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Category: Sports

A rush to judgment?

Posted on September 2, 2010September 5, 2010 by Staff

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.

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Cardinal Gibbons 40 – East Chapel Hill 28

Posted on September 2, 2010September 2, 2010 by Staff

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…

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CHCCS students return to class

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Staff

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…

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Austin suspended from team

Posted on September 2, 2010September 2, 2010 by Staff

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…

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That ‘family atmosphere’

Posted on August 26, 2010August 26, 2010 by Staff

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.

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Scores & reports

Posted on August 26, 2010 by Staff

Football: East Chapel Hill 20 – Pittsboro Northwood 18; Carrboro 32 – St. Pauls 14; Chapel Hill 20 – South Granville 24

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Greetings, sports fans

Posted on August 19, 2010August 19, 2010 by Staff

In my position with The Carrboro Citizen, I will try to bring you unique views of UNC sports and the people who coach and play them. The ordinary story of who won and who lost doesn’t excite me as much these days. The personalities of the players and coaches and the heroics they manage to perform before full stadiums and arenas are far more fascinating, to me anyway. — Eddy Landreth

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NCAA initiates UNC football investigation

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Taylor Sisk

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has begun an investigation into possible rules violations by one or more members of the UNC football team.

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Hall of Fame inductions this month

Posted on April 8, 2010April 8, 2010 by Staff

The Chapel Hill High School and Lincoln High School Hall of Fame will induct a new class of members at the induction dinner scheduled for Saturday, April 24 at 6 p.m. in the CHHS cafeteria. Inductees include Xan Funk, field hockey; Timothy Mann, football; Jack Maultsby (in memoriam), football; Gordon Neville, basketball; Jake Reynolds, wrestling;…

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Heels advance to NIT title game

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Staff

BASKETBALL NOTES Frank Heath The Tar Heels are in the finals! On Tuesday night, North Carolina punched its ticket into the championship game of the National Invitation Tournament by fighting past the Rhode Island Rams, 68-67, in overtime, in a game that is being described as “ugly.” And ugly it was, as the teams combined…

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BASKETBALL NOTES: Heels come to play on Tuesdays

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Staff

Frank Heath It’s been three and a half decades since the North Carolina Tar Heels were regular guests at the post-season National Invitational Tournament, where they played three times during a four-year span between 1971 and 1974, and Carolina fans hope it will be even longer before the Tar Heels have such frequent visits to…

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Hoops fans come to terms with disappointing season

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Staff

Beth Mechum Staff Writer “Three more wins until UNC has 2,000,” Woody Durham exclaimed at the Celebration of a Century Alumni Game last Friday night at the Smith Center. Add in that win against N.C. State Saturday night, and now it’s two. That sounds impressive – and Woody certainly said it in a way that…

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UNC Notes

Posted on February 18, 2010February 18, 2010 by Staff

Frank Heath It’s a wrap. The 2009-10 UNC men’s basketball team’s long journey into mediocrity and futility was cemented during the latter stages of the first half of Carolina’s 78-61 loss to Georgia Tech Tuesday night.

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Three years in, Carrboro High hits a winning stride

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Staff

Beth Mechum Staff Writer An atmosphere of success has taken hold on the Carrboro High School campus. The field hockey team now plays more competitively with both East Chapel Hill and Chapel Hill, the women’s golf team helped start a high school women’s golf league in the area and the men’s soccer team beat conference…

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UNC Notes

Posted on January 28, 2010 by Staff

Frank Heath Heels halt skid, tame the ’pack The UNC men’s basketball Tar Heels received big-time contributions from nearly everyone who saw court time on Tuesday night at the RBC Center, bringing home a 77-63 victory over the N.C. State Wolfpack, and breaking a three-game losing streak. It was midway through the second half, though,…

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