
CHHS to hold open house for parents
Chapel Hill High School will hold an open house today (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. in the Hanes Auditorium. Parents are invited to meet the principal, CHHS administrators and counselors. Information will be available about Parent-Teacher-Student Association memberships, PALS memberships, Booster Club memberships and ways to become involved in and support CHHS. Parents will follow their…
CHHS boosters to hold tailgate party
The Chapel Hill High School Booster Club will hold a tailgate party at the CHHS football stadium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The event will be held before the football game against Riverside High School. Fans, athletes and parents are invited for food, fun and games. Participants will be able to meet the…
Austin suspended from team
The UNC football program announced on Wednesday that head coach Butch Davis had suspended defensive tackle Marvin Austin from the team indefinitely. “This decision is not part of the ongoing NCAA review,†Davis said in a press release. “Marvin has violated team rules and has neglected his responsibilities to the team.†Austin will not play…
That ‘family atmosphere’
In the last 15 to 20 years, it has become chic among athletes to say they picked a college because of the family atmosphere within a particular program.
But just when you figure the phrase “family atmosphere†belongs in the same category as “character players,†along comes a kid who knows the difference between family and a collection of people.
Scores & reports
Football: East Chapel Hill 20 – Pittsboro Northwood 18; Carrboro 32 – St. Pauls 14; Chapel Hill 20 – South Granville 24
A snapshot of UNC’s incoming class
It’s traditional when the fall semester rolls around for the university to send along a few statistics about the first-year students arriving in town. Here’s a look at some of the facts and figures:
Listomania
This is a reminder that not all best-of lists are created equal and few of them do much more than offer a cursory look at the communities they tout. Yes, Chapel Hill made it relatively high up – No. 40 – on another best-place-to-live list, this one by CNNMoney.com, which offered this inciteful (pun intended)…
Tropical update
Next month marks the height of our traditional slice of the Atlantic tropical storm season. And though we’re a few hours inland, this community has seen its share of storms. The Citizen is planning a look back at some of our hurricane history and would like to consider including anything you might recall about turbulent…